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Performance

· 15 checks — Lighthouse + waterfall + sustainability rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
83
GRADE
B
FIX
2
REVIEW
4
PASS
7
INFO
2

Performance-focused optimization plan with CWV assessment, top offenders, and time estimates

94
Performance Overall performance score (0–100) based on Core Web Vitals and other metrics. 90+ is good.
94
Accessibility Measures how accessible the page is for users with disabilities. Checks color contrast, ARIA labels, and semantic HTML.
100
Best Practices Checks for modern web development best practices including HTTPS, no console errors, and secure JavaScript.
92
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.

605 ms

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

1.66 s

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

3 ms

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

0.022

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

620 ms

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

1.66 s

Page Load Progression

375 ms
750 ms
1.1 s
1.5 s
1.9 s
2.2 s
2.6 s
3.0 s
Checks
15
7 PASS 4 REVIEW 2 FIX
F
Page Weight Budget
Action
4.7 MB transferred, 27 requests
FIX
4.7 MB transferred, 27 requests
Critical::
Page weighs 5.7 MB (4.7 MB transferred)
Warning::
Images are 4.2 MB — compress or use modern formats
Convert images to WebP/AVIF and resize to display dimensions to reduce transfer size.
Got: 4.2 MB
Info::
27 HTTP requests
Info::
Estimated 1.00 g CO2 per page load
4.7 MB / 2.4 MB budget
4.7 MB transferred
27 requests
1.00 g CO2 per page load
Images 4.2 MiB 88%
JavaScript 396.5 KiB 8%
Fonts 156.2 KiB 3%
HTML 20.6 KiB 0%
CSS 17.4 KiB 0%
Other 1.5 KiB 0%
Other 543 B 0%
Other 307 B 0%
0 2.4 MB 4.9 MB
Over budget

Convert images to WebP/AVIF and resize to display dimensions to reduce transfer size.

Why this matters

Image bandwidth is high — modern formats (WebP/AVIF) and resizing typically cut it 50%+.

Source: web.dev

F
HTTP Caching
Action
No cache headers
FIX
No cache headers
Warning::
No Cache-Control header found
Browsers will use heuristic caching, which can be unpredictable. Set explicit cache headers.

No Cache-Control header

Adding a Cache-Control header can significantly improve repeat-visit performance.

B
Image Optimization
11 images, 0 KB saveable
REVIEW
11 images, 0 KB saveable
Warning::
https://fas.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/homepag... is missing width/height — may cause layout shift
Set explicit width and height to prevent CLS.
11 images 4.2 MB
0 oversized -0 KB
11 legacy format
1 missing dimensions CLS risk

Set explicit width and height to prevent CLS.

Why this matters

Image without explicit width/height — browser can't reserve space; CLS jumps when image loads.

Source: web.dev / Core Web Vitals

C
JS Bundles
Action
6 scripts, 226 KB unused
REVIEW
6 scripts, 226 KB unused
Warning::
https://fas.org/wp-content/themes/fas/assets/dist/...: 97 KB unused (85%)
Consider code splitting or tree shaking to reduce unused code.
Warning::
https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-ECXR...: 65 KB unused (42%)
Consider code splitting or tree shaking to reduce unused code.
Warning::
https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-N6T...: 64 KB unused (53%)
Consider code splitting or tree shaking to reduce unused code.
Info::
Total unused JavaScript: 226 KB
226 KB unused JavaScript

Downloaded but never executed on this page.

ScriptSizeUnusedMinifiedParty
https://fas.org/wp-content/themes/fas/assets/dist/main.js?ver=1775857560115 KB97 KB (85%)1st
https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-ECXRQ9RTQS&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1153 KB65 KB (42%)3rd
https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-N6TJX7F120 KB64 KB (53%)3rd
blob:https://fas.org/7630011b-6ec7-4753-b99e-5c69d0674b41-0 KB3rd
https://analytics.ahrefs.com/analytics.js3 KB3rd
https://fas.org/wp-includes/js/wp-emoji-release.min.js?ver=6.95 KB1st

Consider code splitting or tree shaking to reduce unused code.

