Lighthouse Desktop

· 0 checks — Desktop Lighthouse audit -- Performance, Accessibility, Best Practices, and SEO category breakdown.

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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.

Consider setting font-display to swap or optional to ensure text is consistently visible. swap can be further optimized to mitigate layout shifts with font metric overrides.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URL	Est Savings
fonts.gstatic.com/s/roboto/v51/KFO7CnqEu92Fr1ME7kSn66aGLdTylUAMa3yUBHMdazQ.woff2	40 ms
fonts.gstatic.com/s/roboto/v51/KFO7CnqEu92Fr1ME7kSn66aGLdTylUAMa3yUBHMdazQ.woff2	40 ms
fonts.gstatic.com/s/roboto/v51/KFO7CnqEu92Fr1ME7kSn66aGLdTylUAMa3yUBHMdazQ.woff2	40 ms
grist.org/wp-content/themes/grist/dist/fonts/GT-Super-Display-Bold.woff2	25 ms
grist.org/wp-content/themes/grist/dist/fonts/GT-Super-Text-Bold.woff2	20 ms
grist.org/wp-content/themes/grist/dist/fonts/GT-Super-Text-Book.woff2	15 ms
grist.org/wp-content/themes/grist/dist/fonts/basis-grotesque-regular-pro.woff2	15 ms
grist.org/wp-content/themes/grist/dist/fonts/basis-grotesque-bold-pro.woff2	10 ms
grist.org/wp-content/themes/grist/dist/fonts/PolySansUS-Median.woff2	10 ms
grist.org/wp-content/themes/grist/dist/fonts/GT-Super-Text-Regular.woff2	5.0 ms

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:Source valueType:source-location] map[granularity:1 key:reflowTime label:Total reflow time valueType:ms]]

items: [map[reflowTime:75.525 source:map[type:text value:[unattributed]]]]

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.

	URL	Resource Size	Est Savings
A group of sheep stand in a field in front of an array of solar panels. `div.tease__art > a.tease-art > figure.tease-art__figure > img.tease-art__art`	/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Select-1JB04614_XMIT.jpg?resi...	96.1 KiB	85.6 KiB
A computer generated rendering of a planned export terminal for liquid natural … `article.small-tease > a.tease-art > figure.tease-art__figure > img.tease-art__art`	/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Louisiana-LNG-computer-genera...	86.8 KiB	79.3 KiB
The skylines of the future will be made of wood `article.small-tease > a.tease-art > figure.tease-art__figure > img.tease-art__art`	/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/1-Credit-Michael-Elkan-Photog...	83.6 KiB	76.4 KiB
Photo of someone holding a grocery receipt over a cart full of food `article.small-tease > a.tease-art > figure.tease-art__figure > img.tease-art__art`	/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/grocery-cart-reciept.jpg?resi...	40.6 KiB	39.2 KiB
div.tease__art > a.tease-art > figure.tease-art__figure > img.tease-art__art `div.tease__art > a.tease-art > figure.tease-art__figure > img.tease-art__art`	/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/GettyImages-453802918.jpeg?re...	43.6 KiB	38.8 KiB
At the UN, Indigenous leaders tackle how to enforce global climate court rulings `article.small-tease > a.tease-art > figure.tease-art__figure > img.tease-art__art`	/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/250423_UNPFII81.jpg?resize=12...	40.1 KiB	38.8 KiB
An illustration of an Earth surrounded by symbols like a wind turbine, a stetho… `article.small-tease > a.tease-art > figure.tease-art__figure > img.tease-art__art`	/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/grist-50-earth-month.jpg?resi...	39.2 KiB	37.9 KiB
Leia Larsen `div.hp-cover-story__art > a.tease-art > figure.tease-art__figure > img.tease-art__art`	/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/260320_BALCONYSOLAR.03XX26_10...	53.1 KiB	32.6 KiB
The Afsluitdijk, a causeway between Friesland and North Holland, is seen in an … `div.tease__art > a.tease-art > figure.tease-art__figure > img.tease-art__art`	/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Afsluitdijk-climate-change-re...	23.9 KiB	21.3 KiB
Collage of graduate wearing red cap and gown, looking out toward hurricane imag… `div.tease__art > a.tease-art > figure.tease-art__figure > img.tease-art__art`	/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/climate-future-advice.jpg?res...	21.5 KiB	19.2 KiB

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.

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

value: No additional origins are good candidates for preconnecting

Requests are blocking the page's initial render, which may delay LCP. Deferring or inlining can move these network requests out of the critical path.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URL	Transfer Size	Duration
/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/js/qtip2/jquery.qt...	16.6 KiB
grist.org/wp-content/themes/grist/dist/userwayInit.js	598 B
/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/js/jdirectory/jque...	1.7 KiB
grist.org/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery-migrate.min.js?ver=3.4.1	5.2 KiB
/wp-content/plugins/grist-reveal-card/dist/grist-reveal-c...	1.3 KiB
grist.org/wp-content/themes/grist/dist/homePage.css?ver=0.16.28	39.7 KiB	84 ms
grist.org/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.min.js?ver=3.7.1	31.0 KiB
grist.org/wp-content/themes/grist/dist/abTesting.js?ver=0.16.28	1.4 KiB
grist.org/wp-content/themes/grist/dist/abTestingFooterDonation.js?ver=0.16.28	1.3 KiB
grist.org/wp-content/themes/grist/dist/cookieManager.js?ver=0.16.28	281 B
/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/js/jdirectory/dire...	720 B
/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-tooltips/js/qtip2/jquery.qt...	2.4 KiB

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.

