Website Launch Checklist

Never launch a broken form or missing share card again. Use this 16-point checklist to audit your web application before handing over to clients or going live.

16 Pre-Flight Tests SEO & Core Web Vitals Instant Launch Score

Content & User Experience

4 Verification Items

Favicon & App Icons Active High-resolution favicon.svg/png and Apple Touch Icons are configured.

All Placeholders Removed Zero “Lorem Ipsum”, fake names, dummy images, or unfinished draft text.

Form End-to-End Delivery Tested Every contact, quote, and newsletter form delivers emails and saves submissions.

Branded 404 Error Page Custom 404 page guides users back to the homepage and key destinations.

SEO & Social Sharing

4 Verification Items

Unique Meta Titles & Descriptions Every page has a compelling, keyword-rich title (under 60 chars) and meta description.

Open Graph & Twitter Share Cards og:image, og:title, and twitter:card display beautifully when shared on WhatsApp & LinkedIn.

Valid XML Sitemap & Robots.txt sitemap.xml is generated and referenced in robots.txt for search engines.

Canonical URLs & Schema.org Markup rel="canonical" and Organisation/Article JSON-LD structured data are validated.

Performance & Mobile

4 Verification Items

Mobile Responsive across Viewports Tested on iOS Safari, Android Chrome, tablet, and wide desktop screens.

Images Compressed & Modern Formats Images use WebP/AVIF or progressive compression with width/height attributes.

Font Loading & Preload Optimization Web fonts use font-display: swap and preloading to eliminate layout shift (CLS).

Browser Caching & Asset Compression Gzip/Brotli compression and long-lived Cache-Control headers active for static assets.

Security & Legal

4 Verification Items

HTTPS & SSL Certificate Enforced All HTTP requests automatically 301-redirect to HTTPS with no mixed-content warnings.

Security Headers Configured X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, and Referrer-Policy headers set.

Privacy Policy & Terms of Service Legally compliant privacy notice and terms published and linked in footer.

Cookie Notice & Consent Compliance Consent banner active if using non-essential tracking or persistent storage.

Website Launch Checklist

Content & User Experience

SEO & Social Sharing

Performance & Mobile

Security & Legal

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