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Report Summary

  • 31

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    51% of other websites

  • 94

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 83% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 92

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    74% of websites

waterforkids.org.uk

Water for Kids, helping people to get safe drinking water for the first time

Page Load Speed

4.1 sec in total

First Response

959 ms

Resources Loaded

2.8 sec

Page Rendered

267 ms

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About Website

Click here to check amazing Water For Kids content. Otherwise, check out these important facts you probably never knew about waterforkids.org.uk

In 20 years Water for Kids has transformed the lives of over 390,000 people. We have provided water, sanitation and hygiene education to 154 communities in nine countries. We drill boreholes and provi...

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Key Findings

We analyzed Waterforkids.org.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 959 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

waterforkids.org.uk performance score

31

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value6.9 s

1/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value16.6 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value11.2 s

5/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value190 ms

91/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value1.263

1/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value10.3 s

25/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.waterforkids.org.uk

959 ms

style.min.css

490 ms

mediaelementplayer-legacy.min.css

247 ms

wp-mediaelement.min.css

252 ms

widget-options.css

252 ms

Our browser made a total of 59 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 98% of them (58 requests) were addressed to the original Waterforkids.org.uk, 2% (1 request) were made to Paypalobjects.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (959 ms) belongs to the original domain Waterforkids.org.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.4 MB (40%)

Content Size

3.3 MB

After Optimization

2.0 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Waterforkids.org.uk main page is 3.3 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. 45% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 2.5 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-81%

Potential reduce by 83.6 kB

  • Original 103.8 kB
  • After minification 102.3 kB
  • After compression 20.1 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 83.6 kB or 81% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-28%

Potential reduce by 682.6 kB

  • Original 2.5 MB
  • After minification 1.8 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, Water For Kids needs image optimization as it can save up to 682.6 kB or 28% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-67%

Potential reduce by 211.1 kB

  • Original 314.5 kB
  • After minification 314.5 kB
  • After compression 103.4 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. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 211.1 kB or 67% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 374.6 kB

  • Original 449.5 kB
  • After minification 447.1 kB
  • After compression 74.9 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. Waterforkids.org.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 374.6 kB or 83% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 16 (28%)

Requests Now

57

After Optimization

41

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 57 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Water For Kids. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 7 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 11 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

www.waterforkids.org.uk

www.waterforkids.org.uk

959 ms

style.min.css

style.min.css

490 ms

mediaelementplayer-legacy.min.css

mediaelementplayer-legacy.min.css

247 ms

wp-mediaelement.min.css

wp-mediaelement.min.css

252 ms

widget-options.css

widget-options.css

252 ms

cookieblocker.min.css

cookieblocker.min.css

252 ms

renew.css

renew.css

605 ms

style.css

style.css

327 ms

jetpack.css

jetpack.css

416 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

495 ms

jquery-migrate.min.js

jquery-migrate.min.js

333 ms

omgf-stylesheet-111.css

omgf-stylesheet-111.css

331 ms

soliloquy.css

soliloquy.css

263 ms

style.css

style.css

329 ms

cs-classic.7.4.12.js

cs-classic.7.4.12.js

424 ms

x.js

x.js

339 ms

comment-reply.min.js

comment-reply.min.js

404 ms

complianz.min.js

complianz.min.js

554 ms

soliloquy-min.js

soliloquy-min.js

415 ms

wfklogo_trans_sml.png

wfklogo_trans_sml.png

525 ms

wfklogo25years-133.png

wfklogo25years-133.png

116 ms

waterpump400.jpg

waterpump400.jpg

367 ms

holder.gif

holder.gif

113 ms

piechart-200.png

piechart-200.png

284 ms

circle-boy.png

circle-boy.png

284 ms

dirty-watersq.jpg

dirty-watersq.jpg

203 ms

kamaila-schoolsq.jpg

kamaila-schoolsq.jpg

201 ms

team_kilimanjaro.jpg

team_kilimanjaro.jpg

203 ms

projects_homesqu.jpg

projects_homesqu.jpg

283 ms

drillrig900.jpg

drillrig900.jpg

375 ms

killgerm-logo.png

killgerm-logo.png

377 ms

sundried.jpg

sundried.jpg

364 ms

machin1.gif

machin1.gif

374 ms

craggan.jpg

craggan.jpg

375 ms

phs.png

phs.png

527 ms

9thlogo.gif

9thlogo.gif

447 ms

grimereaper2-1.png

grimereaper2-1.png

447 ms

world-expeditions-70.png

world-expeditions-70.png

533 ms

186gin-80.png

186gin-80.png

454 ms

futures-in-mind-60.png

futures-in-mind-60.png

546 ms

Randal-Logo-White-98.jpg

Randal-Logo-White-98.jpg

529 ms

vindomora-country-lodges.jpg

vindomora-country-lodges.jpg

530 ms

wigglebrush-60.jpg

wigglebrush-60.jpg

538 ms

FR_Fundraising-trans.png

FR_Fundraising-trans.png

607 ms

icon_fb_grey.png

icon_fb_grey.png

610 ms

icon_twitter_grey2.png

icon_twitter_grey2.png

612 ms

grey-youtube-2.png

grey-youtube-2.png

617 ms

icon_fb_grey_group2.png

icon_fb_grey_group2.png

622 ms

mailing-list3.png

mailing-list3.png

632 ms

paypal-button4.png

paypal-button4.png

688 ms

preloader.gif

preloader.gif

692 ms

fa-solid-900.ttf

fa-solid-900.ttf

835 ms

kamaila400.jpg

kamaila400.jpg

792 ms

athetaps400.jpg

athetaps400.jpg

623 ms

watertower400.jpg

watertower400.jpg

805 ms

chilemba400.jpg

chilemba400.jpg

767 ms

pixel.gif

pixel.gif

16 ms

ballons400.jpg

ballons400.jpg

667 ms

pause.png

pause.png

681 ms

Accessibility Review

waterforkids.org.uk accessibility score

94

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

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

waterforkids.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

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

SEO Factors

waterforkids.org.uk SEO score

92

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Crawling and Indexing

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

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

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 Waterforkids.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 Waterforkids.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

waterforkids.org.uk

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