Why this matters

This bundle has high unused code — code-split or tree-shake to ship only what executes.

Source: web.dev / Lighthouse coverage

Consider code splitting or tree shaking to reduce unused code.

Why this matters

This bundle has high unused code — code-split or tree-shake to ship only what executes.

Source: web.dev / Lighthouse coverage

Consider code splitting or tree shaking to reduce unused code.

Why this matters

This bundle has high unused code — code-split or tree-shake to ship only what executes.

Source: web.dev / Lighthouse coverage

C
Page Weight Inventory
Action
27 resources · 4.7 MB · 226 KB savings available
REVIEW
27 resources · 4.7 MB · 226 KB savings available
Warning::
Page weight 3.7 MB over 1MB target
Got: 4.7 MB Expected: ≤ 1 MB
Info::
~226 KB of savings available
Info::
6 third-party resources (6% of weight)
Info::
7 resources over 200KB
27 resources · 4.7 MiB · 6 third-party 3.7 MiB over 1MB target
Image 88% · 4.2 MiB
JavaScript 8% · 396.5 KiB
Font 3% · 156.2 KiB
Document 0% · 20.6 KiB
CSS 0% · 17.4 KiB
Other 0% · 850 B

~226.0 KiB of savings available

Remove unused JavaScript: 226.0 KiB
C
Green Hosting
Action
Whether the site is served from green-energy infrastructure
REVIEW

Green Hosting

No green hosting detected

A+
Third-Party Impact
6% third-party, 0 ms blocking
PASS
6% third-party, 0 ms blocking
Info::
Third-party code accounts for 6% of page weight (277.3 KiB of 4.7 MiB)
Info::
Third-party blocking time is low (0 ms)
94%
First-party Third-party
A+
Text Compression
All text resources are compressed
PASS
All text resources are compressed
Info::
All text resources are compressed
All text resources are properly compressed.
A+
JS Execution Cost
316ms total JS execution
PASS
316ms total JS execution
Info::
https://fas.org/: 124ms CPU time
Info::
Unattributable: 86ms CPU time
Info::
https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-ECXR...: 55ms CPU time
Info::
https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-N6T...: 51ms CPU time
Warning::
Third-party scripts: 193ms (61% of total)

Main Thread Breakdown

Script Evaluation 38% Style & Layout 22% Other 21% Script Parsing & Compilation 11% Rendering 4% Parse HTML & CSS 4%
ScriptTotalScriptingParse/CompileParty
https://fas.org/124ms4ms1ms1st
Unattributable86ms19ms0ms3rd
https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-ECXRQ9RTQS&cx=c&gtm=4e64h155ms40ms15ms3rd
https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-N6TJX7F51ms39ms12ms3rd
A+
Font Loading
4 fonts (156 KB)
PASS
4 fonts (156 KB)
Info::
4 font(s) use font-display: swap (FOUT risk but functional)

