DarkNews
DarkNews is a WordPress theme by AF themes (Free). Tested on 2026-09-12 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 85 for mobile speed and 97 for desktop speed, 45/45 for SEO and 95/98 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). On its marketplace it is rated 4.8 out of 5 from 30 reviews.
Mobile85
Desktop97
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 85 | 97 |
| SEO | 45 | 45 |
| Accessibility | 95 | 98 |
| Best practices | 100 | 100 |
Single preset · measured 2 times since 2026-09-12 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.
Why not 100 — DarkNews home page
Mobile
Speed 85 · 15 points to gain
- −8 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −4.1 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −2.7 Speed Index medium effort
- 300 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort
SEO 45 · 55 points to gain
- −36.6 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −9.1 Document does not have a meta description low effort
- −9.1 Links do not have descriptive text low effort
Accessibility 95 · 5 points to gain
- −3.3 `[aria-hidden="true"]` elements contain focusable descendents medium effort
- −1.4 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
Desktop
Speed 97 · 3 points to gain
- −2.4 Speed Index medium effort
- −0.5 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
SEO 45 · 55 points to gain
- −36.6 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −9.1 Document does not have a meta description low effort
- −9.1 Links do not have descriptive text low effort
Accessibility 98 · 2 points to gain
- −1.5 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| DarkNews default demo ↗ | 85 | 45 | 95 | 97 | 45 | 98 | 2026-09-12 |
| home ↗ | 85 | 45 | 95 | 97 | 45 | 98 | 2026-09-12 |
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