News Express
News Express is a WordPress theme by Mystery Themes (Free). Tested on 2026-09-12 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 80 for mobile speed and 96 for desktop speed, 30/30 for SEO and 82/82 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100).
Mobile80
Desktop96
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 80 | 96 |
| SEO | 30 | 30 |
| Accessibility | 82 | 82 |
| 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 — News Express home page
Mobile
Speed 80 · 20 points to gain
- −10.3 Cumulative Layout Shift medium effort
- −4.1 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −3.8 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −1.7 Speed Index medium effort
SEO 30 · 70 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
- −10 Links are not crawlable medium effort
Accessibility 82 · 18 points to gain
- −5.2 Buttons do not have an accessible name medium effort
- −3.6 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −3.6 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
- −3.6 Touch targets do not have sufficient size or spacing. medium effort
- −1.5 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
Desktop
Speed 96 · 4 points to gain
- −1.3 Cumulative Layout Shift medium effort
- −1.3 Speed Index medium effort
- −1 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
SEO 30 · 70 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
- −10 Links are not crawlable medium effort
Accessibility 82 · 18 points to gain
- −5.2 Buttons do not have an accessible name medium effort
- −3.6 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −3.6 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
- −3.6 Touch targets do not have sufficient size or spacing. medium effort
- −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 | ||||||
| News Express default demo ↗ | 80 | 30 | 82 | 96 | 30 | 82 | 2026-09-12 |
| home ↗ | 80 | 30 | 82 | 96 | 30 | 82 | 2026-09-12 |
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