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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 23 October 202638 issues · 109 checks

This review found 38 issues worth fixing on ctrinstitute.com, 18 of them high impact, across 109 checks. The most urgent: avoid multiple page redirects. Your full playbook turns these into prioritised fixes alongside reviews, competitors and channels.

  1. Homepage
  2. Phone render
  3. Links and pages
  4. Google PageSpeed

Google PageSpeed Insights (opens in a new tab), mobile

Real-visitor load time (LCP)75th percentile, phones
2.9 s2.3 sMay 2Oct 172.7 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 2, 20262.4 s
May 9, 20262.4 s
May 16, 20262.3 s
May 23, 20262.3 s
May 30, 20262.3 s
Jun 6, 20262.4 s
Jun 13, 20262.4 s
Jun 20, 20262.4 s
Jun 27, 20262.4 s
Jul 4, 20262.4 s
Jul 11, 20262.4 s
Jul 18, 20262.4 s
Jul 25, 20262.4 s
Aug 1, 20262.4 s
Aug 8, 20262.4 s
Aug 15, 20262.4 s
Aug 22, 20262.5 s
Aug 29, 20262.5 s
Sep 5, 20262.6 s
Sep 12, 20262.7 s
Sep 19, 20262.7 s
Sep 26, 20262.8 s
Oct 3, 20262.8 s
Oct 10, 20262.8 s
Oct 17, 20262.7 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
141 ms118 msMay 2Oct 17138 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 2, 2026124 ms
May 9, 2026125 ms
May 16, 2026126 ms
May 23, 2026125 ms
May 30, 2026122 ms
Jun 6, 2026122 ms
Jun 13, 2026121 ms
Jun 20, 2026121 ms
Jun 27, 2026123 ms
Jul 4, 2026129 ms
Jul 11, 2026129 ms
Jul 18, 2026128 ms
Jul 25, 2026128 ms
Aug 1, 2026123 ms
Aug 8, 2026122 ms
Aug 15, 2026127 ms
Aug 22, 2026128 ms
Aug 29, 2026129 ms
Sep 5, 2026132 ms
Sep 12, 2026137 ms
Sep 19, 2026136 ms
Sep 26, 2026138 ms
Oct 3, 2026137 ms
Oct 10, 2026136 ms
Oct 17, 2026138 ms

Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab): real Chrome visitors over rolling 28-day periods.

One score from every part of this review. How it works

Full-page screenshot of ctrinstitute.com (desktop) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. ctrinstitute.com at 0.4 s0.4 s
  2. ctrinstitute.com at 0.9 s0.9 s
  3. ctrinstitute.com at 1.3 s1.3 s
  4. ctrinstitute.com at 1.7 s1.7 s
  5. ctrinstitute.com at 2.2 s2.2 s
  6. ctrinstitute.com at 2.6 s2.6 s
  7. ctrinstitute.com at 3.0 s3.0 s
  8. ctrinstitute.com at 3.5 s3.5 s

ctrinstitute.com does not allow embedding, so this is Google's rendering of the page.

Speed

6 to fix50
  • Avoid multiple page redirects

    13.1 s

    The page goes through 1 redirect before it starts loading, costing about 13.1 s. Link and advertise the final URL directly.

  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    4.5 s · 470 KiB

    About 470 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 4.5 s faster on a phone.

  • Render-blocking requests

    2.3 s

    29 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 2.3 s.

  • Mobile performance score: 50

    50/100

    Your mobile performance score is 50 (desktop: 69). Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.

  • Main-thread work: 3.3 s

    A phone's processor spends 3.3 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.5 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.

  • 12 long tasks on the main thread

    12 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 271 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Minify JavaScript

    150 ms · 7 KiB

    7 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.

  • 6 third-party services on the page

    6 third-party services load with your homepage (cdn-cookieyes.com, cloudflare.com and AddToAny and others), adding 365 KiB and 57 ms of main-thread time.

  • Font display

    50 ms

    Web fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 50 ms).

  • Chained critical requests

    Critical files load one after another instead of in parallel (3 chains). Preconnecting to key origins and preloading the hero image shortens the chain.

  • Forced reflow

    Scripts make the browser recalculate the layout repeatedly while the page loads, which wastes processor time on phones.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    1 KiB

    3 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (1 KiB).

1 checks passed
  • Server response: 6 ms

    6 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 6 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

12 to fix33
  • Fails Core Web Vitals for real visitors

    Real Chrome users on phones do not pass Google's Core Web Vitals on this page (28-day field data from the Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab)). Google uses this in ranking.

  • Real-user TTFB: 2.0 s

    2.0 s

    Real visitors wait 2.0 s for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 26.3 s

    26.3 s

    Your largest element takes 26.3 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s.

  • Time to Interactive: 29.4 s

    29.4 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 29.4 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • First Contentful Paint: 4.6 s

    4.6 s

    The first text or image appears after 4.6 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Speed Index: 7.0 s

    7.0 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 7.0 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • Real-user LCP: 2.9 s

    2.9 s

    Real visitors wait 2.9 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user CLS: 0.16

    0.16

    For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.16 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.

