Audit overview
4 categories need attention: Performance, and 3 others.
Fix Priority Matrix
5 findingsQuick Wins
3High impact, low effort — start here.
Strategic
2High impact, requires investment.
Easy Improvements
0Small gains, minimal effort.
Nothing in this quadrant — good news.
Deprioritize
0Low impact, high effort — do last.
Nothing in this quadrant — good news.
Screenshots
Top Priorities (5)
Content-Security-Policy header is missing
Without a CSP, a single XSS bug can exfiltrate everything your users type — including credentials.
No Content-Security-Policy header found
Without a CSP, a single XSS bug can exfiltrate everything users type — credentials, payment data, session tokens.
Page weighs 27.6 MB (13.6 MB transferred)
Informational: total page weight (uncompressed) and bytes actually transferred over the wire.
1 link(s) with no accessible text
Links with no accessible text (empty <a></a>, image-only no alt, icon-only no aria-label) are unidentifiable to screen readers.
3 image-only link(s) without alt text
Image-only links with no alt are unidentifiable to screen-reader users — link's destination is invisible.
Business case
What fixing the audit's findings is worth -- and what ignoring them keeps costing.
Return on investment
$700 investment → $8,668/month returns + USD 157,500 risk avoided
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
6 barrier(s) likely increasing bounce by ~32%.
- Page takes 25.4s to loadUsers abandon at ~3s — you're 22.9s over the 2.5s threshold→ Optimize render-blocking resources, preload the hero image, and compress images
- Page feels frozen for 8.4sClicks on the primary CTA are ignored while JavaScript runs→ Break up long tasks; defer non-critical JavaScript to post-hydration
- 8 form field(s) without a labelScreen readers skip unlabeled fields; autofill can't identify them; checkout abandonment spikes→ Associate every input with a visible <label for="…">; add autocomplete attributes
- 7 broken link(s) on the pageClicks land on 404s — trust drops and the session often ends→ Fix or remove the broken destinations surfaced on the Content tab
- No Content-Security-Policy headerHigher 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
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.
Rates reflect fully-loaded developer cost including overhead
Warning:Cost of inaction
Compliance Risk
$157,500
- No privacy policy link detectedCCPA/CPRA: USD 2,500 – USD 7,500
- 10 advertising/retargeting trackers detectedCCPA/CPRA: USD 2,500 – USD 7,500
- Trackers detected but no cookie policy foundCCPA/CPRA: USD 2,500 – USD 7,500
Bounce-Rate Cost
$8,664 /mo
+32.2pp bounce · ~3,221 lost visitors/mo
CPC: USD 2.69
Bandwidth Waste
$3.42 /mo
42761.4 MB/mo × 0.080 USD/GB
- Optimize transfer: save ~4.3 MB per page loadSaves $3.42/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.
Unique monthly visitors from your analytics
Purchases, signups, or key actions
Optional — for revenue estimation
more engaged visitors from reduced bounce
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
Your data stays in your browser — nothing is sent to our servers
Lighthouse
Mobile
First Contentful Paint First Contentful Paint — how long until the browser renders the first piece of content. Under 1.8s is good.
5.18 s
Largest Contentful Paint Largest Contentful Paint — how long until the largest visible element loads. Under 2.5s is good.
25.39 s
Total Blocking Time Total Blocking Time — total time the main thread was blocked, preventing user input. Under 200ms is good.
8.39 s
Cumulative Layout Shift Cumulative Layout Shift — measures visual stability. How much the page layout shifts during loading. Under 0.1 is good.
0.000
Speed Index Speed Index — how quickly content is visually displayed during load. Under 3.4s is good.
16.85 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.
68.54 s
Desktop
First Contentful Paint First Contentful Paint — how long until the browser renders the first piece of content. Under 1.8s is good.
1.09 s
Largest Contentful Paint Largest Contentful Paint — how long until the largest visible element loads. Under 2.5s is good.
5.05 s
Total Blocking Time Total Blocking Time — total time the main thread was blocked, preventing user input. Under 200ms is good.
332 ms
Cumulative Layout Shift Cumulative Layout Shift — measures visual stability. How much the page layout shifts during loading. Under 0.1 is good.
0.000
Speed Index Speed Index — how quickly content is visually displayed during load. Under 3.4s is good.
5.73 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.
12.38 s
Categories
8Performance
Page weighs 27.6 MB (13.6 MB transferred)
Security
Content-Security-Policy header is missing
Accessibility
1 link(s) with no accessible text
SEO
All checks pass
Infrastructure
All checks pass
Compliance
All checks pass
Content
All checks pass
Sustainability
All checks pass
How you compare
Where this site stands against peers running the same stack.
