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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 26 October 202652 issues · 117 checks

This review found 52 issues worth fixing on wondrium.com, 22 of them high impact, across 117 checks. The most urgent: use efficient cache lifetimes. 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
5.7 s4.6 sMay 9Oct 245.6 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 9, 20265.0 s
May 16, 20264.9 s
May 23, 20264.9 s
May 30, 20264.8 s
Jun 6, 20264.8 s
Jun 13, 20264.8 s
Jun 20, 20264.7 s
Jun 27, 20264.8 s
Jul 4, 20264.9 s
Jul 11, 20264.9 s
Jul 18, 20265.1 s
Jul 25, 20265.3 s
Aug 1, 20265.3 s
Aug 8, 20265.3 s
Aug 15, 20265.3 s
Aug 22, 20265.2 s
Aug 29, 20265.4 s
Sep 5, 20265.5 s
Sep 12, 20265.5 s
Sep 19, 20265.6 s
Sep 26, 20265.6 s
Oct 3, 20265.5 s
Oct 10, 20265.6 s
Oct 17, 20265.5 s
Oct 24, 20265.6 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
172 ms146 msMay 9Oct 24162 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 9, 2026154 ms
May 16, 2026152 ms
May 23, 2026152 ms
May 30, 2026152 ms
Jun 6, 2026154 ms
Jun 13, 2026155 ms
Jun 20, 2026153 ms
Jun 27, 2026152 ms
Jul 4, 2026154 ms
Jul 11, 2026154 ms
Jul 18, 2026163 ms
Jul 25, 2026169 ms
Aug 1, 2026154 ms
Aug 8, 2026153 ms
Aug 15, 2026150 ms
Aug 22, 2026149 ms
Aug 29, 2026156 ms
Sep 5, 2026161 ms
Sep 12, 2026159 ms
Sep 19, 2026162 ms
Sep 26, 2026159 ms
Oct 3, 2026154 ms
Oct 10, 2026154 ms
Oct 17, 2026155 ms
Oct 24, 2026162 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 wondrium.com (desktop) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. wondrium.com at 0.7 s0.7 s
  2. wondrium.com at 1.5 s1.5 s
  3. wondrium.com at 2.2 s2.2 s
  4. wondrium.com at 2.9 s2.9 s
  5. wondrium.com at 3.7 s3.7 s
  6. wondrium.com at 4.4 s4.4 s
  7. wondrium.com at 5.1 s5.1 s
  8. wondrium.com at 5.9 s5.9 s

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

Speed

15 to fix32
  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    2.7 s · 801 KiB

    257 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (801 KiB).

  • Render-blocking requests

    1.4 s

    22 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.4 s.

  • Minify JavaScript

    1.1 s · 195 KiB

    195 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.

  • Main-thread work: 11.8 s

    A phone's processor spends 11.8 s on main-thread work while loading, 7.4 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.

  • Google Tag Manager adds 1.0 s

    1.0 s

    Google Tag Manager costs a phone 1.0 s of main-thread work and 688 KiB of downloads while your page loads. That alone is enough to make taps feel slow. Loading it after the page is usable, or only on the pages that need it, takes that off the critical path.

  • Mobile performance score: 32

    32/100

    Your mobile performance score is 32 (desktop: 51). Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.

  • 8 third-party services on the page

    8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, reddit and FontAwesome CDN and others), adding 1.4 MB and 3.5 s of main-thread time.

  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    900 ms · 579 KiB

    About 579 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 900 ms faster on a phone.

  • Improve image delivery

    600 ms · 630 KiB

    12 images could be 630 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 600 ms faster on a phone.

  • reddit adds 976 ms

    976 ms

    reddit costs a phone 976 ms of main-thread work and 26 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.

  • FontAwesome CDN adds 816 ms

    816 ms

    FontAwesome CDN costs a phone 816 ms of main-thread work and 240 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.

  • Reduce unused CSS

    300 ms · 217 KiB

    About 217 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 300 ms faster on a phone.

  • 20 long tasks on the main thread

    20 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 405 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Accessibe Accessibility Overlay adds 259 ms

    259 ms

    Accessibe Accessibility Overlay costs a phone 259 ms of main-thread work and 243 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.

  • 1,571 HTML elements

    The page has 1,571 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.

