diff --git a/.github/workflows/code-quality.yml b/.github/workflows/code-quality.yml
index 783b7bb..6fe3235 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/code-quality.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/code-quality.yml
@@ -139,4 +139,4 @@ jobs:
         uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@v2
         with:
           sarif_file: results.sarif
-        continue-on-error: true
+        continue-on-error: true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sonar-project.properties b/sonar-project.properties
index e8f0f99..83d64f8 100644
--- a/sonar-project.properties
+++ b/sonar-project.properties
@@ -1,17 +1,27 @@
+# Required metadata
 sonar.projectKey=wpallstars_wp-plugin-starter-template-for-ai-coding
 sonar.organization=wpallstars
-
-# This is the name and version displayed in the SonarCloud UI.
 sonar.projectName=wp-plugin-starter-template-for-ai-coding
 sonar.projectVersion=0.1.10
 
-# Path is relative to the sonar-project.properties file
+# Path to source directories
 sonar.sources=.
+
+# Path to test directories (comment if no test)
+sonar.tests=tests
+
+# Source encoding
+sonar.sourceEncoding=UTF-8
+
+# Exclusions for copy-paste detection
+sonar.cpd.exclusions=tests/**
+
+# Exclude directories and files
+sonar.exclusions=vendor/**,node_modules/**,tests/**,bin/**,build/**,dist/**,.github/**,.git/**
+
+# PHP specific configuration
 sonar.php.coverage.reportPaths=coverage.xml
 sonar.php.tests.reportPath=test-report.xml
 
-# Encoding of the source code. Default is default system encoding
-sonar.sourceEncoding=UTF-8
-
-# Exclude directories
-sonar.exclusions=vendor/**,node_modules/**,tests/**,bin/**,build/**,dist/**
+# Additional parameters
+sonar.verbose=true