Umbraco Health Check

Umbraco Health Check

Find what's wrong under the hood. Fix it before it costs you.

A Cogworks Umbraco Health Check is a deep technical audit of your Umbraco website, covering front-end performance, back-end code quality, backoffice configuration, infrastructure, SEO foundations, and security. Carried out by Umbraco-certified developers, it produces a clear, prioritised report with every issue rated as imperative, important, or recommended, so your team knows exactly what to fix and in what order.

Umbraco Health Check | Cogworks Digital Audit
750K

websites worldwide run on Umbraco

750K

websites worldwide run on Umbraco

750K

websites worldwide run on Umbraco

47%

of users expect a website to load in under 2 seconds

47%

of users expect a website to load in under 2 seconds

47%

of users expect a website to load in under 2 seconds

7%

conversion loss for every second of page load time

7%

conversion loss for every second of page load time

7%

conversion loss for every second of page load time

Who it's for

This audit is for you if: your Umbraco site has slowed down and you don't know why. You've inherited a site from another agency and want to understand what you're working with. Your hosting costs seem high relative to your traffic. Editors are complaining about a sluggish backoffice. Or you're planning an upgrade or rebuild and need a clear picture of the current platform's health before making decisions.

How it works

1

Tell us about your site

A short conversation to understand your setup, your concerns, and any specific areas you want us to focus on. We'll confirm what access we need: CMS read-only access, hosting and infrastructure overview, deployment details, and any known constraints. The more context you give us, the more targeted the health check.

2

We audit everything under the hood

Our Umbraco-certified developers work through a structured review covering front-end performance, back-end code quality, Umbraco backoffice configuration, database health, performance profiling, SEO foundations, infrastructure setup, and security. We use a combination of automated tooling and expert manual review to catch issues that tools alone miss.

3

You receive a prioritised report and walkthrough

We deliver a clear, comprehensive report with every finding rated as imperative, important, or recommended. We then walk you through it in a call, explain the root causes, and answer your questions.

1

Tell us about your site

A short conversation to understand your setup, your concerns, and any specific areas you want us to focus on. We'll confirm what access we need: CMS read-only access, hosting and infrastructure overview, deployment details, and any known constraints. The more context you give us, the more targeted the health check.

2

We audit everything under the hood

Our Umbraco-certified developers work through a structured review covering front-end performance, back-end code quality, Umbraco backoffice configuration, database health, performance profiling, SEO foundations, infrastructure setup, and security. We use a combination of automated tooling and expert manual review to catch issues that tools alone miss.

3

You receive a prioritised report and walkthrough

We deliver a clear, comprehensive report with every finding rated as imperative, important, or recommended. We then walk you through it in a call, explain the root causes, and answer your questions.

1

Tell us about your site

A short conversation to understand your setup, your concerns, and any specific areas you want us to focus on. We'll confirm what access we need: CMS read-only access, hosting and infrastructure overview, deployment details, and any known constraints. The more context you give us, the more targeted the health check.

2

We audit everything under the hood

Our Umbraco-certified developers work through a structured review covering front-end performance, back-end code quality, Umbraco backoffice configuration, database health, performance profiling, SEO foundations, infrastructure setup, and security. We use a combination of automated tooling and expert manual review to catch issues that tools alone miss.

3

You receive a prioritised report and walkthrough

We deliver a clear, comprehensive report with every finding rated as imperative, important, or recommended. We then walk you through it in a call, explain the root causes, and answer your questions.

What we look at

1

Performance profiling and front-end health

Browser testing across desktop and mobile, image optimisation, JavaScript efficiency, compression, and cache headers. Then deeper profiling to identify the specific code paths, database queries, and configuration issues consuming the most server resources. This is where we find the bottlenecks that make pages slow and the backoffice sluggish.

2

Back-end code quality

Project structure, code in views, defensive coding practices, image processing, strongly typed models, content service usage, UmbracoHelper usage, caching implementation, content queries, and Examine index configuration. We review how your site is built against Umbraco best practices, not just what it does on the surface.

3

Umbraco backoffice configuration

Document types, data types, content structure, installed packages, custom sections, and overall CMS architecture. We check whether Umbraco has been set up correctly and flag anything that creates risk, confusion, or unnecessary complexity for your editors.

4

Infrastructure, security and SEO foundations

Hosting setup, database configuration, version control, logging, monitoring, scalability, deployment pipeline, and security posture. Plus a check of meta tags, heading structure, robots.txt, sitemaps, and canonicals to make sure your CMS is producing the right technical signals for search engines.

1

Performance profiling and front-end health

Browser testing across desktop and mobile, image optimisation, JavaScript efficiency, compression, and cache headers. Then deeper profiling to identify the specific code paths, database queries, and configuration issues consuming the most server resources. This is where we find the bottlenecks that make pages slow and the backoffice sluggish.

