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Pages with no outgoing internal links, potentially trapping users
Rule IDlinks/dead-end-pages
CategoryLinks
ScopePer-page
Severitywarning
Weight3/10

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Solution

Add navigation links or related content links to help users continue browsing. Internal links improve user experience and help search engines discover content.

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Options

This rule supports the following configuration options:
OptionTypeDefaultDescription
excludePatternsunknownundefined
minLinksunknownundefined
countAnchorLinksunknownundefinedCount anchor links (#section) as valid internal links (useful for single-page apps)

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Configuration Example

squirrel.toml
[rules."links/dead-end-pages"]
excludePatterns = undefined
minLinks = undefined
countAnchorLinks = undefined

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Enable / Disable

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Disable this rule

squirrel.toml
[rules]
disable = ["links/dead-end-pages"]
squirrel.toml
[rules]
disable = ["links/*"]

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Enable only this rule

squirrel.toml
[rules]
enable = ["links/dead-end-pages"]
disable = ["*"]