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wolffindustries.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 11 November 202634 issues · 86 checks
This review found 34 issues worth fixing on wolffindustries.com, 10 of them high impact, across 86 checks. The most urgent: main-thread work: 5.4 s. Your full playbook turns these into prioritised fixes alongside reviews, competitors and channels.
- Homepage
- Phone render
- Links and pages
- Google PageSpeed
Google PageSpeed Insights (opens in a new tab), mobile
Site score
83B- #25,147 of 108,846 reviewed websitesbeats 72%
- #16,602 of 61,763 online storesbeats 67%
- #16,112 of 56,363 Shopify storesbeats 65%
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 23, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Nov 7, 2026 | 1.5 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 23, 2026 | 111 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 109 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 121 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 128 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 130 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 132 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 130 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 130 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 140 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 137 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 136 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 129 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 122 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 127 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 129 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 136 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 137 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 141 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 144 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 137 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 134 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 132 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 136 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 141 ms |
| Nov 7, 2026 | 140 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
How it loaded on a phone
0.4 s
0.8 s
1.1 s
1.5 s
1.9 s
2.3 s
2.6 s
3.0 s
Speed
Main-thread work: 5.4 s
A phone's processor spends 5.4 s on main-thread work while loading, 2.7 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
4,428 HTML elements
The page has 4,428 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, boldcommerce.com and Facebook and others), adding 1.4 MB and 1.3 s of main-thread time.
Mobile performance score: 64
64/100Your mobile performance score is 64. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Render-blocking requests
900 ms8 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 900 ms.
Reduce unused JavaScript
150 ms · 485 KiBAbout 485 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.
Google Tag Manager adds 431 ms
431 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 431 ms of main-thread work and 624 KiB of downloads while your page loads. Loading it after the page is usable, or only on the pages that need it, takes that off the critical path.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
434 KiB19 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (434 KiB).
12 long tasks on the main thread
12 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 318 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Shopify adds 41 ms
41 msShopify costs a phone 41 ms of main-thread work and 312 KiB of downloads while your page loads. Loading it after the page is usable, or only on the pages that need it, takes that off the critical path.
Improve image delivery
150 ms · 125 KiB5 images could be 125 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.
Reduce unused CSS
150 ms · 32 KiBAbout 32 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.
Minify JavaScript
40 KiB40 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.
Legacy JavaScript
26 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 26 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.
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.
1 checks passed
Server response: 17 ms
17 msYour server sent the HTML in 17 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Time to Interactive: 19.7 s
19.7 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 19.7 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Largest Contentful Paint: 4.7 s
4.7 sYour largest element takes 4.7 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image “Edges for Industry”.
Total Blocking Time: 627 ms
627 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 627 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
Tap response (INP) got 28% slower for real visitors
+28%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 111 ms to 140 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Speed Index: 4.0 s
4.0 sVisually, the page fills in at 4.0 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
First Contentful Paint: 2.1 s
2.1 sThe first text or image appears after 2.1 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
8 checks passed
Passes Core Web Vitals for real visitors
Real Chrome users on phones pass Google's Core Web Vitals on this page (28-day field data from the Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab)).
Real-user LCP: 1.6 s
1.6 sReal visitors wait 1.6 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 152 ms
152 msReal visitors wait 152 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user CLS: 0.02
0.02For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.02 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Real-user FCP: 1.3 s
1.3 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.3 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 640 ms
640 msReal visitors wait 640 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Largest content (LCP) got 11% faster for real visitors
-11%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.7 s to 1.5 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 3.4 MB in 377 requests
3.4 MBYour homepage downloads 3.4 MB in 377 requests on a phone: scripts 1.5 MB (77), other files 1.2 MB (260) and images 342 KiB (27). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
An image on the first screen is lazy-loaded
KAI_7000_banner_720x.jpg is on the first screen but marked loading="lazy", so the browser waits before fetching it and the page looks finished later. Load it eagerly (and give it fetchpriority="high" if it is the main image).
About 1.0 g of CO₂ per visit
0.97 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.97 g of CO₂e: 116.2 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
2 checks passed
Images use modern formats
Every sizeable image is WebP, AVIF or SVG.
Images are sized for phones
No image is downloaded at more than three times the size it is drawn on a phone.
Accessibility
9 text elements with low contrast
9 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
2 tap targets too small
2 tap targets are too small or too close together to hit reliably with a finger.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (1 element)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
Headings skip levels
Headings skip levels (h3 → h5), 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. (2 elements).
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 58 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 51 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 48 passed and 3 failed. 4 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
23 links crawlers can't follow
23 links have no real href, so search engines can't follow them.
Meta description is long (237 characters)
Your meta description is 237 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.
