NewsAlert
NewsAlert is a WordPress theme by Desert Themes (Free). Tested on 2026-09-12 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 71 for mobile speed and 94 for desktop speed, 54/54 for SEO and 68/71 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100).
Mobile71
Desktop94
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 71 | 94 |
| SEO | 54 | 54 |
| Accessibility | 68 | 71 |
| Best practices | 96 | 96 |
Single preset · measured 2 times since 2026-09-12 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.
Why not 100 — NewsAlert home page
Mobile
Speed 71 · 29 points to gain
- −17.3 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −8.3 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −3.6 Speed Index medium effort
- 450 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort
- 150 ms Minify CSS low effort
SEO 54 · 46 points to gain
- −36.6 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −9.1 Document does not have a meta description low effort
Accessibility 68 · 32 points to gain
- −4.4 `[aria-*]` attributes do not match their roles medium effort
- −4.4 Elements with an ARIA `[role]` that require children to contain a specific `[role]` are missing some or all of those required children. medium effort
- −4.4 `[aria-*]` attributes do not have valid values medium effort
- −4.4 Buttons do not have an accessible name medium effort
- −3.1 ARIA input fields do not have accessible names medium effort
- −3.1 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
Best practices 96 · 4 points to gain
- −3.8 Requests the geolocation permission on page load low effort
Desktop
Speed 94 · 6 points to gain
- −3.1 Speed Index medium effort
- −1.7 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −0.9 First Contentful Paint medium effort
SEO 54 · 46 points to gain
- −36.6 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −9.1 Document does not have a meta description low effort
Accessibility 71 · 29 points to gain
- −4.4 `[aria-*]` attributes do not match their roles medium effort
- −4.4 Elements with an ARIA `[role]` that require children to contain a specific `[role]` are missing some or all of those required children. medium effort
- −4.4 `[aria-*]` attributes do not have valid values medium effort
- −4.4 Buttons do not have an accessible name medium effort
- −3.1 ARIA input fields do not have accessible names medium effort
- −3.1 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
Best practices 96 · 4 points to gain
- −3.8 Requests the geolocation permission on page load low effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| NewsAlert default demo ↗ | 71 | 54 | 68 | 94 | 54 | 71 | 2026-09-12 |
| home ↗ | 71 | 54 | 68 | 94 | 54 | 71 | 2026-09-12 |
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