diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a2485ba..d55e72f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,16 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [3.0.3]
+### Changed
+- Magento phpmd.xml loosened some rules to be more inline with what is 'normal' in Magento.
+  - Added exclude patterns for *.phtml
+  - Added exclude for UnusedFormalParameter to allow unused parameters in a function
+  - Added exception for short variable name for $id
+ - PHPCS Excluded Magento2.Annotation.MethodAnnotationStructure.MethodAnnotation
+### Fixed
+- Updated property for LongVariable did not work.
+
 ## [3.0.2]
 ### Changed
 - Constraint for `bitexpert/phpstan-magento` from '~0.30' to '>=0.30' to allow for installing newer PHPStan versions when needed.
diff --git a/config/default/phpmd.xml b/config/default/phpmd.xml
index e5b0135..3b4f75f 100644
--- a/config/default/phpmd.xml
+++ b/config/default/phpmd.xml
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
         <!-- Boolean flags are sometimes needed to preserve e.g. backwards compatibility. We don't want to enforce this in a blanket
          statement / default rule but if projects want to enforce this they are free to do so. -->
         <exclude name="BooleanArgumentFlag"/>
+
+        <exclude name="LongVariable"/>
     </rule>
 
     <rule ref="rulesets/codesize.xml" />
@@ -30,4 +32,4 @@
         </properties>
     </rule>
     <!-- End of global ruleset -->
-</ruleset>
\ No newline at end of file
+</ruleset>
diff --git a/config/magento2/phpmd.xml b/config/magento2/phpmd.xml
index 51e4c08..aa93efa 100644
--- a/config/magento2/phpmd.xml
+++ b/config/magento2/phpmd.xml
@@ -18,10 +18,17 @@
         <exclude name="BooleanArgumentFlag"/>
     </rule>
 
-    <rule ref="rulesets/codesize.xml" />
     <rule ref="rulesets/design.xml" />
-    <rule ref="rulesets/unusedcode.xml" />
-    <rule ref="rulesets/naming.xml" />
+    <rule ref="rulesets/unusedcode.xml">
+        <!-- In Magento unused parameters are common, for example in plugins, $subject is required, but often not used. -->
+        <exclude name="UnusedFormalParameter" />
+
+    </rule>
+    <rule ref="rulesets/naming.xml">
+        <!-- For these rules we have exceptions configured below -->
+        <exclude name="LongVariable" />
+        <exclude name="ShortVariable" />
+    </rule>
 
     <rule ref="rulesets/naming.xml/LongVariable">
         <properties>
@@ -29,17 +36,20 @@
             <property name="maximum" value="30"/>
         </properties>
     </rule>
-    <!-- End of global ruleset -->
 
-    <!-- Increase maximum amount of coupling, because magento constructor injection can become quite extreme and is mostly an adobe issue to fix -->
-    <rule ref="rulesets/design.xml">
-        <exclude name="CouplingBetweenObjects"/>
+    <!-- $id is a very common (and accepted) ShortVariable -->
+    <rule ref="rulesets/naming.xml/ShortVariable">
+        <properties>
+            <property name="exceptions" value="id" />
+        </properties>
     </rule>
+    <!-- End of global ruleset -->
 
+    <!-- Increase maximum amount of coupling, because Magento constructor injection can become quite extreme and is mostly an adobe issue to fix -->
     <rule ref="rulesets/design.xml/CouplingBetweenObjects">
         <properties>
             <property name="maximum" value="20"/>
         </properties>
     </rule>
 
-</ruleset>
\ No newline at end of file
+</ruleset>
diff --git a/config/magento2/ruleset.xml b/config/magento2/ruleset.xml
index 1222edc..0e07ddf 100644
--- a/config/magento2/ruleset.xml
+++ b/config/magento2/ruleset.xml
@@ -2,12 +2,20 @@
 <ruleset name="Youwe/Magento2">
     <description>Youwe coding standard extensions for sniffing code in Magento 2 projects.</description>
 
+    <exclude-pattern>*.phtml</exclude-pattern>
+    <exclude-pattern>./app/etc/config.php</exclude-pattern>
+    <exclude-pattern>/.ddev/*</exclude-pattern>
+    <exclude-pattern>./env-dev.php</exclude-pattern>
+    <exclude-pattern>./tests/*</exclude-pattern>
+
     <!-- Use default Youwe coding standards for PHP projects. -->
     <rule ref="../default" />
     <!-- Magento coding standards -->
     <rule ref="Magento2" >
         <!-- Not all functions require doc blocks -->
         <exclude name="Magento2.Annotation.MethodAnnotationStructure.NoCommentBlock"/>
+        <!-- Not all functions require a short description (Missing short description) -->
+        <exclude name="Magento2.Annotation.MethodAnnotationStructure.MethodAnnotation" />
         <!-- Not all class properties require doc blocks -->
         <exclude name="Magento2.Commenting.ClassPropertyPHPDocFormatting.Missing"/>
         <!--
diff --git a/templates/files/default/phpcs.xml b/templates/files/default/phpcs.xml
index 96885a2..a533d11 100644
--- a/templates/files/default/phpcs.xml
+++ b/templates/files/default/phpcs.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset/1.0.0 http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset_xml_schema.xsd"
          xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset_xml_schema.xsd">
     <description>PHPCS</description>
-    <rule ref="./vendor/youwe/testing-suite/config/default"/>
+    <rule ref="./vendor/youwe/testing-suite/config/default" />
     <!-- Append arg -s to phpcs to display the name of failed sniffs -->
     <arg value="s"/>
 
diff --git a/templates/files/drupal/phpcs.xml b/templates/files/drupal/phpcs.xml
index 5b89341..a30dea4 100644
--- a/templates/files/drupal/phpcs.xml
+++ b/templates/files/drupal/phpcs.xml
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset/1.0.0 http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset_xml_schema.xsd"
          xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset_xml_schema.xsd">
     <description>PHPCS</description>
-    <rule ref="./vendor/youwe/testing-suite/config/drupal"/>
+    <rule ref="./vendor/youwe/testing-suite/config/drupal" />
     <!-- Append arg -s to phpcs to display the name of failed sniffs -->
     <arg value="s"/>
 
     <!--<exclude-pattern>path/to/exclude/*</exclude-pattern>-->
-</ruleset>
\ No newline at end of file
+</ruleset>
diff --git a/templates/files/magento2/phpcs.xml b/templates/files/magento2/phpcs.xml
index fdaf1b5..d8159f5 100644
--- a/templates/files/magento2/phpcs.xml
+++ b/templates/files/magento2/phpcs.xml
@@ -5,14 +5,7 @@
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset/1.0.0 http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset_xml_schema.xsd"
          xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset_xml_schema.xsd">
     <description>PHPCS</description>
-    <rule ref="./vendor/youwe/testing-suite/config/magento2"/>
+    <rule ref="./vendor/youwe/testing-suite/config/magento2" />
     <!-- Append arg -s to phpcs to display the name of failed sniffs -->
     <arg value="s"/>
-
-    <!-- Magento specific file exclusions -->
-    <exclude-pattern>app/etc/config.php</exclude-pattern>
-    <exclude-pattern>env-dev.php</exclude-pattern>
-    <exclude-pattern>deploy.php</exclude-pattern>
-    <exclude-pattern>pub/errors/*</exclude-pattern>
-    <exclude-pattern>.ddev</exclude-pattern>
 </ruleset>