Newsium
Newsium 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 98 for desktop speed, 40/40 for SEO and 83/88 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). On its marketplace it is rated 5.0 out of 5 from 26 reviews.
Mobile92
Desktop98
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 92 | 98 |
| SEO | 40 | 40 |
| Accessibility | 83 | 88 |
| 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 — Newsium home page
Mobile
Speed 92 · 8 points to gain
- −3.5 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −3 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −1.7 Speed Index medium effort
SEO 40 · 60 points to gain
- −40.3 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −10 Document does not have a meta description low effort
- −10 Links are not crawlable medium effort
Accessibility 83 · 17 points to gain
- −4.9 `[aria-*]` attributes do not match their roles medium effort
- −3.4 ARIA input fields do not have accessible names medium effort
- −3.4 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
- −3.4 Touch targets do not have sufficient size or spacing. medium effort
- −1.5 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
Desktop
Speed 98 · 2 points to gain
- −1 Speed Index medium effort
SEO 40 · 60 points to gain
- −40.3 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −10 Document does not have a meta description low effort
- −10 Links are not crawlable medium effort
Accessibility 88 · 12 points to gain
- −3.4 ARIA input fields do not have accessible names medium effort
- −3.4 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −3.4 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
- −1.5 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 | ||||||
| Newsium default demo ↗ | 92 | 40 | 83 | 98 | 40 | 88 | 2026-09-12 |
| home ↗ | 92 | 40 | 83 | 98 | 40 | 88 | 2026-09-12 |
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