Request	Cache TTL	Transfer Size
connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js	1200.0 s	96.6 KiB
/signals/config/542017519474115?v=2.9.303&r=stable&domain...	1200.0 s	44.8 KiB
consent.cookiebot.com/uc.js	556.0 s	35.7 KiB
wisepops.net/loader.js?v=1&site=UkdKwSrMxb	1800.0 s	23.9 KiB
a.quora.com/qevents.js	14400.0 s	14.8 KiB
snap.licdn.com/li.lms-analytics/insight.min.js	86400.0 s	18.7 KiB
static.chartbeat.com/js/chartbeat.js	86400.0 s	15.9 KiB
static.chartbeat.com/js/subscriptions.js	86400.0 s	10.8 KiB
static.chartbeat.com/js/chartbeat_mab.js	86400.0 s	10.1 KiB
/consentconfig/3f5c049a-7407-416b-bc5a-861f63f9ab95/grist...	17840.0 s	2.3 KiB
cdn.userway.org/widget.js	3600.0 s	1.6 KiB
/collect?v=2&fmt=js&pid=4682305&time=1776819901050&url=ht...	0.0 ms	692 B
cdn.userway.org/styles/2026-04-14-10-40-20/widget_base.css?v=1776163220800	864000.0 s	5.4 KiB
/_/ad/10c4ac8cbc574efaa3c172168a566396/pixel?tag=ViewCont...	0.0 ms	347 B
/tr/?id=542017519474115&ev=PageView&dl=https%3A%2F%2Fgris...	0.0 ms	16 B

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

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.

Estimated savings: 40 ms 44.9 KiB

URL	Transfer Size	Est Savings
grist.org/wp-content/themes/grist/dist/homePage.css?ver=0.16.28	39.5 KiB	34.7 KiB
	13.5 KiB	10.2 KiB

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.

URL	Total CPU Time	Script Evaluation	Script Parse
grist.org/wp-content/themes/grist/dist/vendor.js?ver=0.16.28	1.7 s	588 ms	14 ms
grist.org/	477 ms	7.7 ms	3.5 ms
Unattributable	429 ms	110 ms	0.0 ms
/remediation/2026-04-14-10-40-20/paid/remediation-tool.js...	362 ms	353 ms	2.6 ms
/3f5c049a-7407-416b-bc5a-861f63f9ab95/cc.js?renew=false&r...	135 ms	56 ms	7.9 ms
/pagead/managed/js/gpt/m202604160201/pubads_impl.js	132 ms	115 ms	10 ms
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-8L4CPT2Q80&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1	131 ms	92 ms	9.6 ms
cdn.wisepops.com/shared/wisepops/WfBjvuM6AwWqxUtKeXDF/591370.js?v=1773340452545	123 ms	100 ms	7.6 ms
grist.org/wp-content/themes/grist/dist/app.js?ver=0.16.28	102 ms	79 ms	1.8 ms
consent.cookiebot.com/uc.js	99 ms	89 ms	3.8 ms
www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-WBDMG4S	59 ms	49 ms	8.9 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.

Category	Time Spent
Script Evaluation	1.9 s
Other	1.1 s
Style & Layout	406 ms
Rendering	375 ms
Script Parsing & Compilation	112 ms
Parse HTML & CSS	106 ms
Garbage Collection	79 ms

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.

Estimated savings: 0.0 ms 593.2 KiB

URL	Transfer Size	Est Savings
grist.org/wp-content/themes/grist/dist/vendor.js?ver=0.16.28	221.6 KiB	155.4 KiB
/pagead/managed/js/gpt/m202604160201/pubads_impl.js	187.7 KiB	105.6 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-WBDMG4S	159.1 KiB	76.8 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/destination?id=AW-735548782&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1	134.1 KiB	66.5 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-8L4CPT2Q80&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1	172.7 KiB	65.5 KiB
cdn.wisepops.com/shared/wisepops/WfBjvuM6AwWqxUtKeXDF/591370.js?v=1773340452545	111.7 KiB	40.1 KiB
connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js	96.5 KiB	34.1 KiB
cdn.userway.org/widgetapp/2026-04-14-10-40-20/widget_app_base_1776163220800.js	47.1 KiB	24.7 KiB
/3f5c049a-7407-416b-bc5a-861f63f9ab95/cc.js?renew=false&r...	110.9 KiB	24.4 KiB

