Technical Information
| HTTP Status Code | 200 |
| HTTP Version | HTTP/1.1 |
| HTTPS | ✔ Available |
| IP Address | 104.20.17.109 |
| Server Software | nginx/1.22.1 |
| Compression | gzip |
HTTP Status Code 200
HTTP Version HTTP/1.1
HTTPS ✔ Available
IP Address 104.20.17.109
Server Software nginx/1.22.1
Compression gzip
Redirect Chain
| # | URL | HTTP Status Code | Status |
| 1 | https://theroot.com:443 | 308 | HTTP/2 308 |
| 2 | https://www.theroot.com/ | 200 | HTTP/2 200 |
#1 URL https://theroot.com:443
HTTP Status Code 308
Status HTTP/2 308
#2 URL https://www.theroot.com/
HTTP Status Code 200
Status HTTP/2 200
Performance
| DNS Lookup | 38.1 ms |
| TCP Connect | 120.4 ms |
| TLS Handshake | 167.5 ms |
| Time To First Byte (TTFB) | 555 ms |
| Content Download | 85.1 ms |
| Total Response Time | 640.1 ms |
DNS Lookup 38.1 ms
TCP Connect 120.4 ms
TLS Handshake 167.5 ms
Time To First Byte (TTFB) 555 ms
Content Download 85.1 ms
Total Response Time 640.1 ms
Security
| HTTPS | ✔ Enabled |
| HSTS | ✔ max-age=63072000; |
| CSP | ✔ Configured |
| X-Frame-Options | ✔ SAMEORIGIN |
| X-Content-Type-Options | ✔ nosniff |
| Referrer Policy | strict-origin-when-cross-origin |
| HTTP/2 | ⚠ HTTP/1.1 |
HTTPS ✔ Enabled
HSTS ✔ max-age=63072000;
CSP ✔ Configured
X-Frame-Options ✔ SAMEORIGIN
X-Content-Type-Options ✔ nosniff
Referrer Policy strict-origin-when-cross-origin
HTTP/2 ⚠ HTTP/1.1
SEO Quick Check
| Title | The Root – Black News, Opinions, Politics and Culture |
| Canonical | https://www.theroot.com |
| Robots Meta | max-image-preview:large |
Title The Root – Black News, Opinions, Politics and Culture
Canonical https://www.theroot.com
Robots Meta max-image-preview:large
Detected Technologies
| Technology | WordPress Bootstrap jQuery Google Analytics Google Tag Manager Cloudflare Nginx PHP |
Technology WordPress Bootstrap jQuery Google Analytics Google Tag Manager Cloudflare Nginx PHP
HTTP Headers
| Date
| Wed, 19 Aug 2026 22:00:37 GMT |
| Content-type
| text/html; charset=UTF-8 |
| Server
| nginx/1.22.1 |
| Vary
| Accept-Encoding |
| Strict-transport-security
| max-age=63072000; |
| X-xss-protection
| 0 |
| X-content-type-options
| nosniff |
| Referrer-policy
| strict-origin-when-cross-origin |
| X-frame-options
| SAMEORIGIN |
| Content-security-policy
| frame-ancestors 'self' ; upgrade-insecure-requests; |
| Last-modified
| Wed, 19 Aug 2026 20:53:13 GMT |
| Content-encoding
| gzip |
Meta Tags
| Viewport | width=device-width, initial-scale=1 |
| Robots | max-image-preview:large |
| Msapplication-TileImage |  |
Date Wed, 19 Aug 2026 22:00:37 GMT
Content-type text/html; charset=UTF-8
Server nginx/1.22.1
Vary Accept-Encoding
Strict-transport-security max-age=63072000;
X-xss-protection 0
X-content-type-options nosniff
Referrer-policy strict-origin-when-cross-origin
X-frame-options SAMEORIGIN
Content-security-policy frame-ancestors 'self' ; upgrade-insecure-requests;
Last-modified Wed, 19 Aug 2026 20:53:13 GMT
Content-encoding gzip