Top 10% of WordPress sites score 88+ on Performance; you're at 66 — closing this gap is the highest-leverage improvement.
Top 10% of Bootstrap sites score 89+ on Performance; you're at 66 — closing this gap is the highest-leverage improvement.
Technology stack
WordPress 6.9.4, on PHP, with Nginx CDN
Stack Architecture
33Across 
Amazon Advertising 
AppNexus 
Chartbeat 
DoubleClick Floodlight 
Facebook Pixel 2.9.303
Google Analytics 
Google Publisher Tag 
Google Tag Manager 
ID5 1.0.97
OpenX 
Parse.ly 
Prebid 
Quantcast Measure 
Rubicon Project 
Sailthru 
Tapad 
WordPress 6.9.4
Bootstrap Facebook Facebook SDK 
Funding Choices Google Search Console Google Workspace HSTS Microsoft 
Moment.js 2.30.1
MySQL 
Open Graph 
Priority Hints 
RSS 
React 18.3.1Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) 
core-js 3.32.2
jQuery 3.7.1
reCAPTCHA 
PHP 
Nginx All Detected Technologies (38)
Nginx is a web server that can also be used as a reverse proxy, load balancer, mail proxy and HTTP cache.
PHP is a general-purpose scripting language used for web development.
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.
Bootstrap is a free and open-source CSS framework directed at responsive, mobile-first front-end web development. It contains CSS and JavaScript-based design templates for typography, forms, buttons, navigation, and other interface components.
Funding Choices is a messaging tool that can help you comply with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and recover lost revenue from ad blocking users.
HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) informs browsers that the site should only be accessed using HTTPS.
Moment.js is a free and open-source JavaScript library that removes the need to use the native JavaScript Date object directly.
MySQL is an open-source relational database management system.
Open Graph is a protocol that is used to integrate any web page into the social graph.
Priority Hints exposes a mechanism for developers to signal a relative priority for browsers to consider when fetching resources.
RSS is a family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works—such as blog entries, news headlines, audio, and video—in a standardized format.
React is an open-source JavaScript library for building user interfaces or UI components.
Twitter Emoji is a set of open-source emoticons and emojis for Twitter, TweetDeck, and also for Android and iOS versions of the application.
core-js is a modular standard library for JavaScript, with polyfills for cutting-edge ECMAScript features.
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.
reCAPTCHA is a free service from Google that helps protect websites from spam and abuse.
33Across is a technology company focused on solving the challenge of consumer attention for automated advertising.
Amazon Advertising (formerly AMS or Amazon Marketing Services) is a service that works in a similar way to pay-per-click ads on Google.
AppNexus is a cloud-based software platform that enables and optimizes programmatic online advertising.
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.
Facebook pixel is an analytics tool that allows you to measure the effectiveness of your advertising.
Google Analytics is a free web analytics service that tracks and reports website traffic.
Google Publisher Tag (GPT) is an ad tagging library for Google Ad Manager which is used to dynamically build ad requests.
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.
ID5 is a company that offers an identity solution for digital advertising, providing a Universal ID that enables privacy-compliant user recognition and tracking across websites without relying on personal information or third-party cookies.
OpenX is a programmatic advertising technology company.
Prebid is an open-source header bidding wrapper. It forms the core of our Nucleus ad platform, helping maximize revenue and performance for publishers.
Quantcast Measure is an audience insights and analytics tool.
Rubicon Project is an advertising automation platform enabling publishers to transact advertising brands.
Sailthru is a marketing automation software and multi-channel personalisation tool that serves ecommerce and media brands.
Tapad is a venture-funded startup company that develops and markets software and services for cross-device advertising and content delivery.
Observations (4)
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.
jQuery loaded alongside a modern framework
Both jQuery and React are loaded. Modern frameworks handle DOM manipulation natively. jQuery may be unnecessary and adds ~30KB to the page weight. Check the Performance tab for bundle analysis.
No build tool detected
A framework (Bootstrap) was detected but no bundler was identified. The build tool may not be detectable from output patterns, or the site may use the framework's built-in bundler.
Complex technology stack detected
38 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 (81)
Sprint 1: Quick Wins
+5Highest ROI — low effort, high impact
- · Page weighs 27.6 MB (13.6 MB transferred)
- · 1 link(s) with no accessible text
- · 3 image-only link(s) without alt text
Sprint 2: Core Fixes
+6Medium effort, high structural impact
- · Content-Security-Policy header is missing
- · No Content-Security-Policy header found