NewsCover
NewsCover 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 61 for mobile speed and 93 for desktop speed, 45/45 for SEO and 79/86 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100).
Mobile61
Desktop93
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 61 | 93 |
| SEO | 45 | 45 |
| Accessibility | 79 | 86 |
| 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 — NewsCover home page
Mobile
Speed 61 · 39 points to gain
- −24.3 Cumulative Layout Shift medium effort
- −11.2 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −3 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −0.8 Speed Index medium effort
- 150 ms Reduce unused CSS high 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 are not crawlable medium effort
Accessibility 79 · 21 points to gain
- −6.3 `[aria-*]` attributes do not match their roles medium effort
- −4.4 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −4.4 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
- −4.4 Touch targets do not have sufficient size or spacing. medium effort
- −1.9 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
Desktop
Speed 93 · 7 points to gain
- −6.5 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 Links are not crawlable medium effort
Accessibility 86 · 14 points to gain
- −4.1 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −4.1 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
- −4.1 Touch targets do not have sufficient size or spacing. medium effort
- −1.8 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 | ||||||
| NewsCover default demo ↗ | 61 | 45 | 79 | 93 | 45 | 86 | 2026-09-13 |
| home ↗ | 61 | 45 | 79 | 93 | 45 | 86 | 2026-09-13 |
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