NewsAlt
NewsAlt is a WordPress theme by Desert Themes (Free). Tested on 2026-09-13 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 73 for mobile speed and 63 for desktop speed, 54/45 for SEO and 64/62 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). On its marketplace it is rated 5.0 out of 5 from 1 reviews.
Mobile73
Desktop63
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 73 | 63 |
| SEO | 54 | 45 |
| Accessibility | 64 | 62 |
| 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 — NewsAlt home page
Mobile
Speed 73 · 27 points to gain
- −15 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −7.9 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −4 Speed Index medium effort
- 300 ms Reduce unused CSS high 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 64 · 36 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-hidden="true"]` elements contain focusable descendents medium effort
- −3.1 ARIA input fields do not have accessible names medium effort
Desktop
Speed 63 · 37 points to gain
- −27.3 Total Blocking Time medium effort
- −7.5 Speed Index medium effort
- −1 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −0.6 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −0.5 Cumulative Layout Shift medium effort
SEO 45 · 55 points to gain
- −36.6 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −9.1 Document does not have a meta description low effort
- −9.1 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort
Accessibility 62 · 38 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
- −4.4 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort
- −3.1 `[aria-hidden="true"]` elements contain focusable descendents medium effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| NewsAlt default demo ↗ | 73 | 54 | 64 | 63 | 45 | 62 | 2026-09-13 |
| home ↗ | 73 | 54 | 64 | 63 | 45 | 62 | 2026-09-13 |
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