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· 0 checks — Desktop Lighthouse audit -- Performance, Accessibility, Best Practices, and SEO category breakdown.Detailed Report
Audit breakdown by category with detailed findings.
Performance
Insights
Remove large, duplicate JavaScript modules from bundles to reduce unnecessary bytes consumed by network activity.
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
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.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
Your first network request is the most important. Reduce its latency by avoiding redirects, ensuring a fast server response, and enabling text compression.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
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.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
Reducing the download time of images can improve the perceived load time of the page and LCP. Learn more about optimizing image size
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| URL | Resource Size | Est Savings | |
|---|---|---|---|
div.newspack-popup__content > div.wp-block-image > figure.aligncenter > img.wp-image-225330 div.newspack-popup__content > div.wp-block-image > figure.aligncenter > img.wp-image-225330 | www.texastribune.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Image-Cropped-1024x424.png | 348.4 KiB | 306.9 KiB |
Texas can force schools to post Ten Commandments, federal appeals court rules article.category-courts > figure.post-thumbnail > a > img.attachment-newspack-article-block-uncropped | /www.texastribune.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/0630-Tex... | 191.2 KiB | 125.6 KiB |
Some Dallas County Republicans trying to revive precinct voting that created ch… article.tag-dallas-county > figure.post-thumbnail > a > img.attachment-newspack-article-block-uncropped | /www.texastribune.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/20260303... | 134.9 KiB | 120.7 KiB |
body.jar > div#google_image_div > a#aw0 > img.img_ad body.jar > div#google_image_div > a#aw0 > img.img_ad | tpc.googlesyndication.com/simgad/3541291214317760598 | 100.3 KiB | 89.7 KiB |
James Talarico calls for federal gas tax pause to combat surging fuel prices article.tag-elections > figure.post-thumbnail > a > img.attachment-newspack-article-block-uncropped | /www.texastribune.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/20260115... | 56.6 KiB | 50.7 KiB |
body.jar > div#google_image_div > a#aw0 > img.img_ad body.jar > div#google_image_div > a#aw0 > img.img_ad | tpc.googlesyndication.com/simgad/12091055953819874574 | 58.7 KiB | 46.5 KiB |
The Texas Tribune div.wrapper > div.site-branding > a.custom-logo-link > img.custom-logo | /www.texastribune.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/TexasTri... | 39.8 KiB | 36.9 KiB |
Michael and Susan Dell become UT Austin’s first $1 billion donors article.tag-dell > figure.post-thumbnail > a > img.attachment-newspack-article-block-uncropped | /www.texastribune.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Dell-Med... | 28.1 KiB | 10.7 KiB |
div.wp-block-group__inner-container > div.wp-block-image > figure.aligncenter > img.wp-image-221160 div.wp-block-group__inner-container > div.wp-block-image > figure.aligncenter > img.wp-image-221160 | /wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Tribune-Logo-Color-Horizontal... | 7.6 KiB | 7.2 KiB |
Corpus Christi leaders weigh how much to reduce customers’ water use amid growi… article.tag-corpus-christi > figure.post-thumbnail > a > img.attachment-newspack-article-block-uncropped | /www.texastribune.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/20260317... | 22.4 KiB | 5.1 KiB |
div.wp-block-column > div.wp-block-image > figure.aligncenter > img div.wp-block-column > div.wp-block-image > figure.aligncenter > img | /www.texastribune.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/TheYall-... | 6.3 KiB | 5.0 KiB |
div.wp-block-column > div.wp-block-image > figure.aligncenter > img div.wp-block-column > div.wp-block-image > figure.aligncenter > img | /www.texastribune.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/TheBrief... | 6.2 KiB | 4.8 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.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
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.
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.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
These insights are also available in the Chrome DevTools Performance Panel - record a trace to view more detailed information.
Diagnostics
Reduce unused JavaScript and defer loading scripts until they are required to decrease bytes consumed by network activity. Learn how to reduce unused JavaScript.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
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.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| URL | Transfer Size | Est Savings |
|---|---|---|
| www.texastribune.org/wp-content/themes/newspack-scott/style.css?ver=2.21.0 | 30.8 KiB | 25.7 KiB |
Large network payloads cost users real money and are highly correlated with long load times. Learn how to reduce payload sizes.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
More information about the performance of your application. These numbers don't directly affect the Performance score.
Redirects introduce additional delays before the page can be loaded. Learn how to avoid page redirects.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| URL | Time Spent |
|---|---|
| texastribune.org/ | 229 ms |
| www.texastribune.org/ | 0.0 ms |
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.