Large network payloads cost users real money and are highly correlated with long load times. Learn how to reduce payload sizes.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URL	Transfer Size
grist.org/wp-content/themes/grist/dist/vendor.js?ver=0.16.28	222.0 KiB
/pagead/managed/js/gpt/m202604160201/pubads_impl.js	187.7 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-8L4CPT2Q80&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1	172.7 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-WBDMG4S	159.4 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/destination?id=AW-735548782&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1	134.1 KiB
cdn.wisepops.com/shared/wisepops/WfBjvuM6AwWqxUtKeXDF/591370.js?v=1773340452545	112.7 KiB
/3f5c049a-7407-416b-bc5a-861f63f9ab95/cc.js?renew=false&r...	111.1 KiB
/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Kate-Yoder-headshot.jpg?quali...	99.0 KiB
connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js	96.6 KiB
/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Select-1JB04614_XMIT.jpg?resi...	96.5 KiB

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.


div.fix__featured > a.fix__featured-link > figure > img.fix__featured-headshot `div.fix__featured > a.fix__featured-link > figure > img.fix__featured-headshot`

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

●Max Potential First Input Delay 130 ms

●Layout shift culprits

●Document request latency

●Optimize DOM size

●LCP breakdown

●LCP request discovery

●Modern HTTP

●Optimize viewport for mobile

●Minify CSS

●Minify JavaScript

●User Timing marks and measures 9 user timings

●Avoid long main-thread tasks 4 long tasks found

●Page didn't prevent back/forward cache restoration

●Network Requests

●Network Round Trip Times 180 ms

●Server Backend Latencies 160 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

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.

ARIA

Using ARIA attributes in roles where they are prohibited can mean that important information is not communicated to users of assistive technologies. Learn more about prohibited ARIA roles.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
Play video `div.large-tease__art-wrapper > div.tease-art > figure.tease-art__figure > a.play-button`
Play video `article.small-tease > div.tease-art > figure.tease-art__figure > a.play-button`
Play video `article.small-tease > div.tease-art > figure.tease-art__figure > a.play-button`
Play video `article.small-tease > div.tease-art > figure.tease-art__figure > a.play-button`
Play video `article.small-tease > div.tease-art > figure.tease-art__figure > a.play-button`

These are opportunities to improve the usage of ARIA in your application which may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Contrast

Low-contrast text is difficult or impossible for many users to read. Learn how to provide sufficient color contrast.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
Privacy Policy `div#CybotCookiebotDialogBodyContentText > p > a > span`
Show details `div#CybotCookiebotDialogBody > div.CybotCookiebotDialogBodyBottomWrapper > div#CybotCookiebotDialogBodyEdgeMoreDetails > a#CybotCookiebotDialogBodyEdgeMoreDetailsLink`
Donate `ul.nav__items > li.nav__item > a.button > span`
Get Grist's Free Weekly Newsletter `div.hp-topper__subscription > div.hp-topper-newsletter > h2.subsection-header > span`
Support Grist `div.footer__cta-wrapper > div.footer__cta > a.button > span`

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

○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

●`[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

●Elements with `role="dialog"` or `role="alertdialog"` have accessible names.

●`[aria-hidden="true"]` elements do not contain focusable descendents

●Document has a `<title>` element

●`<html>` element has a `[lang]` attribute

●`<html>` element has a valid value for its `[lang]` attribute

●Links are distinguishable without relying on color.

●Links have a discernible name

●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.

●`[lang]` attributes have a valid value

●Heading elements appear in a sequentially-descending order

●Document has a main landmark.

●Deprecated ARIA roles were not used

●Uses ARIA roles only on compatible elements

●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

○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

○`<frame>` or `<iframe>` elements have a title

○`<html>` element has an `[xml:lang]` attribute with the same base language as the `[lang]` attribute.

○Input buttons have discernible text.

○`<input type="image">` elements have `[alt]` text

○Form elements have associated labels

○The document does not use `<meta http-equiv="refresh">`

○`<object>` elements have alternate text

○Select elements have associated label elements.

○Skip links are focusable.

○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.

○`<video>` elements contain a `<track>` element with `[kind="captions"]`

○Tables have different content in the summary attribute and `<caption>`.

○All heading elements contain content.

○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.

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 / Warning	Source
AttributionReporting	connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js line 279, col 769

●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

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.

Crawling and Indexing

Search engines may use `href` attributes on links to crawl websites. Ensure that the `href` attribute of anchor elements links to an appropriate destination, so more pages of the site can be discovered. Learn how to make links crawlable

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Uncrawlable Link
Play video `div.large-tease__art-wrapper > div.tease-art > figure.tease-art__figure > a.play-button`
Play video `article.small-tease > div.tease-art > figure.tease-art__figure > a.play-button`
Play video `article.small-tease > div.tease-art > figure.tease-art__figure > a.play-button`
Play video `article.small-tease > div.tease-art > figure.tease-art__figure > a.play-button`
Play video `article.small-tease > div.tease-art > figure.tease-art__figure > a.play-button`

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

○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

●robots.txt is valid

●Image elements have `[alt]` attributes

●Document has a valid `hreflang`

●Document has a valid `rel=canonical`