News Box Free
News Box Free is a WordPress theme by Noor Alam (Free). Tested on 2026-09-13 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 80 for mobile speed and 86 for desktop speed, 40/40 for SEO and 88/80 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). On its marketplace it is rated 3.0 out of 5 from 2 reviews.
Mobile80
Desktop86
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 80 | 86 |
| SEO | 40 | 40 |
| Accessibility | 88 | 80 |
| Best practices | 96 | 96 |
Single preset · measured 2 times since 2026-09-13 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.
Why not 100 — News Box Free home page
Mobile
Speed 80 · 20 points to gain
- −9.5 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −6.7 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −2.7 Cumulative Layout Shift medium effort
- −1.3 Speed Index medium effort
- 470 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort
- 160 ms Minify CSS low effort
- 150 ms Minify JavaScript low 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 88 · 12 points to gain
- −5 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −5 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
- −2.2 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
Best practices 96 · 4 points to gain
- −3.8 Browser errors were logged to the console medium effort
Desktop
Speed 86 · 14 points to gain
- −12 Cumulative Layout Shift medium effort
- −0.8 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −0.8 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- 150 ms Reduce unused CSS high 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 80 · 20 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
- −3.5 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
Best practices 96 · 4 points to gain
- −3.8 Browser errors were logged to the console medium effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| News Box Free default demo ↗ | 80 | 40 | 88 | 86 | 40 | 80 | 2026-09-13 |
| home ↗ | 80 | 40 | 88 | 86 | 40 | 80 | 2026-09-13 |
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