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title: Website Audit & Speed Optimization — 2026-01-30
type: article
created: '2026-01-30'
updated: '2026-01-30'
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tags:
- website-audit
- performance
- speed-optimization
- crazy-lennys
- wordpress
layer: 2
client_source: Crazy Lenny's E-Bikes
industry_context: ecommerce
transferable: false
---

# Website Audit & Speed Optimization — 2026-01-30

## Overview

During the 2026-01-30 end-of-week call, Mark reported completing a significant performance optimization pass on the Crazy Lenny's website. After roughly 3.5 hours of troubleshooting the previous evening plus follow-up work the morning of the call, the site's performance score jumped from **51 to 90** and accessibility improved from **80 to 86**. A security plugin conflict was identified as the root cause of instability and was temporarily disabled to restore normal operation.

This work was conducted using the new internal [[wiki/tools/website-audit-agent|AI-powered website audit agent]], which identified issues and guided remediation steps while running in the background.

## Results

| Metric | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Performance Score | 51 | 90 |
| Accessibility Score | 80 | 86 |
| Best Practices | — | Improved |

## Issues Resolved

- **Security plugin conflict:** The security plugin was tangled with other site components and causing instability. It was disabled to restore site function; re-evaluation of the plugin is implied.
- **404 errors:** Multiple 404 entries (originating from SEO Press logs) were identified and cleared — approximately 1,000 entries cleaned from the database.
- **Orphaned metadata:** Cleaned during the audit pass.
- **Database bloat:** General database cleanup performed as part of the standard audit checklist.

## How the Work Was Done

Mark used the internal AI website audit agent, run from a terminal, which:

1. Located site credentials automatically
2. Audited SEO, caching (WP Rocket), CDN (Cloudflare), GA4, GTM, Gravity Forms, and Google Search Console configuration
3. Generated a structured health report with findings and recommendations
4. Allowed Mark to issue follow-up remediation commands interactively while the agent worked in the background

> "The nice thing about this is I can tell it what to do and then it works in the background and I can keep doing other things." — Mark Hope

## Ongoing Monitoring

The audit agent is being configured to run automatically on a weekly schedule (e.g., Sunday nights) across all managed client websites. This will:

- Catch database bloat from accumulating plugin entries before it becomes a problem
- Surface 404s, misconfigured tags, and performance regressions proactively
- Produce a weekly health report for each site without manual intervention

See [[wiki/tools/website-audit-agent|Website Audit Agent]] for full documentation on the tool.

## Related

- [[wiki/tools/website-audit-agent|Website Audit Agent]]
- [[wiki/clients/current/crazy-lennys/_index|Crazy Lenny's Client Index]]
- [[wiki/meetings/2026-01-30-weekly-eow-call|Weekly EOW Call — 2026-01-30]]