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2026-04-21 20:14 UTC
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Audit overview

3 categories need attention: Performance, and 2 others.

Fix Priority Matrix

5 findings

Quick Wins

3

High impact, low effort — start here.

Strategic

2

High impact, requires investment.

Easy Improvements

0

Small gains, minimal effort.

Nothing in this quadrant — good news.

Deprioritize

0

Low impact, high effort — do last.

Nothing in this quadrant — good news.

← Low effort High effort →

Screenshots

DESKTOP + MOBILE
Desktop
Desktop screenshot
Mobile
Mobile screenshot

Top Priorities (5)

Sorted by impact
Critical: 1

Content-Security-Policy header is missing

Without a CSP, a single XSS bug can exfiltrate everything your users type — including credentials.

Security › Security Headers
Critical: 2

HSTS header is missing

Without HSTS, a network attacker can downgrade the very first connection to HTTP and steal the user's session.

Security › Security Headers
Critical: 3

No Content-Security-Policy header found

Without a CSP, a single XSS bug can exfiltrate everything users type — credentials, payment data, session tokens.

Security › Content Security Policy
Critical: 4

Page weighs 31.0 MB (5.2 MB transferred)

Informational: total page weight (uncompressed) and bytes actually transferred over the wire.

Performance › Page Weight Budget
Critical: 5

2 button(s) with no accessible text

Buttons with no accessible text (icon-only, no aria-label) can't be activated by voice control or understood by screen readers.

Accessibility › Link & Button Quality
What fixing these means. Your site performs reasonably well, but a few targeted fixes could meaningfully improve results. Your LCP of 12.6s exceeds Google's 2.5s 'Good' threshold and the 1 performance issue below directly contributes to it. Addressing the critical issues below would have the most immediate impact on your user trust.
3 security gaps detected — browsers may warn visitors about your site.
Your LCP is 12.6s — fixing the 1 performance critical could bring it under Google's 2.5s 'Good' threshold.
1 accessibility issue excludes users who rely on assistive technology.

Business case

What fixing the audit's findings is worth -- and what ignoring them keeps costing.

Return on investment

€574 investment → €5,782/month returns + EUR 120,500,000 risk avoided

Investment
€574
6.8 h · 4 findings
Monthly returns
€5.782
€69.387/yr
Payback
0.1 mo
+11994% Y1
Regulatory risk avoided EUR 120.500.000
Or — fix only the top 3 findings
€5310.1 mo payback · +12961% Y1
Optimistic scenario assuming the top 3 capture most of the upside. Real-world recovery typically falls between this projection and the full-fix ROI above.
€64 — in quick wins — start here for the fastest payback

Figures combine localized regulatory fine ceilings, search/conversion value priced against local CPC, and bandwidth waste estimates. Results depend on implementation quality and audience composition. Not legal or financial advice.

Conversion barriers

7 barrier(s) likely increasing bounce by ~34%.

Barriers
7
3 crit 4 warn
Bounce delta
+34pp
added vs baseline
Score
58
C
Speed
2
Trust
3
Usability
1
Content
0
Nav
1
  • Page takes 12.6s to load
    Users abandon at ~3s — you're 10.1s over the 2.5s threshold
    → Optimize render-blocking resources, preload the hero image, and compress images
  • Page feels frozen for 8.6s
    Clicks on the primary CTA are ignored while JavaScript runs
    → Break up long tasks; defer non-critical JavaScript to post-hydration
  • Mixed content on HTTPS page
    Browsers block insecure subresources — broken images, missing scripts, warning badge
    → Change http:// URLs inside the page to https:// (or protocol-relative)
  • No HSTS header
    Returning visitors are briefly exposed to downgrade attacks on first request
    → Set Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains
  • No Content-Security-Policy header
    Higher XSS blast radius — one compromised script can exfiltrate the checkout form
    → Ship a reporting-only CSP first, then enforce once violations are clean

Preliminary CRO audit — each barrier links to the tab with detailed analysis.

Remediation cost

€574 6.8 developer hours at €85/hr
Quick wins
€64 2 fixes in ~45 minutes

Start here for the best return on investment

Cost by category

Cost by effort level

Adjust assumptions

Team composition

Multiplier applied to dev hours to reflect QA, design, and PM overhead. Use Dev only for solo work; Full team for projects with formal review processes.

