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Performance

Insights

Remove large, duplicate JavaScript modules from bundles to reduce unnecessary bytes consumed by network activity.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Polyfills and transforms enable older browsers to use new JavaScript features. However, many aren't necessary for modern browsers. Consider modifying your JavaScript build process to not transpile Baseline features, unless you know you must support older browsers. Learn why most sites can deploy ES6+ code without transpiling

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

3rd party code can significantly impact load performance. Reduce and defer loading of 3rd party code to prioritize your page's content.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

A long cache lifetime can speed up repeat visits to your page. Learn more about caching.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

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A forced reflow occurs when JavaScript queries geometric properties (such as offsetWidth) after styles have been invalidated by a change to the DOM state. This can result in poor performance. Learn more about forced reflows and possible mitigations.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

headings: [map[key:source label:Top function call valueType:source-location] map[granularity:1 key:reflowTime label:Total reflow time valueType:ms]]
items: [map[reflowTime:61.45 source:map[column:28245 line:1 type:source-location url:https://theonion.com/wp-content/plugins/gridible/dist/front.bundle.js?ver=3.2.2 urlProvider:network]]]
headings: [map[key:source label:Source valueType:source-location] map[granularity:1 key:reflowTime label:Total reflow time valueType:ms]]
items: [map[reflowTime:77.682 source:map[type:text value:[unattributed]]] map[reflowTime:5.207 source:map[column:39187 line:39 type:source-location url:https://theonion.com/wp-content/plugins/amplify-storytelling/assets/built/front.bundle.js?ver=1.0.0 urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:11.106 source:map[column:10708 line:0 type:source-location url:https://theonion.com/wp-content/plugins/gridible/dist/front.bundle.js?ver=3.2.2 urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:13.047 source:map[column:5089 line:0 type:source-location url:https://theonion.com/wp-content/plugins/gridible/dist/front.bundle.js?ver=3.2.2 urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:66.611 source:map[column:16392 line:0 type:source-location url:https://theonion.com/wp-content/plugins/gridible/dist/front.bundle.js?ver=3.2.2 urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:20.879 source:map[column:48248 line:0 type:source-location url:https://theonion.com/wp-content/plugins/gridible/dist/front.bundle.js?ver=3.2.2 urlProvider:network]]]

Reducing the download time of images can improve the perceived load time of the page and LCP. Learn more about optimizing image size

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URLResource SizeEst Savings
The Onion newspaper div.wp-block-group > figure#click-link-header-membership > a > img.wp-image-1851683708
theonion.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/header-ad-1-img.png84.4 KiB80.7 KiB
body > div#google_image_div > a#aw0 > img.img_ad body > div#google_image_div > a#aw0 > img.img_ad
tpc.googlesyndication.com/simgad/1822796021138242190196.6 KiB67.3 KiB
body > div#google_image_div > a#aw0 > img.img_ad body > div#google_image_div > a#aw0 > img.img_ad
tpc.googlesyndication.com/simgad/60706097141907196074.9 KiB35.4 KiB
The Best Books To Motivate And Inspire You div.wp-block-group > figure.wp-block-post-featured-image > a > img.attachment-post-thumbnail
/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Book_Covers_To_Motivate-heade...14.4 KiB7.4 KiB
div.wp-block-group > div.wp-block-group > figure.wp-block-image > img div.wp-block-group > div.wp-block-group > figure.wp-block-image > img
theonion.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/newsletter-paper-plane-icon.jpg7.2 KiB5.7 KiB
‘Michael’ Criticized For Depicting Neverland Ranch With Cooler Rides Than It Ac… div.wp-block-group > figure.wp-block-post-featured-image > a > img.attachment-post-thumbnail
/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Michael_Criticized_NIB_MSD_PH...12.6 KiB5.6 KiB

Optimize LCP by making the LCP image discoverable from the HTML immediately, and avoiding lazy-loading

