NewsChrome
NewsChrome is a WordPress theme by AF themes (Free). Tested on 2026-09-13 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 77 for mobile speed and 99 for desktop speed, 45/45 for SEO and 89/94 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100).
Mobile77
Desktop99
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 77 | 99 |
| SEO | 45 | 45 |
| Accessibility | 89 | 94 |
| 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 — NewsChrome home page
Mobile
Speed 77 · 23 points to gain
- −12.8 Cumulative Layout Shift medium effort
- −6.3 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −2.9 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −0.8 Speed Index medium effort
- 300 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort
- 150 ms Minify CSS low 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 Links do not have descriptive text low effort
Accessibility 89 · 11 points to gain
- −5.3 `[aria-*]` attributes do not match their roles medium effort
- −3.7 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −1.6 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
Desktop
Speed 99 · 1 points to gain
- −0.8 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −0.6 Speed Index 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 Links do not have descriptive text low effort
Accessibility 94 · 6 points to gain
- −3.9 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −1.7 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 | ||||||
| NewsChrome default demo ↗ | 77 | 45 | 89 | 99 | 45 | 94 | 2026-09-13 |
| home ↗ | 77 | 45 | 89 | 99 | 45 | 94 | 2026-09-13 |
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