Newslay
Newslay is a WordPress theme by themeansar (Free). Tested on 2026-09-13 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 69 for mobile speed and 93 for desktop speed, 45/45 for SEO and 77/76 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). On its marketplace it is rated 4.0 out of 5 from 2 reviews.
Mobile69
Desktop93
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 69 | 93 |
| SEO | 45 | 45 |
| Accessibility | 77 | 76 |
| 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 — Newslay home page
Mobile
Speed 69 · 31 points to gain
- −20.5 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −7.1 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −3.2 Speed Index medium effort
- 300 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 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort
Accessibility 77 · 23 points to gain
- −5.6 `[aria-*]` attributes do not have valid values medium effort
- −5.6 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort
- −4 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −4 Links do not have a discernible name 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 93 · 7 points to gain
- −3.8 Cumulative Layout Shift medium effort
- −2.2 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −0.6 Speed Index medium effort
- −0.5 First Contentful Paint 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 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort
Accessibility 76 · 24 points to gain
- −6 `[aria-*]` attributes do not have valid values medium effort
- −6 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort
- −4.2 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −4.2 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
- −1.8 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
- −1.8 Document does not have a main landmark. medium effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| Newslay default demo ↗ | 69 | 45 | 77 | 93 | 45 | 76 | 2026-09-13 |
| home ↗ | 69 | 45 | 77 | 93 | 45 | 76 | 2026-09-13 |
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