/hr

Rates reflect fully-loaded developer cost including overhead

How developer rates are sourced

Warning:Cost of inaction

€3.662 / month at risk ~€43.940 / year if left unfixed
Default is 10,000. Use your own number for accurate $-figures.

Compliance Risk

€120.500.000

ePrivacy DirectiveGDPREAA
  • No privacy policy link detected
    GDPR: EUR 10.000 – EUR 20.000.000
  • 5 advertising/retargeting trackers detected
    GDPR: EUR 10.000 – EUR 20.000.000
  • Trackers detected but no cookie policy found
    GDPR: EUR 5.000 – EUR 10.000.000

Bounce-Rate Cost

€3.660 /mo

+34.1pp bounce · ~3,408 lost visitors/mo

CPC: EUR 1.07

Bandwidth Waste

€1,21 /mo

16355.9 MB/mo × 0.074 EUR/GB

  • Optimize transfer: save ~1.6 MB per page load
    Saves €1,21/mo

Compliance figures represent the statutory maximum fine for the most severe triggered category, capped per regulation — not the sum of per-finding penalties. Based on published regulatory fine ranges. This is not legal advice.

Compliance methodology · SEO assumptions · Bandwidth model

Your performance is already good — improvements may show diminishing returns

Unique monthly visitors from your analytics

Purchases, signups, or key actions

Optional — for revenue estimation

additional conversions/month

more engaged visitors from reduced bounce

potential monthly revenue
Current bounce (est.)
After fixes (est.)
Estimated bounce reduction

Fix 5 critical issues to capture this value

How this is calculated

Based on Google/Deloitte research ("Milliseconds Make Millions") showing a ~7% bounce rate increase per additional second of LCP above the 2.5s "Good" threshold.

Your site's LCP: → estimated after fixes.

These are estimates based on industry research — actual results vary

Bounce-rate model & assumptions

Your data stays in your browser — nothing is sent to our servers

Lighthouse

Mobile

25
Performance Overall performance score (0–100) based on Core Web Vitals and other metrics. 90+ is good.
97
Accessibility Measures how accessible the page is for users with disabilities. Checks color contrast, ARIA labels, and semantic HTML.
81
Best Practices Checks for modern web development best practices including HTTPS, no console errors, and secure JavaScript.
85
SEO Measures basic SEO optimizations: meta tags, crawlability, link text, and mobile friendliness.

First Contentful Paint First Contentful Paint — how long until the browser renders the first piece of content. Under 1.8s is good.

4.99 s

Largest Contentful Paint Largest Contentful Paint — how long until the largest visible element loads. Under 2.5s is good.

12.59 s

Total Blocking Time Total Blocking Time — total time the main thread was blocked, preventing user input. Under 200ms is good.

8.55 s

Cumulative Layout Shift Cumulative Layout Shift — measures visual stability. How much the page layout shifts during loading. Under 0.1 is good.

0.092

Speed Index Speed Index — how quickly content is visually displayed during load. Under 3.4s is good.

9.08 s

Time to Interactive Time to Interactive — how long until the page is fully interactive and responds to user input. Under 3.8s is good.

38.94 s

Desktop

60
Performance Overall performance score (0–100) based on Core Web Vitals and other metrics. 90+ is good.
100
Accessibility Measures how accessible the page is for users with disabilities. Checks color contrast, ARIA labels, and semantic HTML.
81
Best Practices Checks for modern web development best practices including HTTPS, no console errors, and secure JavaScript.
85
SEO Measures basic SEO optimizations: meta tags, crawlability, link text, and mobile friendliness.

First Contentful Paint First Contentful Paint — how long until the browser renders the first piece of content. Under 1.8s is good.

786 ms

Largest Contentful Paint Largest Contentful Paint — how long until the largest visible element loads. Under 2.5s is good.

1.30 s

Total Blocking Time Total Blocking Time — total time the main thread was blocked, preventing user input. Under 200ms is good.

767 ms

Cumulative Layout Shift Cumulative Layout Shift — measures visual stability. How much the page layout shifts during loading. Under 0.1 is good.

0.056

Speed Index Speed Index — how quickly content is visually displayed during load. Under 3.4s is good.

4.26 s

Time to Interactive Time to Interactive — how long until the page is fully interactive and responds to user input. Under 3.8s is good.

