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Tips and Tricks 5 – Link directly to report sections and features with these URL modifiers

A collection of useful tidbits to make GTmetrix a little more convenient and useful.


 

Direct link to sections of a report using these URL modifiers

 

 

Add these anchors or modifiers to report URLs to directly link to parts or features of a GTmetrix report.

You can add the following to the end of a GTmetrix report URL:

  • #performance – Defaults to the Performance tab
    Example: https://gtmetrix.com/reports/gtmetrix.com/59U6TWFz/#performance
     
  • #structure – Defaults to the Structure tab
    Example: https://gtmetrix.com/reports/gtmetrix.com/59U6TWFz/#structure
     
  • #waterfall – Defaults to the Waterfall Chart
    Example: https://gtmetrix.com/reports/gtmetrix.com/59U6TWFz/#waterfall
     
  • #video – Defaults to the video playback tab
    Example: https://gtmetrix.com/reports/gtmetrix.com/59U6TWFz#video
     
  • #history – Defaults to the history graph
    Example: https://gtmetrix.com/reports/gtmetrix.com/59U6TWFz/#history
     
  • /history.csv – Downloads entire performance history in .csv format (Log-in required)
    Example: https://gtmetrix.com/reports/gtmetrix.com/59U6TWFz/history.csv
     
  • /pdf – Downloads the PDF (Executive Summary) of the report (Log-in required)
    Example: https://gtmetrix.com/reports/gtmetrix.com/59U6TWFz/pdf
     
  • /pdf?full=1 – Downloads the PDF (Full Report) of the report (Log-in required)
    Example: https://gtmetrix.com/reports/gtmetrix.com/59U6TWFz/pdf?full=1
     
  • /net.har?pretty=1 – Downloads the HAR file of the Waterfall Chart (Log-in required)
    Example: https://gtmetrix.com/reports/gtmetrix.com/59U6TWFz/net.har?pretty=1
     
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    In addition to the above format, you can use also the /pages link format to accomplish the same thing, provided you know the page slug.

    For instance, if you hover over the “View latest report” button on any older GTmetrix Report, you’ll see the link for the latest report reveals the GTmetrix Report link with this format.

    For example: https://gtmetrix.com/pages/gtmetrix.com/rTmdKttK/latest-report

    You can use this structure in conjunction with the other modifiers.

    To default to the Waterfall Chart, you would add #waterfall to this link – https://gtmetrix.com/pages/gtmetrix.com/rTmdKttK/latest-report#waterfall

    Similarly, you can use the other modifiers as mentioned above.


     

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