URL: /rules/links/dead-end-pages

---
title: "Dead-End Pages"
description: "Pages with no outgoing internal links, potentially trapping users"
---

Pages with no outgoing internal links, potentially trapping users

| | |
|---|---|
| **Rule ID** | `links/dead-end-pages` |
| **Category** | [Links](/rules/links) |
| **Scope** | Per-page |
| **Severity** | warning |
| **Weight** | 3/10 |

## Solution

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

## Options

This rule supports the following configuration options:

| Option | Type | Default | Description |
|--------|------|---------|-------------|
| `excludePatterns` | unknown | `undefined` |  |
| `minLinks` | unknown | `undefined` |  |
| `countAnchorLinks` | unknown | `undefined` | Count anchor links (#section) as valid internal links (useful for single-page apps) |

### Configuration Example

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

## Enable / Disable

### Disable this rule

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

### Disable all Links rules

```toml squirrel.toml
[rules]
disable = ["links/*"]
```

### Enable only this rule

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