What powers thebosun.ie?
Last seen Sep 2026 · 36 technologies across 21 categories
Analytics
Google Analytics
since Apr 2019
CMS
Cookie compliance
Databases
MySQL
since Dec 2021
Font scripts
Google Font API
since Apr 2019
Hosting panels
Plesk
since Apr 2019
JavaScript Libraries
Miscellaneous
Open Graph
since Sep 2022
RSS
since Dec 2022
Page builders
WordPress Block Editor
since Jul 2024
Performance
Priority Hints
since Oct 2023
Programming languages
Retargeting
Google Remarketing Tag
since Dec 2021
Reviews
Trustindex
since Aug 2025
Security
reCAPTCHA
since Dec 2021
Tag managers
Google Tag Manager
since Dec 2021
UI Frameworks
Bootstrap
since Apr 2019
Web Servers
Apache HTTP Server
since Apr 2019
Nginx
since Dec 2021
Webmail
Microsoft 365
since Aug 2022
Widgets
OWL Carousel
since Apr 2019
WordPress plugins
Blocksy Companion
since Aug 2025
Smash Balloon Instagram Feed
since Aug 2025
WordPress themes
AI Crawlers
Doesn't mention any of the 33 AI crawlers we track in its robots.txt; all are allowed by default. Checked Sep 2026.
- robots.txt found
- llms.txt not found
- ai.txt not found
AI Crawlers
No AI crawlers blocked
Audience
- 100% phone
Ireland
Where the site's Chrome visitors come from, largest estimated audience first.
Open Page Rank
0.73 / 10 · ranked #18,362,433 of all domains
2 referring domains · OpenPageRank
Core Web Vitals
| LCP | 6.5 s |
| INP | 125 ms |
| CLS | 0 |
| TTFB | 6000 ms |
Real user p75, Chrome UX Report, Aug 2026.
Page
- Language: English (United Kingdom)
- Weight: 5.3 MB · 166 requests
- WordPress theme: blocksy (child: blocksy-child) · all themes
- Structured data: JSON-LD, Microdata, OpenGraph, Twitter Cards
Homepage as crawled by the HTTP Archive, Sep 2026.
Organisation
- The Bosun
From the homepage's own structured data (Sep 2026).
Infrastructure
- Hosted on WEBWORLD-AS ta Web World Ireland (217.115.123.158)
- DNS: myhostns.net
- Email: Microsoft 365
- Email security: SPF (hard fail), no DMARC record
- SSL: Sectigo, RSA 2048, expires Feb 2027
- Common Crawl link graph: rank 30,891,799
DNS records as swept Sep 2026, certificate as seen Sep 2026. How the web is hosted
Subdomains
| Host | Techs |
|---|---|
| www.thebosun.ie | 26 |
| thebosun.ie | 21 |