FreeNews
FreeNews is a WordPress theme by Theme Freesia (Free). Tested on 2026-09-12 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 88 for mobile speed and 100 for desktop speed, 45/45 for SEO and 96/96 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). On its marketplace it is rated 5.0 out of 5 from 3 reviews.
Mobile88
Desktop100
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 88 | 100 |
| SEO | 45 | 45 |
| Accessibility | 96 | 96 |
| 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 — FreeNews home page
Mobile
Speed 88 · 12 points to gain
- −7.8 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −3.5 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- 280 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 96 · 4 points to gain
- −4 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
Desktop
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 96 · 4 points to gain
- −3.9 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| FreeNews default demo ↗ | 88 | 45 | 96 | 100 | 45 | 96 | 2026-09-12 |
| home ↗ | 88 | 45 | 96 | 100 | 45 | 96 | 2026-09-12 |
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