URL: /rules/core/charset --- title: "Charset" description: "Checks for proper character encoding declaration" --- Checks for proper character encoding declaration | | | |---|---| | **Rule ID** | `core/charset` | | **Category** | [Core SEO](/rules/core) | | **Scope** | Per-page | | **Severity** | warning | | **Weight** | 5/10 | ## Solution Add `` as the first element in your `` section. This tells browsers how to interpret the text on your page. UTF-8 is the standard encoding that supports all languages and special characters. Placing it first ensures browsers know the encoding before parsing any other content. ## Enable / Disable ### Disable this rule ```toml squirrel.toml [rules] disable = ["core/charset"] ``` ### Disable all Core SEO rules ```toml squirrel.toml [rules] disable = ["core/*"] ``` ### Enable only this rule ```toml squirrel.toml [rules] enable = ["core/charset"] disable = ["*"] ```