News Pick Kit
News Pick Kit is a WordPress theme by blazethemes (Free). Tested on 2026-09-12 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 98 for mobile speed and 100 for desktop speed, 50/50 for SEO and 90/85 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100).
Mobile98
Desktop100
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 98 | 100 |
| SEO | 50 | 50 |
| Accessibility | 90 | 85 |
| 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 Pick Kit home page
Mobile
Speed 98 · 2 points to gain
- −1.1 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −0.5 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- 150 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort
- 150 ms Reduce unused JavaScript high 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 90 · 10 points to gain
- −4.8 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −4.8 Links rely on color to be distinguishable. medium effort
Desktop
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 85 · 15 points to gain
- −7.6 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −7.6 Links rely on color to be distinguishable. medium effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| News Pick Kit default demo ↗ | 98 | 50 | 90 | 100 | 50 | 85 | 2026-09-12 |
| home ↗ | 98 | 50 | 90 | 100 | 50 | 85 | 2026-09-12 |
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