Contrast
Low-contrast text is difficult or impossible for many users to read. Learn how to provide sufficient color contrast.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| Failing Elements |
|---|
Ronaldo Bolaños/The Texas Tribune article.category-courts > figure.post-thumbnail > figcaption.has-credit > span.image-credit |
Shelby Tauber for The Texas Tribune article.tag-dallas-county > figure.post-thumbnail > figcaption.has-credit > span.image-credit |
Sergio Flores for The Texas Tribune article.tag-elections > figure.post-thumbnail > figcaption.has-credit > span.image-credit |
Brandon Formby/The Texas Tribune article.tag-education > figure.post-thumbnail > figcaption.has-credit > span.image-credit |
Leila Saidane for The Texas Tribune article.tag-department-of-state-health-services > figure.post-thumbnail > figcaption.has-credit > span.image-credit |
Bob Daemmrich for The Texas Tribune article.tag-dell > figure.post-thumbnail > figcaption.has-credit > span.image-credit |
Travis Prater/Texas Commission on Environmental Quality article.tag-nueces-county > figure.post-thumbnail > figcaption.has-credit > span.image-credit |
Pete Garcia for The Texas Tribune article.tag-corpus-christi > figure.post-thumbnail > figcaption.has-credit > span.image-credit |
Courtney Sacco for The Texas Tribune article.tag-glenn-hegar > figure.post-thumbnail > figcaption.has-credit > span.image-credit |
Manoo Sirivelu/The Texas Tribune article.tag-artificial-intelligence > figure.post-thumbnail > figcaption.has-credit > span.image-credit |
Brenda Bazán for The Texas Tribune article.tag-dilley > figure.post-thumbnail > figcaption.has-credit > span.image-credit |
Juan Carlo/Ventura County Star/USA TODAY Network via REUTERS article.tag-dustin-burrows > figure.post-thumbnail > figcaption.has-credit > span.image-credit |
Michael Cavazos for The Texas Tribune article.tag-democrats > figure.post-thumbnail > figcaption.has-credit > span.image-credit |
Michael Gonzalez for The Texas Tribune article.tag-democrats > figure.post-thumbnail > figcaption.has-credit > span.image-credit |
Paul Ratje for Inside Climate News article.tag-oil-and-natural-gas > figure.post-thumbnail > figcaption.has-credit > span.image-credit |
Azul Sordo/The Texas Tribune article.tag-al-green > figure.post-thumbnail > figcaption.has-credit > span.image-credit |
Illustration by Megan Hicks/Fernando Alvarez Gonzalez/The Texas Tribune. Source… article.tag-2026-elections > figure.post-thumbnail > figcaption.has-credit > span.image-credit |
Ronaldo Bolaños/The Texas Tribune article.category-health-care > figure.post-thumbnail > figcaption.has-credit > span.image-credit |
Photos by Danielle Villasana for ProPublica article.category-health-care > figure.post-thumbnail > figcaption.has-credit > span.image-credit |
Sergio Flores for The Texas Tribune article.tag-data-centers > figure.post-thumbnail > figcaption.has-credit > span.image-credit |
These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.
Best practices
Touch targets with sufficient size and spacing help users who may have difficulty targeting small controls to activate the targets. Learn more about touch targets.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| Failing Elements |
|---|
T-SQUARED article.tag-education > div.entry-wrapper > div.cat-links > a.newspack-featured-series |
HEALTH CARE article.tag-department-of-state-health-services > div.entry-wrapper > div.cat-links > a.newspack-featured-series |
HEALTH CARE article.tag-dell > div.entry-wrapper > div.cat-links > a.newspack-featured-series |
HIGHER EDUCATION article.tag-artificial-intelligence > div.entry-wrapper > div.cat-links > a.newspack-featured-series |
IMMIGRATION article.tag-dilley > div.entry-wrapper > div.cat-links > a.newspack-featured-series |
POLITICS article.tag-dustin-burrows > div.entry-wrapper > div.cat-links > a.newspack-featured-series |
POLITICS article.tag-democrats > div.entry-wrapper > div.cat-links > a.newspack-featured-series |
2026 TEXAS ELECTIONS article.tag-democrats > div.entry-wrapper > div.cat-links > a.newspack-featured-series |
ENERGY article.tag-oil-and-natural-gas > div.entry-wrapper > div.cat-links > a.newspack-featured-series |
2026 TEXAS ELECTIONS article.tag-al-green > div.entry-wrapper > div.cat-links > a.newspack-featured-series |
2026 TEXAS ELECTIONS article.tag-2026-elections > div.entry-wrapper > div.cat-links > a.newspack-featured-series |
HEALTH CARE article.category-health-care > div.entry-wrapper > div.cat-links > a.newspack-featured-series |
HEALTH CARE article.tag-department-of-state-health-services > div.entry-wrapper > div.cat-links > a.newspack-featured-series |
HEALTH CARE article.category-health-care > div.entry-wrapper > div.cat-links > a.newspack-featured-series |
STATE GOVERNMENT article.tag-data-centers > div.entry-wrapper > div.cat-links > a.newspack-featured-series |
These items highlight common accessibility best practices.
Best Practices
General
Errors logged to the console indicate unresolved problems. They can come from network request failures and other browser concerns. Learn more about this errors in console diagnostic audit
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| Source | Description |
|---|---|
Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 401 () | |
Object |
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.
Content Best Practices
Descriptive link text helps search engines understand your content. Learn how to make links more accessible.
Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.
| Link destination | Link Text |
|---|---|
| www.texastribune.org/series/news-apps-graphics-databases/ | READ MORE |
Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.