wiki/clients/current/crazy-lennys/2026-01-30-website-audit-speed-optimization.md · 401 words · 2026-01-30
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 [1], 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:
- Located site credentials automatically
- Audited SEO, caching (WP Rocket), CDN (Cloudflare), GA4, GTM, Gravity Forms, and Google Search Console configuration
- Generated a structured health report with findings and recommendations
- 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 [2] for full documentation on the tool.