Skip to main content
SGSiteGraph

cput.ac.za

CPUT - Cape Peninsula University of Technology

Last scanned Aug 5, 2026, 2:00 PM · 15 views

71

Overall score

Fair

Summary

We are a university in Cape Town, South Africa and the only university of technology in the Western Cape province. We are also the largest university in the province. This website uses PHP. SEO is fair (55/100) and accessibility is excellent (90/100). Security scores fair (55/100) and performance excellent (90/100). Top issue: Meta description longer than 160 characters.

We are a university in Cape Town, South Africa and the only university of technology in the Western Cape province. We are also the largest university in the province.

Top issues to fix

9 issues found · 1 high priority

  • No H1 heading found

    SEO

    Add exactly one H1 describing the page's main topic — it anchors the document outline for search engines and screen readers.

  • Missing X-Content-Type-Options header

    Security

    Add X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff to stop MIME-sniffing attacks.

  • Meta description longer than 160 characters

    SEO

    Trim the meta description to under 160 characters to avoid truncation in search results.

  • Missing canonical link

    SEO

    Add <link rel="canonical"> so search engines know which URL variant to index.

  • No structured data (JSON-LD) found

    SEO

    Add JSON-LD (Organization, Article, Product…) to become eligible for rich results.

  • Missing OpenGraph tags

    SEO

    Add og:title/og:description/og:image so shared links render a proper preview card.

+3 more issues — details in the sections below.

55

SEO

7 issue(s) found

90

Performance

1.39 s

55

Security

HTTPS & header checks

90

Accessibility

1 issue(s) found

Score history

-2 overall since Jul 26, 2026

Overall
71
SEO
55
Security
55
Performance
90
Accessibility
90

Organization

Company details published in this site's own structured data.

We are a university in Cape Town, South Africa and the only university of technology in the Western Cape province. We are also the largest university in the province.

Meta tags

Title
CPUT - Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Description
We are a university in Cape Town, South Africa and the only university of technology in the Western Cape province. We are also the largest university in the province.
Canonical
Language
en-gb
Charset
utf-8
Viewport
width=device-width, initial-scale=1
Robots meta
index,follow
Manifest

OpenGraph & Twitter Card

OpenGraph

og:title
og:description
og:type
og:url

Twitter Card

twitter:card
twitter:title
twitter:description

Technologies

Detected frameworks, languages, and tools.

Hosting & CDN

Hosting provider
CDN provider
IP address
ASN

DNS records

TypeValue
A
AAAA
MX
TXT
NS
CAA
CNAME
IPv6 supportNo

TLS / SSL certificate

Version
TLS 1.3
Issuer
Hellenic Academic and Research Institutions CA
Subject
cput.ac.za
Valid from
Jul 27, 2026
Valid to
Feb 11, 2027
Days until expiry
189
SAN domains
cput.ac.za, www.cput.ac.za

Security headers

  • Strict-Transport-SecurityEnabled
  • Content-Security-PolicyEnabled
  • X-Frame-OptionsEnabled
  • X-Content-Type-OptionsMissing
  • Referrer-PolicyEnabled
  • Permissions-PolicyMissing

Compression: gzip · 0 cookie(s) observed

Content & assets

Headings

H1 0 · H2 1 · H3 29

Links

63 internal · 11 external · 20 broken

Images

32 total · 0 missing alt

Scripts / Styles

25 scripts · 7 stylesheets

JS / CSS size

25.8 KB · 17.1 KB

Page size

117 KB

Robots.txt & Sitemap

robots.txt
Not found
Disallow rules
0
sitemap.xml
Not found
URLs in sitemap
0

SEO issues

  • Meta description longer than 160 characters
  • Missing canonical link
  • No H1 heading found
  • No structured data (JSON-LD) found
  • Missing OpenGraph tags
  • robots.txt not found
  • sitemap.xml not found

Accessibility issues

  • No H1 heading found

Scan details

Requested URL
https://cput.ac.za
Final URL
https://cput.ac.za
HTTP status
200
HTTP version
HTTP/1.1
Response time
1.39 s
HTML size
117 KB
Redirect chain
https://cput.ac.za

See something wrong on this report? Request a correction

Frequently asked questions

What technology does cput.ac.za use?
cput.ac.za is built with PHP, Joomla, jQuery, Google Analytics.
Is cput.ac.za secure (HTTPS)?
Yes. cput.ac.za uses TLS 1.3 with a certificate issued by Hellenic Academic and Research Institutions CA, valid until Feb 11, 2027.
Who hosts cput.ac.za?
Hosting provider information for cput.ac.za is not available yet.
What is cput.ac.za's SEO score?
cput.ac.za scored 55/100 for SEO in the latest analysis (fair).
What is cput.ac.za's overall website score?
cput.ac.za has an overall SiteGraph score of 71/100, combining SEO, performance, security, and accessibility.
Has cput.ac.za's score changed over time?
cput.ac.za's overall score has declined by 2 points (from 73 to 71) since Jul 26, 2026.