  • Real-user FCP: 2.6 s

    2.6 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 2.6 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • 56 images without width and height

    56 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.137

    0.137

    The layout shifts by 0.137 while loading, so content jumps under the reader's thumb. Good is under 0.1.

  • Total Blocking Time: 247 ms

    247 ms

    Scripts block taps and scrolling for 247 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.

  • Tap response (INP) got 10% slower for real visitors

    +10%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-17, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 124 ms to 138 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Largest content (LCP) got 14% slower for real visitors

    +14%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-17, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.4 s to 2.7 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

1 checks passed
  • Real-user INP: 124 ms

    124 ms

    Real visitors wait 124 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.

Images and page weight

1 to fix70
  • Page weight: 6.9 MB in 328 requests

    6.9 MB

    Your homepage downloads 6.9 MB in 328 requests on a phone: images 3.2 MB (110), scripts 1.7 MB (123) and other files 1.2 MB (31). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • About 2.0 g of CO₂ per visit

    1.97 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.97 g of CO₂e: 236.0 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.

3 checks passed
  • Images use modern formats

    Every sizeable image is WebP, AVIF or SVG.

  • Images load when needed

    Images below the first screen wait until the visitor scrolls to them.

  • Images are sized for phones

    No image is downloaded at more than three times the size it is drawn on a phone.

Accessibility

9 to fixGoogle 7887
  • Certain ARIA roles must contain particular children (4 elements)

    Certain ARIA roles must contain particular children: 4 elements on the page fail this check, rated critical by axe-core.

  • Unlabelled dropdowns

    4 dropdowns have no label.

  • Orphan list items

    Some list items are not inside a list.

  • 7 tap targets too small

    7 tap targets are too small or too close together to hit reliably with a finger.

  • 2 text elements with low contrast

    2 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.

  • ARIA input fields must have an accessible name (1 element)

    ARIA input fields must have an accessible name: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated serious by axe-core.

  • All page content should be contained by landmarks (15 elements)

    All page content should be contained by landmarks: 15 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • 4 links without text

    4 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.

  • Headings should not be empty (1 element)

    Headings should not be empty: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated minor by axe-core.

  • Headings skip levels

    Headings skip levels (h1 → h3, h2 → h4 and h2 → h6), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.

  • Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names.

    Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names. (4 elements).

2 checks passed
  • Every image has alt text

    All 63 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.

  • 48 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 58 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 48 passed and 10 failed. 3 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

3 to fixGoogle 8589
  • Title is long (85 characters)

    Your title is 85 characters, so Google will cut it off around 60: “CTRI Training | Crisis & Trauma Resource Institute | Professional Development Courses”.

  • 4 links with vague text

    4 links use generic text like “click here” or “learn more”, which tells Google nothing about the page behind them.

  • 2 links crawlers can't follow

    2 links have no real href, so search engines can't follow them.

  • 110 internal links, 6 external

    The homepage links to 110 pages on ctrinstitute.com and 6 external pages.

7 checks passed
  • Meta description: 154 characters

    Your meta description is 154 characters: “CTRI offers 60+ trauma-informed courses in mental health, counselling, and crisis response. Learn live, on-demand, or b…”.

  • One H1 headline

    Your main headline reads: “Meaningful learning for people who care.”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://ctrinstitute.com/.

  • Structured data in place

    Structured data found: EducationalOrganization, ImageObject, Organization, WebPage and WebSite.

  • Open Graph tags complete

    Open Graph tags are complete, so shared links show a title, description and image.

  • robots.txt in place

    robots.txt is in place and points crawlers to your sitemap.

  • XML sitemap found

    Your XML sitemap is reachable at https://ctrinstitute.com/sitemap_index.xml.

AI search readiness

100
  • No llms.txt

    There is no /llms.txt, a short Markdown guide to your key pages for AI tools (llmstxt.org). It is optional and few AI tools read it yet, so treat it as a cheap extra.

3 checks passed
  • AI answer engines may read the site

    Your robots.txt lets the crawlers behind ChatGPT search, Claude and Perplexity read the site and cite it in answers.

  • Organization data: 5 of 6 facts

    Your Organization JSON-LD gives name, url, logo, sameAs (social profiles) and contact details; description would complete it.

  • Text is in the HTML

    Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (1,343 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

Other pages

2 to fix88
  • 2 linked pages hidden from search

    /on-demand-training and /francais are marked noindex but linked from your homepage. If they are meant to be found, remove the noindex.

  • 11 pages without an H1

    /topics, /workshops, /private-training, /on-demand-training, /t-tcertification and /certificate-programs and 5 others have no <h1> headline, so visitors and search engines get no clear main topic.

  • 15 internal pages checked

    We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 47 found) and read each the way a search engine does.

5 checks passed
  • Linked pages load

    All 15 pages we checked loaded without an error.

  • Canonical URLs point to themselves

    No page we checked hands its ranking to a different URL.

  • Every page has a meta description

    All 15 pages that loaded have a meta description.

  • Titles are unique

    Every page we checked has its own title.

  • Every page has a title

    All 15 pages that loaded have a <title>.