Web fonts

4

156 KB total

Render-blocking

0

of 4

Dominant font-display

swap

Most common across fonts

Font loading timeline
Transfer FOIT (block) FOUT (swap)
0 ms 500 ms 1.0 s 1.5 s FCP 605 ms LCP 1.7 shttps://fas.org/wp-content/themes/fas/assets/fonts/PPFraktionMono-Regular.woff2PPFraktionMono-Regular.... https://fas.org/wp-content/themes/fas/assets/fonts/PPFraktionMono-Regular.woff2 — 34.4 KiB — 93 ms — font-display: swaphttps://fas.org/wp-content/themes/fas/assets/fonts/StabilGrotesk-Light.woff2StabilGrotesk-Light.woff2 https://fas.org/wp-content/themes/fas/assets/fonts/StabilGrotesk-Light.woff2 — 43.2 KiB — 94 ms — font-display: swaphttps://fas.org/wp-content/themes/fas/assets/fonts/StabilGrotesk-Bold.woff2StabilGrotesk-Bold.woff2 https://fas.org/wp-content/themes/fas/assets/fonts/StabilGrotesk-Bold.woff2 — 43.3 KiB — 96 ms — font-display: swaphttps://fas.org/wp-content/themes/fas/assets/fonts/PPFraktionMono-Bold.woff2PPFraktionMono-Bold.woff2 https://fas.org/wp-content/themes/fas/assets/fonts/PPFraktionMono-Bold.woff2 — 35.2 KiB — 94 ms — font-display: swap
PPFraktionMono-Regular.... woff2 swap
Size 34 KB
Load time 93 ms
Start 403 ms
Risk FOUT — text flashes from fallback to web font
StabilGrotesk-Light.woff2 woff2 swap
Size 43 KB
Load time 94 ms
Start 403 ms
Risk FOUT — text flashes from fallback to web font
StabilGrotesk-Bold.woff2 woff2 swap
Size 43 KB
Load time 96 ms
Start 404 ms
Risk FOUT — text flashes from fallback to web font
PPFraktionMono-Bold.woff2 woff2 swap
Size 35 KB
Load time 94 ms
Start 407 ms
Risk FOUT — text flashes from fallback to web font
Optimization checklist
  • Preload critical fonts (priority=high)
  • Use woff2 format for all fonts
  • Set font-display to swap, optional, or fallback
  • Subset large fonts (≤100 KB each)
A+
Resource Caching
All resources properly cached
PASS
All resources properly cached
Info::
No caching issues found
All static resources have appropriate caching headers.
A+
Critical Rendering Path
No render-blocking resources
PASS
No render-blocking resources
Info::
No render-blocking resources detected
A+
Resource Hints
No optimization needed
PASS
No optimization needed
Info::
No resource hint issues
Network Waterfall
27 requests over 662ms
INFO
0 ms 500 ms 1.0 s 1.5 s FCP 605 ms LCP 1.7 shttps://fas.org// https://fas.org/ — 200 — 20.6 KiB — 146 ms — h2https://fas.org/wp-content/plugins/tablepress/css/build/default.css?ver=3.2.6/wp-content/plugins/tablepress/css/... https://fas.org/wp-content/plugins/tablepress/css/build/default.css?ver=3.2.6 — 200 — 1.9 KiB — 37 ms — h2https://fas.org/wp-content/themes/fas/assets/dist/main.js?ver=1775857560/wp-content/themes/fas/assets/dist/... https://fas.org/wp-content/themes/fas/assets/dist/main.js?ver=1775857560 — 200 — 114.8 KiB — 108 ms — h2https://fas.org/wp-content/themes/fas/assets/dist/main.css?version=1776370165/wp-content/themes/fas/assets/dist/... https://fas.org/wp-content/themes/fas/assets/dist/main.css?version=1776370165 — 200 — 15.5 KiB — 39 ms — h2https://fas.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/homepage-hero-722x697.jpg/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/homepag... https://fas.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/homepage-hero-722x697.jpg — 200 — 48.0 KiB — 118 ms — h2https://fas.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/0316-state-energy-1032x538.png/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/0316-st... https://fas.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/0316-state-energy-1032x538.png — 200 — 628.8 KiB — 179 ms — h2https://fas.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/emerging-technology-1032x1032.png/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/emergin... https://fas.