Newsical
Newsical is a WordPress theme by AF themes (Free). Tested on 2026-09-12 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 92 for mobile speed and 100 for desktop speed, 54/54 for SEO and 96/96 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100).
Mobile92
Desktop100
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 92 | 100 |
| SEO | 54 | 54 |
| Accessibility | 96 | 96 |
| 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 — Newsical home page
Mobile
Speed 92 · 8 points to gain
- −6.8 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −0.8 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −0.5 Speed Index medium effort
- 430 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort
- 150 ms Minify JavaScript 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 96 · 4 points to gain
- −3.7 Touch targets do not have sufficient size or spacing. medium effort
Desktop
Speed 100 · 0 points to gain
- −0.5 Largest 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 96 · 4 points to gain
- −4.1 Touch targets do not have sufficient size or spacing. medium effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| Newsical default demo ↗ | 92 | 54 | 96 | 100 | 54 | 96 | 2026-09-12 |
| home ↗ | 92 | 54 | 96 | 100 | 54 | 96 | 2026-09-12 |
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