What powers direct.gov.uk?
Last seen Jun 2026 · 30 technologies across 16 categories
Analytics
Blogs
Cache Tools
Varnish
since Jun 2018
WordPress Super Cache
since Nov 2018
CDN
Incapsula
since Aug 2018
Databases
MySQL
since Nov 2018
JavaScript Libraries
Miscellaneous
PaaS
Amazon Web Services
since Aug 2021
Programming Languages
Reverse proxies
Envoy
since Mar 2025
Security
HSTS
since Sep 2022
Tag managers
Google Tag Manager
since Aug 2018
UI frameworks
GOV.UK Frontend
since Mar 2020
GOV.UK Template
since Feb 2021
Web Frameworks
Web Servers
Apache HTTP Server
since Aug 2018
Nginx
since Apr 2018
Widgets
Wheelio
since Sep 2021
Top backlinks
Top links pointing at the site, one per source domain, strongest first. The anchor text opens the page carrying the link.
Audience
- 88% phone
- 12% desktop
United Kingdom
Spain
Netherlands
Poland
Greece
Ireland
Countries where the site has Chrome traffic, strongest markets first.
Open Page Rank
8.00 / 10 · ranked #7,583 of all domains
3,357 referring domains · OpenPageRank
Core Web Vitals
| LCP | 2 s |
| INP | 100 ms |
| CLS | 0 |
| TTFB | 1800 ms |
Real user p75, Chrome UX Report, Jun 2026.
Page
- Language: English
- CDN: Akamai
- Weight: 0.4 MB · 27 requests
- Structured data: OpenGraph
Homepage as crawled by the HTTP Archive, Jul 2026.
Subdomains
| Host | Techs |
|---|---|
| think.direct.gov.uk | 11 |
| childmaintenanceservice.direct.gov.uk | 7 |
| courtfines.direct.gov.uk | 7 |
| death-tellusonce.direct.gov.uk | 7 |
| idp-death-tellusonce.direct.gov.uk | 7 |
| wsr.theorytest.direct.gov.uk | 7 |
| driverpracticaltest.direct.gov.uk | 6 |
| graduatetalentpoolsearch.direct.gov.uk | 6 |
| bluebadge.direct.gov.uk | 5 |
| nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk | 5 |
| www.direct.gov.uk | 5 |
| www.dwpe-services.direct.gov.uk | 3 |
| dvlaregistrations.direct.gov.uk | 1 |
| www.studentfinance.direct.gov.uk | 1 |