2

Back-end code quality

Project structure, code in views, defensive coding practices, image processing, strongly typed models, content service usage, UmbracoHelper usage, caching implementation, content queries, and Examine index configuration. We review how your site is built against Umbraco best practices, not just what it does on the surface.

3

Umbraco backoffice configuration

Document types, data types, content structure, installed packages, custom sections, and overall CMS architecture. We check whether Umbraco has been set up correctly and flag anything that creates risk, confusion, or unnecessary complexity for your editors.

4

Infrastructure, security and SEO foundations

Hosting setup, database configuration, version control, logging, monitoring, scalability, deployment pipeline, and security posture. Plus a check of meta tags, heading structure, robots.txt, sitemaps, and canonicals to make sure your CMS is producing the right technical signals for search engines.

What you get

Umbraco Health Check Report

A comprehensive, easy-to-understand document covering every area of your site's health. Every finding is categorised as imperative (fix now), important (fix soon), or recommended (fix when you can). Written so that both technical teams and non-technical stakeholders can understand what's happening and why it matters.

Performance Profiling Results

Specific data on where your site's performance bottlenecks live: the code paths consuming server resources, the database queries slowing page loads, and the configuration issues causing the backoffice to lag. Not just scores, but the actual causes with evidence.

Infrastructure and Security Assessment

A clear picture of your hosting setup, deployment practices, and security posture. Flags misconfigurations, missing monitoring, scalability risks, and any security concerns that need attention, with each finding rated by urgency.

Prioritised fix plan

Every finding mapped to a recommended action, ordered by urgency and impact. Imperative issues separated from important and recommended improvements. If you want to keep moving, the health check feeds directly into a Spark roadmap so the diagnostic work becomes the foundation for everything that follows.

Umbraco Health Check Report

A comprehensive, easy-to-understand document covering every area of your site's health. Every finding is categorised as imperative (fix now), important (fix soon), or recommended (fix when you can). Written so that both technical teams and non-technical stakeholders can understand what's happening and why it matters.

Performance Profiling Results

Specific data on where your site's performance bottlenecks live: the code paths consuming server resources, the database queries slowing page loads, and the configuration issues causing the backoffice to lag. Not just scores, but the actual causes with evidence.

Infrastructure and Security Assessment

A clear picture of your hosting setup, deployment practices, and security posture. Flags misconfigurations, missing monitoring, scalability risks, and any security concerns that need attention, with each finding rated by urgency.

Prioritised fix plan

Every finding mapped to a recommended action, ordered by urgency and impact. Imperative issues separated from important and recommended improvements. If you want to keep moving, the health check feeds directly into a Spark roadmap so the diagnostic work becomes the foundation for everything that follows.

Umbraco Health Check Report

A comprehensive, easy-to-understand document covering every area of your site's health. Every finding is categorised as imperative (fix now), important (fix soon), or recommended (fix when you can). Written so that both technical teams and non-technical stakeholders can understand what's happening and why it matters.

Infrastructure and Security Assessment

A clear picture of your hosting setup, deployment practices, and security posture. Flags misconfigurations, missing monitoring, scalability risks, and any security concerns that need attention, with each finding rated by urgency.

Performance Profiling Results

Specific data on where your site's performance bottlenecks live: the code paths consuming server resources, the database queries slowing page loads, and the configuration issues causing the backoffice to lag. Not just scores, but the actual causes with evidence.

Prioritised fix plan

Every finding mapped to a recommended action, ordered by urgency and impact. Imperative issues separated from important and recommended improvements. If you want to keep moving, the health check feeds directly into a Spark roadmap so the diagnostic work becomes the foundation for everything that follows.

FAQs about the audit.

FAQs about the audit.

Got questions? We’ve got answers. Here’s everything you need to know about our audit

How long does a Cogworks Umbraco Health Check take?

Our Umbraco site looks fine to visitors. Why would we need a health check?

How is a Cogworks Umbraco Health Check different from the built-in health checks in Umbraco?

Will a Cogworks Umbraco Health Check tell us what to fix and in what order?

Do we need to commit to a full rebuild after a Cogworks Umbraco Health Check?

What happens next?

The Umbraco Health Check doesn't end with a report. Every finding connects to a recommended action and we'll walk you through what it would take to address each one. If you want to keep moving, the findings feed directly into a Spark roadmap so the work you've done here becomes the foundation for everything that comes next.

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Katie Grant Watson

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Let’s talk.

If you’re looking for a digital consultancy in the UK that combines strategic clarity with proven delivery, get in touch and we’ll take it from there.

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@ Cogworks

Katie Grant Watson

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