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Report Summary

  • 46

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    65% of other websites

  • 81

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 51% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 87

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    65% of websites

thchydroponics.co.uk

UK Hydro Shop & Grow Store Supplies | THC Hydroponics

Page Load Speed

2.2 sec in total

First Response

173 ms

Resources Loaded

1.9 sec

Page Rendered

162 ms

thchydroponics.co.uk screenshot

About Website

Click here to check amazing THC Hydroponics content. Otherwise, check out these important facts you probably never knew about thchydroponics.co.uk

Find a huge range of hydroponics equipment, supplies & systems in the THC Hydroponics shop – the online hydro shop UK growers love!

Visit thchydroponics.co.uk

Key Findings

We analyzed Thchydroponics.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 173 ms and then it took 2 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 40% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

thchydroponics.co.uk performance score

46

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value5.8 s

4/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value16.1 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value5.9 s

48/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value50 ms

100/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.345

32/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value6.4 s

60/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

thchydroponics.co.uk

173 ms

www.thchydroponics.co.uk

449 ms

deliveryzone.css

135 ms

prototype.js

284 ms

jquery-1.12.0.min.js

277 ms

Our browser made a total of 47 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 79% of them (37 requests) were addressed to the original Thchydroponics.co.uk, 11% (5 requests) were made to Fonts.gstatic.com and 4% (2 requests) were made to Ssl.google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (558 ms) belongs to the original domain Thchydroponics.co.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 327.8 kB (16%)

Content Size

2.1 MB

After Optimization

1.7 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Thchydroponics.co.uk main page is 2.1 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 1.7 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-77%

Potential reduce by 62.5 kB

  • Original 80.9 kB
  • After minification 78.5 kB
  • After compression 18.4 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 62.5 kB or 77% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-13%

Potential reduce by 221.8 kB

  • Original 1.7 MB
  • After minification 1.5 MB

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. Obviously, THC Hydroponics needs image optimization as it can save up to 221.8 kB or 13% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-18%

Potential reduce by 34.1 kB

  • Original 186.1 kB
  • After minification 184.7 kB
  • After compression 152.0 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 34.1 kB or 18% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-25%

Potential reduce by 9.5 kB

  • Original 37.7 kB
  • After minification 37.7 kB
  • After compression 28.2 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. Thchydroponics.co.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 9.5 kB or 25% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 30 (75%)

Requests Now

40

After Optimization

10

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 40 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of THC Hydroponics. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 28 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 4 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

thchydroponics.co.uk

thchydroponics.co.uk

173 ms

www.thchydroponics.co.uk

www.thchydroponics.co.uk

449 ms

deliveryzone.css

deliveryzone.css

135 ms

prototype.js

prototype.js

284 ms

jquery-1.12.0.min.js

jquery-1.12.0.min.js

277 ms

noconflict.js

noconflict.js

206 ms

ccard.js

ccard.js

210 ms

validation.js

validation.js

209 ms

builder.js

builder.js

208 ms

effects.js

effects.js

275 ms

dragdrop.js

dragdrop.js

277 ms

controls.js

controls.js

278 ms

slider.js

slider.js

279 ms

js.js

js.js

345 ms

form.js

form.js

348 ms

translate.js

translate.js

348 ms

cookies.js

cookies.js

349 ms

modernizr.custom.min.js

modernizr.custom.min.js

350 ms

selectivizr.js

selectivizr.js

353 ms

matchMedia.js

matchMedia.js

414 ms

matchMedia.addListener.js

matchMedia.addListener.js

415 ms

enquire.js

enquire.js

416 ms

app.js

app.js

417 ms

jquery.cycle2.min.js

jquery.cycle2.min.js

415 ms

jquery.cycle2.swipe.min.js

jquery.cycle2.swipe.min.js

423 ms

slideshow.js

slideshow.js

482 ms

imagesloaded.js

imagesloaded.js

483 ms

minicart.js

minicart.js

485 ms

css

css

35 ms

styles.css

styles.css

558 ms

madisonisland.css

madisonisland.css

485 ms

ga.js

ga.js

88 ms

tp.widget.bootstrap.min.js

tp.widget.bootstrap.min.js

83 ms

tp.min.js

tp.min.js

84 ms

logo.gif

logo.gif

93 ms

icon_sprite.png

icon_sprite.png

75 ms

ROOTS_Few_2.jpg

ROOTS_Few_2.jpg

417 ms

Grow_-_LED_Lights.jpg

Grow_-_LED_Lights.jpg

348 ms

Pots_Few_2.jpg

Pots_Few_2.jpg

284 ms

FishShit1.jpg

FishShit1.jpg

346 ms

SanLightBanner.png

SanLightBanner.png

350 ms

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88 ms

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95 ms

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102 ms

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102 ms

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106 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

16 ms

Accessibility Review

thchydroponics.co.uk accessibility score

81

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.

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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

thchydroponics.co.uk best practices score

83

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

High

Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

thchydroponics.co.uk SEO score

87

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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

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 Thchydroponics.co.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 Thchydroponics.co.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

thchydroponics.co.uk

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of THC Hydroponics. Lack of Open Graph description can be counter-productive for their social media presence, as such a description allows converting a website homepage (or other pages) into good-looking, rich and well-structured posts, when it is being shared on Facebook and other social media. For example, adding the following code snippet into HTML <head> tag will help to represent this web page correctly in social networks: