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+exports.pluginOptionsSchema = ({ Joi }) =>
+  Joi.object({
+    siteUrl: Joi.string()
+      .required()
+      .description(`The full URL for the site e.g. https://www.example.com`),
+    stripQueryString: Joi.boolean().description(
+      `Enables stripQueryString to strip query strings from paths e.g. /blog?tag=foobar becomes /blog.`
+    ),
+  })