Technical Information
| HTTP Status Code | 200 |
| HTTP Version | HTTP/1.1 |
| HTTPS | ✔ Available |
| IP Address | 188.114.97.2 |
| Server Software | cloudflare |
| CDN | Cloudflare |
| Compression | gzip |
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🔒 🟡 Mixed Content (8 HTTP resources) | The page is served over HTTPS but loads 8 resource(s) over HTTP. This may be blocked in modern browsers. |
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ℹ 🔵 Missing Content Security Policy | CSP is not configured. It helps prevent XSS attacks and content injection. |
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ℹ 🔵 Missing X-Frame-Options | The site can be embedded in iframes by third parties (clickjacking risk). |
HTTP Status Code 200
HTTP Version HTTP/1.1
HTTPS ✔ Available
IP Address 188.114.97.2
Server Software cloudflare
CDN Cloudflare
Compression gzip
🔒 🟡 Mixed Content (8 HTTP resources) The page is served over HTTPS but loads 8 resource(s) over HTTP. This may be blocked in modern browsers.
ℹ 🔵 Missing Content Security Policy CSP is not configured. It helps prevent XSS attacks and content injection.
ℹ 🔵 Missing X-Frame-Options The site can be embedded in iframes by third parties (clickjacking risk).
Performance
| DNS Lookup | 10.5 ms |
| TCP Connect | 12.3 ms |
| TLS Handshake | 10.9 ms |
| Time To First Byte (TTFB) | 60.7 ms |
| Content Download | 1.6 ms |
| Total Response Time | 62.3 ms |
DNS Lookup 10.5 ms
TCP Connect 12.3 ms
TLS Handshake 10.9 ms
Time To First Byte (TTFB) 60.7 ms
Content Download 1.6 ms
Total Response Time 62.3 ms
Security
| HTTPS | ✔ Enabled |
| HSTS | ✔ max-age=31536000 |
| CSP | ⚠ Not configured |
| X-Frame-Options | ⚠ Not configured |
| X-Content-Type-Options | ⚠ Not configured |
| HTTP/2 | ⚠ HTTP/1.1 |
HTTPS ✔ Enabled
HSTS ✔ max-age=31536000
CSP ⚠ Not configured
X-Frame-Options ⚠ Not configured
X-Content-Type-Options ⚠ Not configured
HTTP/2 ⚠ HTTP/1.1
SEO Quick Check
| Title | Wait But Why |
| Meta Description | A popular long-form, stick-figure-illustrated blog about almost everything. |
| Canonical | https://waitbutwhy.com/ |
| Robots Meta | index, follow, max-image-preview:large, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1 |
| Open Graph Title | Homepage |
| Open Graph Description | A popular long-form, stick-figure-illustrated blog about almost everything. |
| Twitter Card | summary_large_image |
| Twitter Description | Wait But Why - Tim Urban |
Title Wait But Why
Meta Description A popular long-form, stick-figure-illustrated blog about almost everything.
Canonical https://waitbutwhy.com/
Robots Meta index, follow, max-image-preview:large, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1
Open Graph Title Homepage
Open Graph Description A popular long-form, stick-figure-illustrated blog about almost everything.
Twitter Card summary_large_image
Twitter Description Wait But Why - Tim Urban
Detected Technologies
| Technology | WordPress jQuery Google Analytics Google Tag Manager Cloudflare PHP |
Technology WordPress jQuery Google Analytics Google Tag Manager Cloudflare PHP
HTTP Headers
| Date
| Fri, 21 Aug 2026 13:17:54 GMT |
| Content-type
| text/html; charset=UTF-8 |
| Server
| cloudflare |
| Strict-transport-security
| max-age=31536000 |
| Vary
| accept, content-type, cookie |
| Last-modified
| Fri, 21 Aug 2026 11:32:01 GMT |
| Cache-control
| max-age=163, must-revalidate |
| X-nananana
| Batcache-Hit |
| Host-header
| wpcloud |
| X-pingback
| https://waitbutwhy.com/xmlrpc.php |
| Link
| ; rel=shortlink |
| Report-to
| {"group":"cf-nel","max_age":604800,"endpoints":[{"url":"https://a.nel.cloudflare.com/report/v4?s=MPFO%2BczVG3mwXSRIqMqZGpGXshI%2BSFrussAG2bYUKufaObqlohPC%2FDpASmmcLiyMaK%2FaLxUcozUDVeNpZH4qlRVOENsbR%2FNo2WQf2TmMjccPucCfV65Gg2UL%2FSssdkDrVc3C6f9Q7tpsr8CQFQ%3D%3D"}]} |
| X-ac
| 10.cdg _atomic_ams STALE |
| Alt-svc
| h3=":443"; ma=86400 |
| Server-timing
| a8c-cdn, dc;desc=cdg, cache;desc=STALE;dur=2.0 |
| Cf-cache-status
| DYNAMIC |
| Nel
| {"report_to":"cf-nel","success_fraction":0.0,"max_age":604800} |
| Content-encoding
| gzip |
| Cf-ray
| a2e9ebafcdb49ef2-CDG |
Meta Tags
| Viewport | width=device-width |
| Pocket-site-verification | eeacb22f26e28eaaab8351eb4c2f1b |
| Robots | index, follow, max-image-preview:large, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1 |
| Description | A popular long-form, stick-figure-illustrated blog about almost everything. |
| Article:publisher | https://www.facebook.com/waitbutwhy |
| Article:modified_time | 2019-04-04T20:46:17+00:00 |
| Fb:app_id | 689761124373742 |
| Fb:admins | 4269 |
| Generator | Site Kit by Google 1.185.0 |
| Google-site-verification | aFU00rk5wyZ3kRvr-1pvx1mJfiGfEe_e_DrA8XZMXJM |
Date Fri, 21 Aug 2026 13:17:54 GMT
Content-type text/html; charset=UTF-8
Server cloudflare
Strict-transport-security max-age=31536000
Vary accept, content-type, cookie
Last-modified Fri, 21 Aug 2026 11:32:01 GMT
Cache-control max-age=163, must-revalidate
X-nananana Batcache-Hit
Host-header wpcloud
X-pingback https://waitbutwhy.com/xmlrpc.php
Link ; rel=shortlink
Report-to {"group":"cf-nel","max_age":604800,"endpoints":[{"url":"https://a.nel.cloudflare.com/report/v4?s=MPFO%2BczVG3mwXSRIqMqZGpGXshI%2BSFrussAG2bYUKufaObqlohPC%2FDpASmmcLiyMaK%2FaLxUcozUDVeNpZH4qlRVOENsbR%2FNo2WQf2TmMjccPucCfV65Gg2UL%2FSssdkDrVc3C6f9Q7tpsr8CQFQ%3D%3D"}]}
X-ac 10.cdg _atomic_ams STALE
Alt-svc h3=":443"; ma=86400
Server-timing a8c-cdn, dc;desc=cdg, cache;desc=STALE;dur=2.0
Cf-cache-status DYNAMIC
Nel {"report_to":"cf-nel","success_fraction":0.0,"max_age":604800}
Content-encoding gzip
Cf-ray a2e9ebafcdb49ef2-CDG