  • Legacy JavaScript

    150 ms · 20 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 20 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.

  • Font display

    150 ms

    Web fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 150 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.

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  • Server response: 31 ms

    31 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 31 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

10 to fix67
  • 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 LCP: 4.8 s

    4.8 s

    Real visitors wait 4.8 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 17.1 s

    17.1 s

    Your largest element takes 17.1 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.

  • Time to Interactive: 25.7 s

    25.7 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 25.7 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Total Blocking Time: 2.2 s

    2.2 s

    Scripts block taps and scrolling for 2.2 s in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.

  • Speed Index: 9.1 s

    9.1 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 9.1 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • First Contentful Paint: 3.2 s

    3.2 s

    The first text or image appears after 3.2 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • 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.

  • Real-user TTFB: 1.7 s

    1.7 s

    Real visitors wait 1.7 s for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • 1 image without width and height

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

  • Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors

    +4%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 154 ms to 162 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Largest content (LCP) got 11% slower for real visitors

    +11%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 5.0 s to 5.6 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

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  • Real-user INP: 150 ms

    150 ms

    Real visitors wait 150 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.

  • Real-user CLS: 0.00

    0.00

    For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.00 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0

    0

    The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).

Images and page weight

1 to fix85
  • Page weight: 4.0 MB in 349 requests

    4.0 MB

    Your homepage downloads 4.0 MB in 349 requests on a phone: scripts 1.9 MB (232), images 1.1 MB (43) and fonts 508 KiB (14). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • 1 image in older formats

    1 image (75 KiB) is JPEG, PNG or GIF. The same pictures as WebP or AVIF are usually much smaller at the same quality, and every current browser shows them.

  • About 1.1 g of CO₂ per visit

    1.12 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.12 g of CO₂e: 134.9 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.

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  • 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 7383
  • Required ARIA attributes must be provided (1 element)

    Required ARIA attributes must be provided: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated critical by axe-core.

  • 1 button without a name

    1 button has no accessible name, so screen readers announce just “button”.

  • Elements must only use permitted ARIA attributes (62 elements)

    Elements must only use permitted ARIA attributes: 62 elements on the page fail this check, rated serious by axe-core.

  • ARIA commands must have an accessible name (4 elements)

    ARIA commands must have an accessible name: 4 elements on the page fail this check, rated serious by axe-core.

  • 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.

  • 2 tap targets too small

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

  • 1 image without alt text

    1 image has no alt text, which hurts accessibility and image search.

  • All page content should be contained by landmarks (9 elements)

    All page content should be contained by landmarks: 9 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • Zoom is disabled

    The viewport tag blocks pinch-zoom, which low-vision visitors rely on.

  • Headings skip levels

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

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  • 39 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 47 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 39 passed and 8 failed. 4 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

4 to fixGoogle 5477
  • Blocked from indexing

    Google's crawler is blocked from indexing this page.

  • Meta description is long (236 characters)

    Your meta description is 236 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.

  • 4 links crawlers can't follow

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

  • 3 links with vague text

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

  • 38 internal links, 28 external

    The homepage links to 38 pages on wondrium.com and 28 external pages.

7 checks passed
  • One H1 headline

    Your main headline reads: “Explore The Great Courses Plus”.

  • Title: 64 characters

    Your title is a healthy 64 characters: “Stream Entertaining Nonfiction Learning | The Great Courses Plus”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://plus.thegreatcourses.com/.

  • Structured data in place

    Structured data found: BreadcrumbList, EducationalOrganization, FAQPage 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://plus.thegreatcourses.com/media/sitemap_plus.xml.

AI search readiness

1 to fix65
  • robots.txt blocks 6 AI answer engine crawlers

    6 of 6

    Your robots.txt shuts out ChatGPT search (OAI-SearchBot), ChatGPT (ChatGPT-User), Claude search (Claude-SearchBot), Claude (Claude-User), Perplexity (PerplexityBot) and Perplexity (Perplexity-User). These fetch pages to answer people's questions and cite the source, so your site can't be quoted or linked in those answers.

  • 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.

  • Opted out of AI training for 5 crawlers

    robots.txt blocks GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, Applebot-Extended and CCBot, which collect pages to train models. That's a legitimate choice and doesn't by itself stop the site appearing in AI answers.

