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Report Summary

  • 35

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    55% of other websites

  • 88

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 68% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 90

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    68% of websites

catholicchurch.org.uk

Catholic Church in England and Wales - Catholic Bishops' Conference

Page Load Speed

3.4 sec in total

First Response

337 ms

Resources Loaded

2.7 sec

Page Rendered

385 ms

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About Website

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The official site for the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales. Find out about the work of the Church domestically and overseas.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Catholicchurch.org.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 337 ms and then it took 3.1 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 55% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

catholicchurch.org.uk performance score

35

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value7.0 s

1/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value14.6 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value8.5 s

18/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value530 ms

55/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.001

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value13.2 s

12/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

catholicchurch.org.uk

337 ms

www.cbcew.org.uk

684 ms

js

43 ms

js

59 ms

analytics.js

36 ms

Our browser made a total of 56 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 2% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Catholicchurch.org.uk, 66% (37 requests) were made to Cbcew.org.uk and 13% (7 requests) were made to C0.wp.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (684 ms) relates to the external source Cbcew.org.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 632.8 kB (37%)

Content Size

1.7 MB

After Optimization

1.1 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Catholicchurch.org.uk main page is 1.7 MB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 40% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 818.1 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 85.7 kB

  • Original 107.2 kB
  • After minification 107.2 kB
  • After compression 21.6 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 85.7 kB or 80% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-1%

Potential reduce by 10.1 kB

  • Original 818.1 kB
  • After minification 808.0 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. Catholic Church images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-61%

Potential reduce by 253.3 kB

  • Original 412.1 kB
  • After minification 400.0 kB
  • After compression 158.8 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. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 253.3 kB or 61% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-78%

Potential reduce by 283.7 kB

  • Original 364.1 kB
  • After minification 361.3 kB
  • After compression 80.4 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. Catholicchurch.org.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 283.7 kB or 78% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 21 (41%)

Requests Now

51

After Optimization

30

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 51 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Catholic Church. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 17 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 6 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

catholicchurch.org.uk

catholicchurch.org.uk

337 ms

www.cbcew.org.uk

www.cbcew.org.uk

684 ms

js

js

43 ms

js

js

59 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

36 ms

mediaelementplayer-legacy.min.css

mediaelementplayer-legacy.min.css

43 ms

wp-mediaelement.min.css

wp-mediaelement.min.css

92 ms

f9dba.css

f9dba.css

494 ms

jetpack.css

jetpack.css

92 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

97 ms

jquery-migrate.min.js

jquery-migrate.min.js

96 ms

7a73d.js

7a73d.js

335 ms

0e602.js

0e602.js

419 ms

collect

collect

59 ms

collect

collect

30 ms

client-code.js

client-code.js

16 ms

mc-validate.js

mc-validate.js

45 ms

66f22.css

66f22.css

256 ms

b83bd.js

b83bd.js

497 ms

eu-cookie-law.min.js

eu-cookie-law.min.js

1 ms

e-202421.js

e-202421.js

17 ms

wp-embed.min.js

wp-embed.min.js

2 ms

ad684.js

ad684.js

250 ms

1615d.js

1615d.js

256 ms

103 ms

fontawesome-webfont.woff

fontawesome-webfont.woff

178 ms

themify.woff

themify.woff

166 ms

elusive.woff

elusive.woff

93 ms

embedr-loader.js

embedr-loader.js

49 ms

icon-play.svg

icon-play.svg

98 ms

icon-pause.svg

icon-pause.svg

99 ms

icon-volume-on.svg

icon-volume-on.svg

129 ms

icon-rwd.svg

icon-rwd.svg

130 ms

icon-fwd.svg

icon-fwd.svg

169 ms

icon-brand-apple-podcasts.svg

icon-brand-apple-podcasts.svg

168 ms

icon-brand-spotify.svg

icon-brand-spotify.svg

200 ms

icon-copy.svg

icon-copy.svg

201 ms

icon-brand-facebook.svg

icon-brand-facebook.svg

202 ms

icon-brand-twitter.svg

icon-brand-twitter.svg

203 ms

icon-download.svg

icon-download.svg

249 ms

embedr-47ad26da5deade67d472950b12c94b6c.js

embedr-47ad26da5deade67d472950b12c94b6c.js

73 ms

st-joseph-catholic-primary-school-1140-641-1140x450.jpg

st-joseph-catholic-primary-school-1140-641-1140x450.jpg

226 ms

cropped-android-chrome-512x512-1-32x32.png

cropped-android-chrome-512x512-1-32x32.png

257 ms

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53706940027_b4d3ebf3ca_z.jpg

34 ms

colour-cross-no-circle-CBCEW.svg

colour-cross-no-circle-CBCEW.svg

189 ms

white-cross-no-circle-bg.svg

white-cross-no-circle-bg.svg

190 ms

Bp-Lang-JA-1600-150x150.jpg

Bp-Lang-JA-1600-150x150.jpg

190 ms

icon-loader.svg

icon-loader.svg

239 ms

android-chrome-512x512-150x150.png

android-chrome-512x512-150x150.png

240 ms

Ed-Sec-Keegan-Vaughan-2560x500-1.jpg

Ed-Sec-Keegan-Vaughan-2560x500-1.jpg

559 ms

news-cameras-1200-800-360x320.jpg

news-cameras-1200-800-360x320.jpg

271 ms

bishop-ring-home-page-1200-800-360x320.jpg

bishop-ring-home-page-1200-800-360x320.jpg

272 ms

events-1200-800-home-page-360x320.jpg

events-1200-800-home-page-360x320.jpg

273 ms

st-peters-1-1200-800-660x390.jpg

st-peters-1-1200-800-660x390.jpg

485 ms

jesus-on-cross-1200-800-460x390.jpg

jesus-on-cross-1200-800-460x390.jpg

323 ms

print.css

print.css

84 ms

Accessibility Review

catholicchurch.org.uk accessibility score

88

Accessibility Issues

Contrast

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

Impact

Issue

High

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

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

Names and labels

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.

Impact

Issue

High

Form elements do not have associated labels

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

catholicchurch.org.uk best practices score

83

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

SEO Factors

catholicchurch.org.uk SEO score

90

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Content Best Practices

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

Impact

Issue

High

Links do not have descriptive text

Mobile Friendly

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/).

Impact

Issue

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 Catholicchurch.org.uk 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 Catholicchurch.org.uk 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

catholicchurch.org.uk

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