Newscrunch
Newscrunch is a WordPress theme by spicethemes (Free). Tested on 2026-09-12 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 71 for mobile speed and 97 for desktop speed, 36/36 for SEO and 93/93 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). On its marketplace it is rated 4.3 out of 5 from 12 reviews.
Mobile71
Desktop97
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 71 | 97 |
| SEO | 36 | 36 |
| Accessibility | 93 | 93 |
| 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 — Newscrunch home page
Mobile
Speed 71 · 29 points to gain
- −16.8 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −8.6 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −4.1 Speed Index medium effort
- 210 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort
SEO 36 · 64 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
- −9.1 Links are not crawlable medium effort
Accessibility 93 · 7 points to gain
- −4 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
- −1.7 Document does not have a main landmark. medium effort
Desktop
Speed 97 · 3 points to gain
- −1.3 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −0.9 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −0.5 Speed Index medium effort
SEO 36 · 64 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
- −9.1 Links are not crawlable medium effort
Accessibility 93 · 7 points to gain
- −4 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
- −1.7 Document does not have a main landmark. medium effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| Newscrunch default demo ↗ | 71 | 36 | 93 | 97 | 36 | 93 | 2026-09-12 |
| home ↗ | 71 | 36 | 93 | 97 | 36 | 93 | 2026-09-12 |
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