No social preview image
No Open Graph image, so links shared on LinkedIn, Slack or Facebook show no preview picture.
363 internal links, 9 external
The homepage links to 363 pages on wolffindustries.com and 9 external pages.
6 checks passed
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “<img src="//wolffindustries.com/cdn/shop/files/wolff_logo_cs5_whitewolff_125x.png?v=1701450791" srcset="//wolffindustri…”.
Title: 61 characters
Your title is a healthy 61 characters: “Professional Scissors and Sharpeners | Wolff Industries, Inc.”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://wolffindustries.com/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: Organization and WebSite.
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://wolffindustries.com/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
4 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: 4 of 6 facts
Your Organization JSON-LD gives name, url, logo and sameAs (social profiles); description and contact details would complete it.
Text is in the HTML
Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (3,709 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes https://wolffindustries.com/llms.txt (6 KiB, 8 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
1 page without a title
https://wolffindustries.com/customer_authentication/redirect has no <title>, so Google invents the link text in results.
1 linked page hidden from search
https://wolffindustries.com/customer_authentication/redirect is marked noindex but linked from your homepage. If it is meant to be found, remove the noindex.
2 pages without a meta description
https://wolffindustries.com/policies/shipping-policy and https://wolffindustries.com/customer_authentication/redirect have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
13 pages share a meta description
https://wolffindustries.com/collections/scissors, https://wolffindustries.com/collections/scissors/Industry_Poultry, https://wolffindustries.com/collections/scissors/Brand_KAI%C2%AE+Industry_Poultry, https://wolffindustries.com/collections/scissors/Brand_Wolff%C2%AE+Industry_Poultry, https://wolffindustries.com/collections/scissors/Brand_Ergonomix%C2%AE+Industry_Poultry and https://wolffindustries.com/collections/scissors/Handle-Material_All-Metal+Industry_Poultry and 7 others use the same meta description. A description written for each page earns more clicks.
12 links to non-canonical URLs
Your homepage links to 12 pages by a URL that isn't their canonical one, for example https://wolffindustries.com/collections/scissors/Industry_Poultry, whose canonical is https://wolffindustries.com/collections/scissors/industry_poultry. Linking straight to the canonical URL saves crawlers a detour and keeps ranking signals on one address.
1 page without an H1
https://wolffindustries.com/customer_authentication/redirect has 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 143 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
2 checks passed
Linked pages load
All 15 pages we checked loaded without an error.
Titles are unique
Every page we checked has its own title.
Best practices
1 broken image
1 image failed to load on a phone, for example https://bat.bing.com/action/0?ti=343037027&tm=gtm002&Ver=2&mid=d15f9163-46d9-4102-86c2-643fdeb3023e&bo=1&sid=4cd5dd70ddd711f192744d662438e899&vid=4cd5fbe0ddd711f180a6bf48e67406f0&vids=1&msclkid=N>m_.
12 small tap targets
12 of 41 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.
2 checks passed
No console errors
No JavaScript errors were logged while the page loaded on a phone.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
No call to action on the first screen
On a phone, there is no call to action on the first screen: visitors have to scroll to find out what to do next.
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.
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 654 words of copy
The homepage carries about 654 words of visible text.
7 checks passed
8 calls to action
The homepage has 8 calls to action, for example “Shop”, “Service Request Form” and “Contact Us”.
7 short forms
7 short forms (3 fields at most) are right on the homepage, asking for an email.
Social proof on the page
Social proof on the homepage: 70 testimonial or review blocks, 8 customer or partner logos and a star rating.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager and LinkedIn Insight.
Direct contact links
Visitors can reach you directly: 2 phone links and 2 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.
Privacy and tracking
8 trackers load before any consent
8Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, HubSpot and LinkedIn Insight and 3 mores (measured from a US location before any click). A consent tool (HubSpot cookie banner) is installed; check it blocks these until visitors agree where the law requires it.
26 cookies set on arrival
26Opening the homepage sets 26 cookies, 8 of them by other companies (measured from a US location before any click).
33 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 33 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
1 checks passed
Consent tool: HubSpot cookie banner
A consent management tool (HubSpot cookie banner) loads with the page.
Security, domain, email and software versions
The security, domain and email checks, software and plugin versions, and any app with a known security problem are visible only to people at wolffindustries.com, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.
Apps on your store
Your storefront loads 3 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.
Apps your storefront loads
Judge Me Reviews · Customer Pricing · hubapi.com
Apps found in the homepage's code. Apps that only run in checkout or the admin aren't seen, and a headless storefront shows none. App data from programmable.info
Upkeep, stack and company
Stack
- E-commerce
- Shopify
- Analytics
- Google Tag Manager
- Hosting
- Shopify
Company
- Headquarters
- Spartanburg
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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