URL Stop Words

Flags common stop words in URL slugs

Rule ID	url/stop-words
Category	URL Structure
Scope	Per-page
Severity	info
Weight	2/10

Solution

Stop words (a, an, the, of, etc.) add length without SEO value. While not harmful, removing them makes URLs shorter and more focused. ‘best-running-shoes’ is better than ‘the-best-running-shoes-for-you’. However, keep stop words if removing them makes the URL confusing or grammatically awkward.

Enable / Disable

Disable this rule

[rules]
disable = ["url/stop-words"]

Disable all URL Structure rules

[rules]
disable = ["url/*"]

Enable only this rule

[rules]
enable = ["url/stop-words"]
disable = ["*"]