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

lhId: page-4-IMG
nodeLabel: At Long Last, InfoWars Is Ours
path: 1,HTML,1,BODY,4,DIV,1,MAIN,0,DIV,0,DIV,1,SECTION,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,1,DIV,0,UL,0,LI,0,DIV,0,FIGURE,0,A,0,IMG
selector: div.wp-block-group > figure.wp-block-post-featured-image > a > img.attachment-post-thumbnail
snippet: <img decoding="async" width="1024" height="576" src="https://theonion.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/IW_Flags_Announcement_IHA_…" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="At Long Last, InfoWars Is Ours" style="width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;" srcset="https://theonion.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/IW_Flags_Announcement_IHA_…" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px">

Avoid chaining critical requests by reducing the length of chains, reducing the download size of resources, or deferring the download of unnecessary resources to improve page load.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

More than 4 preconnect connections were found. These should be used sparingly and only to the most important origins.
description: [preconnect](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/lighthouse/performance/uses-rel-preconnect/) hints help the browser establish a connection earlier in the page load, saving time when the first request for that origin is made. The following are the origins that the page preconnected to.
title: Preconnected origins
description: Add [preconnect](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/lighthouse/performance/uses-rel-preconnect/) hints to your most important origins, but try to use no more than 4.
title: Preconnect candidates

These insights are also available in the Chrome DevTools Performance Panel - record a trace to view more detailed information.

Time to Interactive is the amount of time it takes for the page to become fully interactive. Learn more about the Time to Interactive metric.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

TTI

The maximum potential First Input Delay that your users could experience is the duration of the longest task. Learn more about the Maximum Potential First Input Delay metric.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Diagnostics

Reduce unused rules from stylesheets and defer CSS not used for above-the-fold content to decrease bytes consumed by network activity. Learn how to reduce unused CSS.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Reduce unused JavaScript and defer loading scripts until they are required to decrease bytes consumed by network activity. Learn how to reduce unused JavaScript.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Consider reducing the time spent parsing, compiling, and executing JS. You may find delivering smaller JS payloads helps with this. Learn how to reduce Javascript execution time.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URLTotal CPU TimeScript EvaluationScript Parse
/wp-content/plugins/amplify-storytelling/assets/built/fro...4.5 s441 ms0.2 ms
Unattributable1.1 s214 ms0.0 ms
theonion.com/951 ms37 ms5.5 ms
/prebid/9.30.0.js?fork=1&v=bf6611fc0393cee6578a23c9bb5689...511 ms334 ms18 ms
/pagead/managed/js/activeview/current/ufs_web_display.js269 ms233 ms27 ms
/pagead/managed/js/gpt/m202604160201/pubads_impl.js266 ms193 ms26 ms
kit.fontawesome.com/998f72d3e1.js260 ms246 ms0.4 ms
/f/AGSKWxUuZw6IcGqr5qyptUDP9JDWiRw4UqovCBQUF7mwPqTAqxWtG8...248 ms235 ms1.6 ms
c.amazon-adsystem.com/aax2/apstag.js174 ms154 ms8.9 ms
/components/htl-injector-component.6f9fd855080891057769.js171 ms148 ms0.8 ms
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-FMSPM0875F&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1116 ms91 ms13 ms
analytics.tiktok.com/i18n/pixel/static/main.MWE0ZWQ3ZWQwMQ.js113 ms96 ms13 ms
fundingchoicesmessages.google.com/i/23200099374?ers=3111 ms104 ms5.1 ms
/signals/config/1037357317998806?v=2.9.303&r=stable&domai...106 ms94 ms10 ms
theonion.com/wp-content/plugins/gridible/dist/front.bundle.js?ver=3.2.288 ms3.2 ms0.2 ms
/prod/1.19.14-y0ptsc/prebid-analytics.980e6134af0dbb700d9...86 ms66 ms0.6 ms
cdn.parsely.com/keys/theonion.com/p.js?ver=3.23.182 ms67 ms1.6 ms
www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-W3LV8CDQ75 ms63 ms11 ms
/_/mss/boq-content-ads-contributor/_/js/k=boq-content-ads...73 ms57 ms0.0 ms
/wp-content/plugins/gutenberg/build-module/interactivity/...69 ms35 ms0.1 ms
/_static/??-eJyVjN0KwjAMhV/ILiiy7UZ8ltrWkdKmtUkne3vrz8XwY...54 ms39 ms5.9 ms
raven-static.aditude.io/prod/1.19.14-y0ptsc/raven.js53 ms40 ms13 ms