9.19 s

Categories

8
Avg score 80.1

How you compare

Where this site stands against peers running the same stack.

Cart Functionality · 568 peers
You 75
·
Avg 73
At average
0 50 100
Infrastructure P98Performance P10Accessibility P80Content P76Security P27Sustainability P67Compliance P64SEO P60

Top 10% of Cart Functionality sites score 83+ on Performance; you're at 67 — closing this gap is the highest-leverage improvement.

Better than 64% of Cart Functionality sites See full Cart Functionality benchmark →
WordPress · 812 peers
You 75
·
Avg 75
At average
0 50 100
Performance P6Infrastructure P92Accessibility P74Security P29Content P58SEO P54Compliance P54Sustainability P50

Top 10% of WordPress sites score 88+ on Performance; you're at 67 — closing this gap is the highest-leverage improvement.

Better than 49% of WordPress sites See full WordPress benchmark →

Technology stack

WordPress 6.9.4, on PHP, with Cloudflare CDN

40 technologies detected 7 stack layers 5 with CPE identifier Enterprise

Stack Architecture

Analytics
Chartbeat Cxense DoubleClick Floodlight Facebook Pixel 2.9.303 Google Analytics Google Publisher Tag Google Tag Manager Microsoft Advertising Microsoft Clarity Parse.ly Quantcast Measure Taboola Twitter Ads
Ecommerce
Cart Functionality
CMS
WordPress 6.9.4
Build
Piano
Framework
Facebook SDK Google Play app Google Search Console Google Workspace HTTP/3 Htmx 2.0.7Microsoft Microsoft 365 MySQL Native app preferred Open Graph Plyr Priority Hints Swiper Tailwind CSS Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) Vimeo core-js 3.32.2 jQuery 2.2.4 reCAPTCHA
Runtime
PHP
CDN
Cloudflare jsDelivr jsDelivr CDN

All Detected Technologies (40)

Cloudflare is a web-infrastructure and website-security company, providing content-delivery-network services, DDoS mitigation, Internet security, and distributed domain-name-server services.

Categories CDN Website https://www.cloudflare.com Detected by BeaverCheck Evidence Server header in redirect: cloudflare
This technology has a CPE identifier — check for known vulnerabilities Search NVD →

JSDelivr is a free public CDN for open-source projects. It can serve web files directly from the npm registry and GitHub repositories without any configuration.

Categories CDN Website https://www.jsdelivr.com/ Detected by BeaverCheck
Categories CDN Detected by BeaverCheck · Medium Evidence Script URL contains cdn.jsdelivr.net: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/htmx.org@2.0.7/dist/htmx.min.js?ver=2.0.7

PHP is a general-purpose scripting language used for web development.

Categories Programming languages Website https://php.net Detected by BeaverCheck
This technology has a CPE identifier — check for known vulnerabilities Search NVD →

WordPress is a free and open-source content management system written in PHP and paired with a MySQL or MariaDB database. Features include a plugin architecture and a template system.

Categories CMS, Blogs Website https://wordpress.org Detected by BeaverCheck Evidence Link URL: https://cdn.foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/themes/foreign-policy-2017/public/fonts/tiempos--normal--600.woff2, Header link contains wp-json
This technology has a CPE identifier — check for known vulnerabilities Search NVD →

Websites that have a shopping cart or checkout page, either using a known ecommerce platform or a custom solution.