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/emerging-technology-1032x1032.png — 200 — 624.5 KiB — 70 ms — h2https://fas.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/climate-1032x1032.png/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/climate... https://fas.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/climate-1032x1032.png — 200 — 744.0 KiB — 97 ms — h2https://fas.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/01-GLOBE-1402x933.png/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/01-GLOB... https://fas.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/01-GLOBE-1402x933.png — 200 — 743.2 KiB — 129 ms — h2https://fas.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/energy-1032x1032.png/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/energy-... https://fas.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/energy-1032x1032.png — 200 — 379.2 KiB — 144 ms — h2https://fas.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/pedro-lastra-Nyvq2juw4_o-unsplash-1402x862.jpg/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/pedro-l... https://fas.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/pedro-lastra-Nyvq2juw4_o-unsplash-1402x862.jpg — 200 — 317.9 KiB — 165 ms — h2https://fas.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/government-capacity-1032x1032.png/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/governm... https://fas.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/government-capacity-1032x1032.png — 200 — 557.7 KiB — 186 ms — h2https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-N6TJX7Fwww.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=... https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-N6TJX7F — 200 — 120.3 KiB — 73 ms — h2https://fas.org/wp-content/themes/fas/assets/images/day-one-block-background-mobile.png/wp-content/themes/fas/assets/image... https://fas.org/wp-content/themes/fas/assets/images/day-one-block-background-mobile.png — 200 — 107.4 KiB — 190 ms — h2https://fas.org/wp-content/themes/fas/assets/images/day-one-block-background-desktop.png/wp-content/themes/fas/assets/image... https://fas.org/wp-content/themes/fas/assets/images/day-one-block-background-desktop.png — 200 — 117.7 KiB — 188 ms — h2blob:https://fas.org/7630011b-6ec7-4753-b99e-5c69d0674b41fas.org/7630011b-6ec7-4753-b99e-5c6... blob:https://fas.org/7630011b-6ec7-4753-b99e-5c69d0674b41 — 200 — -1 B — 122 ms — blobhttps://fas.org/wp-content/themes/fas/assets/images/menu-item-arrow.svg/wp-content/themes/fas/assets/image... https://fas.org/wp-content/themes/fas/assets/images/menu-item-arrow.svg — 200 — 538 B — 134 ms — h2https://fas.org/wp-content/themes/fas/assets/fonts/PPFraktionMono-Regular.woff2/wp-content/themes/fas/assets/fonts... https://fas.org/wp-content/themes/fas/assets/fonts/PPFraktionMono-Regular.woff2 — 200 — 34.4 KiB — 93 ms — h2https://fas.org/wp-content/themes/fas/assets/fonts/StabilGrotesk-Light.woff2/wp-content/themes/fas/assets/fonts... https://fas.org/wp-content/themes/fas/assets/fonts/StabilGrotesk-Light.woff2 — 200 — 43.2 KiB — 94 ms — h2https://fas.org/wp-content/themes/fas/assets/fonts/StabilGrotesk-Bold.woff2/wp-content/themes/fas/assets/fonts... https://fas.org/wp-content/themes/fas/assets/fonts/StabilGrotesk-Bold.woff2 — 200 — 43.3 KiB — 96 ms — h2https://fas.org/wp-content/themes/fas/assets/fonts/PPFraktionMono-Bold.woff2/wp-content/themes/fas/assets/fonts... https://fas.org/wp-content/themes/fas/assets/fonts/PPFraktionMono-Bold.woff2 — 200 — 35.2 KiB — 94 ms — h2https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-ECXRQ9RTQS&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id... https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-ECXRQ9RTQS&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1 — 200 — 153.2 KiB — 58 ms — h2https://analytics.ahrefs.com/analytics.jsanalytics.ahrefs.com/analytics.js https://analytics.ahrefs.com/analytics.js — 200 — 3.0 KiB — 36 ms — h3https://fas.org/wp-includes/js/wp-emoji-release.min.js?ver=6.9/wp-includes/js/wp-emoji-release.mi... https://fas.org/wp-includes/js/wp-emoji-release.min.js?ver=6.9 — 200 — 5.2 KiB — 38 ms — h2https://analytics.ahrefs.com/api/eventanalytics.ahrefs.com/api/event https://analytics.ahrefs.com/api/event — 200 — 307 B — 56 ms — h3https://www.google-analytics.com/g/collect?v=2&tid=G-ECXRQ9RTQS&gtm=45je64h1v889303355z8889589459za20gzb889589459zd889589459&_p=1776804859463&gcd=13l3l3l3l1l1&npa=0&dma=0&are=1&cid=1784453433.1776804860&frm=0&pscdl=noapi&rcb=2&sr=800x600&uaa=x86&uab=64&uafvl=Not-A.Brand%3B24.0.0.0%7CChromium%3B146.0.7680.164&uam=&uamb=0&uap=macOS&uapv=10.15.7&uaw=0&ul=en-us&_s=1&tag_exp=0~115616986~115938466~115938469~117266401~117512542~118128923&sid=1776804859&sct=1&seg=0&dl=https%3A%2F%2Ffas.org%2F&dt=Home%20-%20Federation%20of%20American%20Scientists&en=page_view&_fv=1&_nsi=1&_ss=1&ep.published_date=null&ep.null=null&tfd=618www.google-analytics.com/g/collect?... https://www.google-analytics.com/g/collect?v=2&tid=G-ECXRQ9RTQS&gtm=45je64h1v889303355z8889589459za20gzb889589459zd889589459&_p=1776804859463&gcd=13l3l3l3l1l1&npa=0&dma=0&are=1&cid=1784453433.1776804860&frm=0&pscdl=noapi&rcb=2&sr=800x600&uaa=x86&uab=64&uafvl=Not-A.Brand%3B24.0.0.0%7CChromium%3B146.0.7680.164&uam=&uamb=0&uap=macOS&uapv=10.15.7&uaw=0&ul=en-us&_s=1&tag_exp=0~115616986~115938466~115938469~117266401~117512542~118128923&sid=1776804859&sct=1&seg=0&dl=https%3A%2F%2Ffas.org%2F&dt=Home%20-%20Federation%20of%20American%20Scientists&en=page_view&_fv=1&_nsi=1&_ss=1&ep.published_date=null&ep.null=null&tfd=618 — 204 — 543 B — 43 ms — h2https://fas.org/wp-content/themes/fas/assets/images/favicon.ico/wp-content/themes/fas/assets/image... https://fas.org/wp-content/themes/fas/assets/images/favicon.ico — 200 — 1.5 KiB — 36 ms — h2
HTML JavaScript CSS Images Fonts XHR/Fetch Other
Third-Party Script Cost
Per-script blocking time, transfer cost, and cache headers
INFO
61% of JavaScript execution is third-party
First-party Third-party 193ms · 274KB · $3/mo
Unattributable
Other
Optional
Execution 86ms
Transfer 0 KB
Monthly Cost $1/mo
Google Tag Manager
Tag Manager
Optional
Execution 55ms
Transfer 153 KB
Unused 42%
Monthly Cost $1/mo
Google Tag Manager
Tag Manager
Optional
Execution 51ms
Transfer 120 KB
Unused 53%
Monthly Cost $1/mo

61% of JavaScript execution time comes from third-party scripts.

Why this matters

Third-party scripts (analytics, ads, social, A/B testing) often dominate execution time — every one is a perf-and-privacy tax.

Learn more

Each third-party script is a black box: you don't control when it loads, what it executes, or how much it grows. They often account for a major share of total blocking time on average sites (HTTP Archive's Web Almanac documents the trend). Audit which ones you actually need, defer the rest, and use facade patterns (lite-youtube, lite-vimeo) for embedded media.

Source: web.dev / HTTP Archive Web Almanac

53% of Google Tag Manager's code is unused. The script may be loading features you don't use.

Why this matters

Bundle has high unused-code ratio — tree-shaking and route-splitting recover the wasted bytes.

Source: web.dev

How third-party costs are calculated

All checks on this page are automated. Results are estimates - run targeted manual reviews when the score affects a release decision.

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