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  • Organization data: 6 of 6 facts

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

  • Text is in the HTML

    Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (699 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

Other pages

100
  • 15 internal pages checked

    We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 29 found) and read each the way a search engine does.

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  • 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 an H1

    Each page we checked has a main headline.

  • No linked page is hidden from search

    None of the pages we checked carries a noindex tag.

  • Every page has a title

    All 15 pages that loaded have a <title>.

Best practices

4 to fixGoogle 6983
  • 18 small tap targets

    18 of 38 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.

  • 3 third-party cookies

    3 third-party cookies are set on load; browsers are restricting these, so whatever relies on them breaks.

  • 1 JavaScript error while loading

    1 error was logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Maximum call stack size exceeded.”.

  • 3 distorted images

    3 images are displayed at the wrong aspect ratio, so they look stretched or squashed.

  • Browser-reported issues

    Chrome logged issues while loading the page (“Cookie”).

  • Missing source maps

    Large scripts ship without source maps.

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  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Security and trust

3 to fix81
  • 1 broken external link

    1 link to other sites is dead, for example https://channelstore.roku.com/details/a70287455607011be73b739928b0c56b/the-great-courses-plus (404).

  • No HSTS header

    No Strict-Transport-Security header, so browsers may still try plain http first on a return visit.

  • No Content-Security-Policy

    No Content-Security-Policy header, the main browser-side defence against injected scripts.

  • 2 redirects before the homepage

    Opening https://wondrium.com goes through 2 redirects before the homepage loads.

  • No Referrer-Policy

    No Referrer-Policy header, so full URLs can leak to the sites you link to.

  • 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.

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  • Served over HTTPS

    The homepage is served over HTTPS (plus.thegreatcourses.com).

  • Valid certificate (185 days left)

    The certificate from DigiCert Inc · DigiCert Global G3 TLS ECC SHA384 2020 CA1 verifies for wondrium.com and is valid for another 185 days.

  • Protected from clickjacking

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

  • http:// redirects to https

    http://wondrium.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

    thegreatcourses.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

    thegreatcourses.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.

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  • Domain is 27 years old

    27 years

    thegreatcourses.com was registered in Jan 1999 through Amazon Registrar, Inc.. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.

  • Registered until Jan 2028

    thegreatcourses.com is registered until Jan 2028.

Content and conversion

3 to fix79
  • Thin social proof

    Social proof on the homepage: 18 trust badges. Pairing it with named testimonials or customer logos makes it far more convincing.

  • No direct contact details

    No phone number or email link on the homepage, so ready-to-buy visitors have one fewer way to reach you.

  • Only about 247 words

    The homepage has only about 247 words of visible text; thin pages give Google and first-time buyers little to go on.

  • 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.

  • Urgency cues

    The page uses urgency cues (a countdown or limited-time wording).

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  • Clear next step on the first screen

    On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Learn More” and “SHOP”.

  • 9 calls to action

    The homepage has 9 calls to action, for example “Learn More”, “Start Free Trial” and “Shop”.

  • 3 short forms

    3 short forms (3 fields at most) are right on the homepage, asking for an email.

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager.

Email authentication

1 to fix80
  • No DKIM key on the usual selectors

    We found no DKIM key on the selectors the big email providers use. If you send through one of them, turning on DKIM signing improves delivery.

  • Email authentication score: 80/100

    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.

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  • DMARC policy: quarantine

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

  • SPF with a strict ending (-all)

    An SPF record lists your sending servers and tells receivers to reject anything else: “v=spf1 include:spf.messagelabs.com include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:amazonses.com -all”.

Privacy and tracking

1 to fix
  • 6 trackers load before any consent

    6

    Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Amazon Ads, Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager and LinkedIn Insight and 1 more (measured from a US location before any click). No consent tool was detected. Visitors from the EU, UK and several US states must be asked first.

  • 40 cookies set on arrival

    40

    Opening the homepage sets 40 cookies (measured from a US location before any click).

  • No consent tool detected

    No known cookie consent tool loads with the page. Some sites build their own banner, and some only show one to visitors from the EU.

  • 34 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 34 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.

Upkeep, stack and company

Stack

Framework
Tailwind CSS
E-commerce
Magento
Analytics
Google Tag Manager
Hosting
AWS

Company

Founded
1990

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