Best practices

2 to fixGoogle 9278
  • 2 broken images

    2 images failed to load on a phone, for example https://ctrinstitute.com/.

  • 2 JavaScript errors while loading

    2 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “%c%d font-size:0;color:transparent NaN”.

  • 1 low-resolution image

    1 image is served at too low a resolution for sharp phone screens.

2 checks passed
  • Tap targets are thumb-sized

    46 of 48 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.

  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Security and trust

1 to fix88
  • 1 broken link to your own pages

    1 link from your homepage to your own site is broken, for example https://ctrinstitute.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection (404).

  • No Permissions-Policy

    No Permissions-Policy header to switch off camera, microphone and location for embedded content.

  • Deprecated X-XSS-Protection

    X-XSS-Protection is set to “1; mode=block”; the header is deprecated and can introduce bugs. Use 0 or remove it.

  • No security.txt

    There is no /.well-known/security.txt telling researchers how to report a security problem to you.

7 checks passed
  • Served over HTTPS

    The homepage is served over HTTPS (ctrinstitute.com).

  • Valid certificate (74 days left)

    The certificate from Google Trust Services · WE1 verifies for ctrinstitute.com and is valid for another 74 days.

  • Protected from clickjacking

    X-Frame-Options or a frame-ancestors policy stops other sites framing yours.

  • Content-Security-Policy set

    A Content-Security-Policy is set, the main browser-side defence against injected scripts.

  • HSTS enabled

    Strict-Transport-Security is set, so browsers always use https.

  • http:// redirects to https

    http://ctrinstitute.com redirects to the secure version.

  • HTTP/2 and HTTP/3

    The server speaks HTTP/2 and advertises HTTP/3, so browsers load many files over one connection.

Domain and trust

  • No CAA record

    ctrinstitute.com has no CAA record, so any certificate authority may issue a certificate for it. A CAA record naming your provider (for example letsencrypt.org) closes that door.

  • DNSSEC is off

    ctrinstitute.com's DNS answers are not signed. DNSSEC stops attackers forging them to send visitors or email elsewhere; most registrars switch it on in a click, though most sites still run without it.

2 checks passed
  • Domain is 19 years old

    19 years

    ctrinstitute.com was registered in Feb 2007 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.

  • Registered until Feb 2027

    ctrinstitute.com is registered until Feb 2027.

Content and conversion

2 to fix89
  • Local business without LocalBusiness data

    Your homepage shows a street address but no LocalBusiness JSON-LD, so Google and AI assistants have to guess your address, hours and phone from the page text.

  • A 15-field form

    Your longest form asks for 15 fields (8 required). Every extra field lowers completion.

  • No map or directions link

    There is no link to Google or Apple Maps. A directions link is one tap for a phone visitor.

  • No risk reducer

    No guarantee or risk reducer (money-back, free trial, no credit card) is mentioned, which is often what tips a hesitant visitor.

  • About 1,124 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 1,124 words of visible text.

7 checks passed
  • Clear next step on the first screen

    On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Register Now!” and “Join Our Team”.

  • 11 calls to action

    The homepage has 11 calls to action, for example “Join Our Team”, “Contact Us” and “Learn More”.

  • Social proof on the page

    Social proof on the homepage: 2 testimonial or review blocks, 24 customer or partner logos and 1 trust badge.

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager.

  • Direct contact links

    Visitors can reach you directly: 4 phone links and 0 email links.

  • Opening hours shown

    Your opening hours are on the homepage.

  • Phone number on the homepage

    Your phone number is on the homepage as a tap-to-call link.

Email authentication

85
  • Email authentication score: 85/100

    Email authentication: SPF record 25 points, plus 15 when it ends in -all (10 for ~all); DMARC record 25, plus 25 for a reject policy (15 for quarantine); a DKIM key on a common selector 10.

3 checks passed
  • DMARC policy: quarantine

    DMARC tells receivers to quarantine mail that fails authentication, and sends you reports.

  • SPF in place (~all)

    An SPF record lists your sending servers and marks other mail as suspicious (~all): “v=spf1 include:spf.securence.com include:emsd1.com ip4:205.237.99.160/27 ip4:69.84.129.224/27 include:spf.mandrillapp.c…”.

  • DKIM signing found

    A DKIM key is published (selector “selector1”, “s1” and “s2”), so receivers can verify mail really came from you.

Privacy and tracking

  • 3 trackers load before any consent

    3

    Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager (measured from a US location before any click). A consent tool (CookieYes) is installed; check it blocks these until visitors agree where the law requires it.

  • 5 cookies set on arrival

    5

    Opening the homepage sets 5 cookies (measured from a US location before any click).

  • 12 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 12 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.

1 checks passed
  • Consent tool: CookieYes

    A consent management tool (CookieYes) loads with the page.

Upkeep, stack and company

  • It runs WordPress 1.14.2; the current release is 7.1.3.
  • 1 plugin is behind its latest release.activecampaign-subscription-forms 7.1.3 → 8.1.21

Stack

CMS
WordPress 1.14.2
Framework
jQuery
E-commerce
WooCommerce
Analytics
Google Tag Manager

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