Performance Audits

Content Plan: This document will cover pre and post-migration performance audits to ensure site health.

Planned Sections

Why Audit Before Migration

• Establishing baseline metrics
• Identifying existing issues vs migration-caused issues
• Setting client expectations
• Documentation for comparison

Pre-Migration Audit Checklist

• Performance metrics
  • PageSpeed Insights scores (mobile/desktop)
  • Core Web Vitals (LCP, FID, CLS)
  • GTmetrix results
  • Time to First Byte (TTFB)
• Functionality checks
  • Forms submission testing
  • E-commerce checkout flow
  • User registration/login
  • Search functionality
  • Third-party integrations
• Content verification
  • Page count and structure
  • Media library size
  • Database size
  • Plugin/theme list

Tools for Auditing

• Google PageSpeed Insights
• GTmetrix
• WebPageTest
• Query Monitor (WordPress)
• Chrome DevTools
• Screaming Frog (for crawl comparison)

Post-Migration Audit

• Re-running all baseline tests
• Comparing before/after metrics
• Checking for broken links (internal/external)
• Verifying redirects are working
• Testing SSL certificate
• Confirming DNS propagation

Common Post-Migration Issues

• Increased TTFB (server configuration)
• Missing images or media
• Broken internal links
• Cache configuration needed
• CDN reconfiguration required

Documenting Results

• Screenshot templates
• Comparison report format
• Client communication templates
• Issue tracking workflow