Bright News
Bright 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 88 for mobile speed and 98 for desktop speed, 40/40 for SEO and 84/84 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100).
Mobile88
Desktop98
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 88 | 98 |
| SEO | 40 | 40 |
| Accessibility | 84 | 84 |
| 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 — Bright News home page
Mobile
Speed 88 · 12 points to gain
- −4.7 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −4.6 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −2.9 Speed Index medium effort
SEO 40 · 60 points to gain
- −40.3 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −10 Document does not have a meta description low effort
- −10 Links do not have descriptive text low effort
Accessibility 84 · 16 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
Desktop
Speed 98 · 2 points to gain
- −1.4 Speed Index medium effort
- −0.5 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
SEO 40 · 60 points to gain
- −40.3 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −10 Document does not have a meta description low effort
- −10 Links do not have descriptive text low effort
Accessibility 84 · 16 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
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| Bright News default demo ↗ | 88 | 40 | 84 | 98 | 40 | 84 | 2026-09-13 |
| home ↗ | 88 | 40 | 84 | 98 | 40 | 84 | 2026-09-13 |
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