Meta News
Meta News is a WordPress theme by Theme Horse (Free). Tested on 2026-09-13 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 70 for mobile speed and 99 for desktop speed, 50/50 for SEO and 76/68 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). On its marketplace it is rated 5.0 out of 5 from 2 reviews.
Mobile70
Desktop99
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 70 | 99 |
| SEO | 50 | 50 |
| Accessibility | 76 | 68 |
| 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 — Meta News home page
Mobile
Speed 70 · 30 points to gain
- −16.5 Cumulative Layout Shift medium effort
- −6.8 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −5.6 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −0.8 Speed Index medium effort
- 300 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort
- 150 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 76 · 24 points to gain
- −5.7 Buttons do not have an accessible name medium effort
- −4 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −4 Links rely on color to be distinguishable. medium effort
- −4 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
- −4 Touch targets do not have sufficient size or spacing. medium effort
- −1.7 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
Desktop
Speed 99 · 1 points to gain
- −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 68 · 32 points to gain
- −7.6 Buttons do not have an accessible name medium effort
- −5.3 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −5.3 Links rely on color to be distinguishable. medium effort
- −5.3 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
- −5.3 Touch targets do not have sufficient size or spacing. medium effort
- −2.3 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 | ||||||
| Meta News default demo ↗ | 70 | 50 | 76 | 99 | 50 | 68 | 2026-09-13 |
| home ↗ | 70 | 50 | 76 | 99 | 50 | 68 | 2026-09-13 |
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