Categories Ecommerce Website https://www.wappalyzer.com/technologies/ecommerce/cart-functionality Detected by BeaverCheck
Categories Analytics Detected by BeaverCheck Evidence Script URL contains connect.facebook.net: https://connect.facebook.net/signals/config/203988873637408?v=2.9.303&r=stable&domain=foreignpolicy.com&hme=97937018cefade17726f0472876fc101316b2ce9008a35a6a5a7977d7436151a&ex_m=104%2C205%2C154%2C22%2C72%2C73%2C145%2C68%2C67%2C11%2C162%2C90%2C16%2C138%2C127%2C39%2C75%2C78%2C134%2C159%2C164%2C8%2C4%2C5%2C7%2C6%2C3%2C91%2C101%2C165%2C170%2C219%2C62%2C186%2C187%2C55%2C276%2C30%2C74%2C231%2C230%2C229%2C23%2C33%2C103%2C61%2C10%2C63%2C97%2C98%2C99%2C105%2C130%2C31%2C29%2C132%2C133%2C129%2C128%2C155%2C76%2C158%2C156%2C157%2C50%2C60%2C123%2C15%2C161%2C45%2C263%2C264%2C262%2C26%2C27%2C28%2C48%2C146%2C77%2C112%2C18%2C20%2C44%2C40%2C42%2C41%2C83%2C92%2C96%2C110%2C144%2C147%2C46%2C111%2C24%2C21%2C119%2C69%2C36%2C149%2C148%2C150%2C141%2C139%2C25%2C35%2C59%2C109%2C160%2C70%2C17%2C152%2C114%2C81%2C66%2C19%2C85%2C86%2C116%2C84%2C136%2C135%2C34%2C278%2C293%2C212%2C201%2C202%2C200%2C296%2C288%2C52%2C213%2C107%2C131%2C80%2C121%2C54%2C47%2C49%2C113%2C120%2C126%2C58%2C64%2C151%2C115%2C37%2C32%2C53%2C56%2C100%2C163%2C1%2C124%2C14%2C122%2C12%2C2%2C57%2C93%2C65%2C118%2C89%2C88%2C166%2C167%2C94%2C95%2C9%2C125%2C102%2C51%2C142%2C87%2C79%2C71%2C117%2C106%2C43%2C143%2C0%2C82%2C137%2C140%2C153%2C38%2C108%2C13%2C168
Categories Other Detected by BeaverCheck · Low Evidence Manifest related_applications includes Google Play app
Categories Analytics Detected by BeaverCheck · Medium Evidence TXT record: google-site-verification=ICNHjQG1_jWiJr4BoAbnUqitRjkjqzTnigVU8p2zc-Y
Categories Email Detected by BeaverCheck Evidence MX record: aspmx.l.google.com

HTTP/3 is the third major version of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol used to exchange information on the World Wide Web.

Categories Miscellaneous Website https://httpwg.org/ Detected by BeaverCheck

Htmx is a JavaScript library for performing AJAX requests, triggering CSS transitions, and invoking WebSocket and server-sent events directly from HTML elements.

Categories JavaScript libraries Website https://htmx.org Detected by BeaverCheck
Categories Analytics Detected by BeaverCheck · Low Evidence TXT record: MS=ms11267483
Categories Email Detected by BeaverCheck Evidence TXT SPF record includes spf.protection.outlook.com: v=spf1 include:aspmx.sailthru.com include:spf.protection.outlook.com ip4:96.46.139.184/30 ip4:66.44.94.122 include:_spf.google.com include:_spf.salesforce.com include:spf.mandrillapp.com include:amazonses.com ~all

MySQL is an open-source relational database management system.

Categories Databases Website https://mysql.com Detected by BeaverCheck
This technology has a CPE identifier — check for known vulnerabilities Search NVD →
Categories Other Detected by BeaverCheck · Low Evidence Manifest prefer_related_applications is true

Open Graph is a protocol that is used to integrate any web page into the social graph.

Categories Miscellaneous Website https://ogp.me Detected by BeaverCheck

Plyr is a simple, lightweight, accessible and customizable HTML5, YouTube and Vimeo media player that supports modern browsers.

Categories Video players Website https://plyr.io Detected by BeaverCheck

Priority Hints exposes a mechanism for developers to signal a relative priority for browsers to consider when fetching resources.

Categories Performance Website https://wicg.github.io/priority-hints/ Detected by BeaverCheck

Swiper is a JavaScript library that creates modern touch sliders with hardware-accelerated transitions.

Categories JavaScript libraries Website https://swiperjs.com Detected by BeaverCheck
Categories Framework Website https://tailwindcss.com Detected by BeaverCheck Evidence Found 10 unique Tailwind utility classes in HTML

Twitter Emoji is a set of open-source emoticons and emojis for Twitter, TweetDeck, and also for Android and iOS versions of the application.

Categories Font scripts Website https://twitter.github.io/twemoji/ Detected by BeaverCheck

Vimeo is a video hosting, sharing and services platform. Vimeo operation an ad-free basis by providing subscription plans.

Categories Video players Website https://vimeo.com Detected by BeaverCheck

core-js is a modular standard library for JavaScript, with polyfills for cutting-edge ECMAScript features.

