I’ve banned query strings

🗓️ 2026-05-08 • Tagged /web, /opinions, /meta=only

I don’t like people adding tracking stuff to URLs.

https://chrismorgan.info/no-query-strings?ref=example.com? Did I ask?

https://chrismorgan.info/no-query-strings?utm_source=example&utm_&c.?

So I’ve decided to try a blanket ban for this site: no unauthorised query strings.

At present I don’t use any query strings.

Want to see what happens if you add a query string? Go ahead, try it.

It’s my website: I can do what I want with it.

And you can do what you want with yours!

This is currently implemented in my Caddyfile.