Authentic News
Authentic News is a WordPress theme by Ascendoor (Free). Tested on 2026-09-13 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 79 for mobile speed and 92 for desktop speed, 50/50 for SEO and 75/75 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100).
Mobile79
Desktop92
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 79 | 92 |
| SEO | 50 | 50 |
| Accessibility | 75 | 75 |
| Best practices | 100 | 100 |
Single preset · measured 2 times since 2026-09-13 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.
Why not 100 — Authentic News home page
Mobile
Speed 79 · 21 points to gain
- −10.5 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −7 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −3.3 Speed Index medium effort
- 340 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort
- 190 ms Minify CSS low effort
SEO 50 · 50 points to gain
- −40.3 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −10 Document does not have a meta description low effort
Accessibility 75 · 25 points to gain
- −8.2 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −8.2 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
- −8.2 Touch targets do not have sufficient size or spacing. medium effort
Desktop
Speed 92 · 8 points to gain
- −5 Cumulative Layout Shift medium effort
- −2.1 Speed Index medium effort
- −0.5 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
SEO 50 · 50 points to gain
- −40.3 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −10 Document does not have a meta description low effort
Accessibility 75 · 25 points to gain
- −8.2 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −8.2 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
- −8.2 Touch targets do not have sufficient size or spacing. medium effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| Authentic News default demo ↗ | 79 | 50 | 75 | 92 | 50 | 75 | 2026-09-13 |
| home ↗ | 79 | 50 | 75 | 92 | 50 | 75 | 2026-09-13 |
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