Consider reducing the time spent parsing, compiling and executing JS. You may find delivering smaller JS payloads helps with this. Learn how to minimize main-thread work

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

CategoryTime Spent
Other4.2 s
Script Evaluation3.4 s
Rendering1.0 s
Style & Layout974 ms
Script Parsing & Compilation219 ms
Parse HTML & CSS101 ms
Garbage Collection99 ms

Many navigations are performed by going back to a previous page, or forwards again. The back/forward cache (bfcache) can speed up these return navigations. Learn more about the bfcache

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failure reasonFailure type
An iframe on the page started a navigation that did not complete.Not actionable

Set an explicit width and height on image elements to reduce layout shifts and improve CLS. Learn how to set image dimensions

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URL
div.wp-block-group > div.wp-block-group > figure.wp-block-image > img.wp-image-1851683791 div.wp-block-group > div.wp-block-group > figure.wp-block-image > img.wp-image-1851683791
theonion.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/testimonial-ad-logo.png

More information about the performance of your application. These numbers don't directly affect the Performance score.

Layout shift culprits
Document request latency
Optimize DOM size
LCP breakdown
Optimize viewport for mobile
Minify CSS
Minify JavaScript
User Timing marks and measures 13 user timings
Avoid long main-thread tasks 17 long tasks found
Network Requests
Network Round Trip Times 720 ms
Server Backend Latencies 570 ms
Tasks
Diagnostics
Metrics
Screenshot Thumbnails
Final Screenshot
Script Treemap Data
Resources Summary
Avoid multiple page redirects
Initial server response time was short Root document took 0 ms
Avoid large layout shifts 1 layout shift found
INP breakdown
Avoid non-composited animations
97

Accessibility

These checks highlight opportunities to improve the accessibility of your web app. Automatic detection can only detect a subset of issues and does not guarantee the accessibility of your web app, so manual testing is also encouraged.

Names and labels

Link text (and alternate text for images, when used as links) that is discernible, unique, and focusable improves the navigation experience for screen reader users. Learn how to make links accessible.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
div.wp-block-gridible-grid-column > div.wp-block-group > figure.wp-block-image > a div.wp-block-gridible-grid-column > div.wp-block-group > figure.wp-block-image > a
div.wp-block-group > div.wp-block-group > h3#h-the-onion-sending-emails-for-over-a-hundred-years > a
div.wp-block-gridible-grid-container > div.wp-block-gridible-grid-column > figure.wp-block-image > a div.wp-block-gridible-grid-container > div.wp-block-gridible-grid-column > figure.wp-block-image > a

