Audit rules
H1 Length
The first <h1> with text is shorter than 10 or longer than 120 characters (review). A page without H1 is not applicable, so it is not counted twice. In a QuikSEO audit, a failure has warning severity and counts against the score. The exact condition, its exceptions and its sources follow below.
headings.h1_lengthWarning01 — Definition
How This Rule Is Checked
The rule is a pure function of the fetched page: no extra requests, no account settings. The same input always gives the same result.
Rule Severity and Score
- Rule id
headings.h1_length- Group
- Headings
- Severity of a failure
- Warning
- Counts in the score
- Yes, whenever it applies to the page
- Required for a score
- No
- Replaces the check
h1
Condition and Exceptions
- Condition
- First H1 shorter than 10 or longer than 120 characters (legacy thresholds) → review
- Exceptions
- No H1 → not_applicable (fixes the legacy double penalty)
Sources and Project Decision
- Sources
- No authoritative document covers this check: it is a project decision (see the decision below and the source register).
- Project decision
- Threshold inherited from 66audit.
02 — Headings
Other Rules in This Group
The other checks of the same group, each with its own condition and sources.
- H1 Missingheadings.h1_missing
- Multiple H1 Headingsheadings.h1_multiple
- Heading Outlineheadings.outline
- Skipped Heading Levelheadings.skipped_level