Categories JavaScript libraries Website https://github.com/zloirock/core-js Detected by BeaverCheck

jQuery is a JavaScript library which is a free, open-source software designed to simplify HTML DOM tree traversal and manipulation, as well as event handling, CSS animation, and Ajax.

Categories JavaScript libraries Website https://jquery.com Detected by BeaverCheck Evidence Script URL: https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.2.4/jquery.min.js
This technology has a CPE identifier — check for known vulnerabilities Search NVD →

reCAPTCHA is a free service from Google that helps protect websites from spam and abuse.

Categories Security Website https://www.google.com/recaptcha/ Detected by BeaverCheck Evidence Script URL contains www.google.com/recaptcha: https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api.js?render=6LdNhYkiAAAAAEo_IrOgwgJPQt4LnKpiSPXhUHxZ&ver=1.0.0

Chartbeat is a web analytics service that provides real-time data and insights into website performance, audience engagement, and content effectiveness for publishers and media organizations.

Categories Analytics Website https://chartbeat.com Detected by BeaverCheck

Cxense was an AI-powered data management and intelligent personalisation platform.

Categories Personalisation, Segmentation Website https://www.cxense.com Detected by BeaverCheck
Categories Advertising Website https://support.google.com/ds/answer/6029713?hl=en Detected by BeaverCheck

Facebook pixel is an analytics tool that allows you to measure the effectiveness of your advertising.

Categories Analytics Website https://facebook.com Detected by BeaverCheck

Google Analytics is a free web analytics service that tracks and reports website traffic.

Categories Analytics Website https://google.com/analytics Detected by BeaverCheck

Google Publisher Tag (GPT) is an ad tagging library for Google Ad Manager which is used to dynamically build ad requests.

Categories Advertising Website https://developers.google.com/publisher-tag/guides/get-started Detected by BeaverCheck

Google Tag Manager is a tag management system (TMS) that allows you to quickly and easily update measurement codes and related code fragments collectively known as tags on your website or mobile app.

Categories Tag managers Website https://www.google.com/tagmanager Detected by BeaverCheck Evidence Script URL contains www.googletagmanager.com: https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-1T05LPL754&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1

Microsoft Advertising is an online advertising platform developed by Microsoft.

Categories Advertising Website https://ads.microsoft.com Detected by BeaverCheck Evidence Script URL contains bat.bing.com: https://bat.bing.com/bat.js

Microsoft's Clarity is a analytics tool which provides website usage statistics, session recording, and heatmaps.

Categories Analytics Website https://clarity.microsoft.com Detected by BeaverCheck
Categories Analytics Website https://www.parse.ly Detected by BeaverCheck

Quantcast Measure is an audience insights and analytics tool.

Categories Analytics Website https://www.quantcast.com/products/measure-audience-insights Detected by BeaverCheck

Taboola is a content discovery & native advertising platform for publishers and advertisers.

Categories Advertising Website https://www.taboola.com Detected by BeaverCheck

Twitter Ads is an advertising platform for Twitter 'microblogging' system.

Categories Advertising Website https://ads.twitter.com Detected by BeaverCheck

Piano is a enterprise SaaS company which specialising in advanced media business processes and ecommerce optimisation.

Categories Personalisation Website https://piano.io Detected by BeaverCheck

Observations (3)

WordPress detected — review security configuration

WordPress sites benefit from: protecting wp-login.php, disabling XML-RPC if unused, restricting REST API access, and keeping all plugins and themes up to date. Check the Security tab for specific findings.

→ Security

jQuery version may be outdated

Detected jQuery 2.2.4. The current major version is 3. Consider updating for security patches and new features.

→ Security

Complex technology stack detected

40 technologies identified. A complex stack increases maintenance burden and attack surface. Consider whether all components are actively needed.

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Fix Plan

Three-week roadmap to ship the audit's findings, with one-click copy targets for your tracker.

Three-week fix plan

2 sprints · 7h total → projected B (85)

Sprint 1: Quick Wins

+6

Highest ROI — low effort, high impact

3 findings 1h → B (81)
  • · Page weighs 31.0 MB (5.2 MB transferred)
  • · HSTS header is missing
  • · 2 button(s) with no accessible text

Sprint 2: Core Fixes

+4

Medium effort, high structural impact

2 findings 6h → B (85)
  • · Content-Security-Policy header is missing
  • · No Content-Security-Policy header found

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