These are opportunities to improve the semantics of the controls in your application. This may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Interactive controls are keyboard focusable
Interactive elements indicate their purpose and state
The page has a logical tab order
Visual order on the page follows DOM order
User focus is not accidentally trapped in a region
The user's focus is directed to new content added to the page
HTML5 landmark elements are used to improve navigation
Offscreen content is hidden from assistive technology
Custom controls have associated labels
Custom controls have ARIA roles
`[aria-*]` attributes match their roles
`[aria-hidden="true"]` is not present on the document `<body>`
`[role]`s have all required `[aria-*]` attributes
`[role]` values are valid
`[aria-*]` attributes have valid values
`[aria-*]` attributes are valid and not misspelled
Buttons have an accessible name
Image elements have `[alt]` attributes
Input buttons have discernible text.
Form elements have associated labels
`[user-scalable="no"]` is not used in the `<meta name="viewport">` element and the `[maximum-scale]` attribute is not less than 5.
ARIA attributes are used as specified for the element's role
`[aria-hidden="true"]` elements do not contain focusable descendents
Elements use only permitted ARIA attributes
Background and foreground colors have a sufficient contrast ratio
Document has a `<title>` element
`<frame>` or `<iframe>` elements have a title
`<html>` element has a `[lang]` attribute
`<html>` element has a valid value for its `[lang]` attribute
Links are distinguishable without relying on color.
Lists contain only `<li>` elements and script supporting elements (`<script>` and `<template>`).
List items (`<li>`) are contained within `<ul>`, `<ol>` or `<menu>` parent elements
No element has a `[tabindex]` value greater than 0
Touch targets have sufficient size and spacing.
Heading elements appear in a sequentially-descending order
Skip links are focusable.
Document has a main landmark.
Deprecated ARIA roles were not used
Identical links have the same purpose.
Elements with visible text labels have matching accessible names.
`[accesskey]` values are unique
`button`, `link`, and `menuitem` elements have accessible names
Elements with `role="dialog"` or `role="alertdialog"` have accessible names.
ARIA input fields have accessible names
ARIA `meter` elements have accessible names
ARIA `progressbar` elements have accessible names
Elements with an ARIA `[role]` that require children to contain a specific `[role]` have all required children.
`[role]`s are contained by their required parent element
Elements with the `role=text` attribute do not have focusable descendents.
ARIA toggle fields have accessible names
ARIA `tooltip` elements have accessible names
ARIA `treeitem` elements have accessible names
The page contains a heading, skip link, or landmark region
`<dl>`'s contain only properly-ordered `<dt>` and `<dd>` groups, `<script>`, `<template>` or `<div>` elements.
Definition list items are wrapped in `<dl>` elements
ARIA IDs are unique
No form fields have multiple labels
`<html>` element has an `[xml:lang]` attribute with the same base language as the `[lang]` attribute.
`<input type="image">` elements have `[alt]` text
The document does not use `<meta http-equiv="refresh">`
`<object>` elements have alternate text
Select elements have associated label elements.
Cells in a `<table>` element that use the `[headers]` attribute refer to table cells within the same table.
`<th>` elements and elements with `[role="columnheader"/"rowheader"]` have data cells they describe.
`[lang]` attributes have a valid value
`<video>` elements contain a `<track>` element with `[kind="captions"]`
Tables have different content in the summary attribute and `<caption>`.
All heading elements contain content.
Uses ARIA roles only on compatible elements
Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes that are redundant text.
Tables use `<caption>` instead of cells with the `[colspan]` attribute to indicate a caption.
`<td>` elements in a large `<table>` have one or more table headers.
81

Best Practices

General

Deprecated APIs will eventually be removed from the browser. Learn more about deprecated APIs.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Deprecation / WarningSource
Topics
AttributionReporting
SharedStorage
Uses HTTPS
Avoids third-party cookies
Allows users to paste into input fields
Avoids requesting the geolocation permission on page load
Avoids requesting the notification permission on page load
Displays images with correct aspect ratio
Serves images with appropriate resolution
Page has the HTML doctype
Properly defines charset
No browser errors logged to the console
No issues in the `Issues` panel in Chrome Devtools
Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks
Use a strong HSTS policy
Ensure proper origin isolation with COOP
Mitigate clickjacking with XFO or CSP
Mitigate DOM-based XSS with Trusted Types
Detected JavaScript libraries
Page has valid source maps
Redirects HTTP traffic to HTTPS
100

SEO

These checks ensure that your page is following basic search engine optimization advice. There are many additional factors Lighthouse does not score here that may affect your search ranking, including performance on Core Web Vitals. Learn more about Google Search Essentials.

Structured data is valid
Page isn’t blocked from indexing
Document has a `<title>` element
Document has a meta description
Page has successful HTTP status code
Links have descriptive text
Links are crawlable
robots.txt is valid
Image elements have `[alt]` attributes
Document has a valid `hreflang`
Document has a valid `rel=canonical`

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