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value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.5 s

65/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value3.6 s

61/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value3.6 s

87/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value3,280 ms

2/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.319

36/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value17.0 s

5/100

10%

illinoisreporter.wordpress.com

9 ms

illinoisreporter.wordpress.com

304 ms

90 ms

style.css

98 ms

90 ms

Our browser made a total of 39 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 5% of them (2 requests) were addressed to the original Illinoisreporter.wordpress.com, 28% (11 requests) were made to Illinoisreporter.files.wordpress.com and 18% (7 requests) were made to S2.wp.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (393 ms) relates to the external source Illinoisreporter.files.wordpress.com.

Content Size

489.4 kB

After Optimization

410.3 kB

In fact, the total size of Illinoisreporter.wordpress.com main page is 489.4 kB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 50% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 217.7 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-76%

Potential reduce by 78.0 kB

Original 102.1 kB
After minification 98.7 kB
After compression 24.0 kB

HTML content can be minified and compressed by a website’s server. The most efficient way is to compress content using GZIP which reduces data amount travelling through the network between server and browser. HTML code on this page is well minified. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 78.0 kB or 76% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 0 B

Original 217.7 kB
After minification 217.7 kB

Image size optimization can help to speed up a website loading time. The chart above shows the difference between the size before and after optimization. Illinois Reporter Word Press images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-1%

Potential reduce by 770 B

Original 149.1 kB
After minification 149.1 kB
After compression 148.4 kB

It’s better to minify JavaScript in order to improve website performance. The diagram shows the current total size of all JavaScript files against the prospective JavaScript size after its minification and compression. This website has mostly compressed JavaScripts.

CSS Optimization

-1%

Potential reduce by 270 B

Original 20.4 kB
After minification 20.4 kB
After compression 20.1 kB

CSS files minification is very important to reduce a web page rendering time. The faster CSS files can load, the earlier a page can be rendered. Illinoisreporter.wordpress.com has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Now

After Optimization

The browser has sent 37 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Illinois Reporter Word Press. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 10 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 10 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Issues

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

High

Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.

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.

High

ARIA IDs are not unique

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

These are opportunities to improve the semantics of the controls in your application. This may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Areas of Improvement

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

High

Serves images with low resolution

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

Search Engine Optimization Advices

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

High

Links are not crawlable

Make sure your pages are mobile friendly so users don’t have to pinch or zoom in order to read the content pages. [Learn more](https://developers.google.com/search/mobile-sites/).

High

Document uses legible font sizes

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

Language and Encoding

Language Detected

EN
Language Claimed

EN
Encoding

UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Illinoisreporter.wordpress.com can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and it matches the claimed language. Our system also found out that Illinoisreporter.wordpress.com main page’s claimed encoding is utf-8. Use of this encoding format is the best practice as the main page visitors from all over the world won’t have any issues with symbol transcription.

Social Sharing Optimization

Open Graph data is detected on the main page of Illinois Reporter Word Press. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: