Website QA Checklist

1. Content & Copy (8 checks)

No spelling or grammar errors across all pages

All contact details are correct (phone, email, address)

Business name / branding is consistent everywhere

No placeholder text (Lorem Ipsum) remaining

All CTAs have clear, action-oriented text

Privacy policy, terms, and legal pages exist (if needed)

Copyright year is current

All links open in correct tab (same vs new window)

2. Design & Visual (8 checks)

Consistent spacing, typography, and color usage

No overlapping elements or broken layouts

Images are high quality and properly compressed

Favicon is set and visible in browser tab

Logo is crisp (not pixelated) on all screens

All icons render correctly (no broken SVGs)

Hover states exist for all clickable elements

Loading states / skeleton screens present where needed

3. Responsive & Mobile (8 checks)

Layout works on mobile (320px width)

Layout works on tablet (768px width)

Layout works on desktop (1920px width)

Touch targets are at least 44x44px (mobile)

No horizontal scroll on any device

Mobile menu / hamburger works correctly

Forms are usable on touch devices

Viewport meta tag is set correctly

4. Performance & Speed (8 checks)

Lighthouse performance score ≥ 80

Images are optimized (WebP format, lazy loaded)

CSS and JS are minified

First Contentful Paint (FCP) ≤ 2 seconds

Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) ≤ 2.5 seconds

Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) ≤ 0.1

Fonts are preloaded / no FOIT

Unused CSS/JS is removed

5. SEO & Meta (8 checks)

Every page has a unique, descriptive title tag

Every page has a meta description

Open Graph tags are set (og:title, og:image, etc.)

Canonical URLs are set correctly

Heading hierarchy is logical (h1 → h2 → h3)

Alt text is present on all images

Sitemap.xml exists and is valid

robots.txt is configured correctly

6. Accessibility (6 checks)

Color contrast passes WCAG AA (4.5:1 ratio)

All form inputs have labels

Keyboard navigation works (Tab, Enter, Escape)

Focus indicators are visible

ARIA landmarks are used appropriately

Skip navigation link is present

7. Security & Technical (6 checks)

SSL certificate is valid and active (HTTPS)

No mixed content warnings (HTTP resources on HTTPS)

Contact forms have CSRF / spam protection

Form validation works (client + server side)

Console has zero JavaScript errors

Broken link check passes (no 404s)