Audit rules
Referrer Policy Missing
No Referrer-Policy (header or <meta name="referrer">), or a policy of unsafe-url that sends full URLs everywhere. In a QuikSEO audit, a failure of this rule has info severity and counts against the score. Below are the exact condition, its exceptions and the sources behind it, followed by the other rules of the same group.
security.referrer_policyInfo01 — 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
security.referrer_policy- Group
- Security
- Severity of a failure
- Info
- Counts in the score
- Yes, whenever it applies to the page
- Required for a score
- No
- Replaces the check
referrer_policy
Condition and Exceptions
- Condition
- No Referrer-Policy (header or meta), or unsafe-url → fail (info)
- Exceptions
- —
Sources
02 — Security
Other Rules in This Group
The other checks of the same group, each with its own condition and sources.
- X-Content-Type-Options Missingsecurity.content_type_options
- Content Security Policy Missingsecurity.csp
- Framing Protection Missingsecurity.frame_protection
- HSTS Missingsecurity.hsts
- Permissions Policy Missingsecurity.permissions_policy
- Flagged by Safe Browsingsecurity.safe_browsing
- Form Submits Over HTTPsecurity.unsafe_forms