NewsMunch
NewsMunch is a WordPress theme by Desert Themes (Free). Tested on 2026-09-12 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 90 for mobile speed and 97 for desktop speed, 45/45 for SEO and 59/62 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). On its marketplace it is rated 5.0 out of 5 from 1 reviews.
Mobile90
Desktop97
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 90 | 97 |
| SEO | 45 | 45 |
| Accessibility | 59 | 62 |
| Best practices | 96 | 96 |
Single preset · measured 2 times since 2026-09-12 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.
Why not 100 — NewsMunch home page
Mobile
Speed 90 · 10 points to gain
- −4.7 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −4.1 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −1.5 Speed Index medium effort
- 150 ms Minify CSS low 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 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort
Accessibility 59 · 41 points to gain
- −4.4 `[aria-*]` attributes do not match their roles medium effort
- −4.4 Elements with an ARIA `[role]` that require children to contain a specific `[role]` are missing some or all of those required children. medium effort
- −4.4 `[aria-*]` attributes do not have valid values medium effort
- −4.4 Buttons do not have an accessible name medium effort
- −4.4 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort
- −3.1 `[aria-hidden="true"]` elements contain focusable descendents medium effort
Best practices 96 · 4 points to gain
- −3.8 Requests the geolocation permission on page load low effort
Desktop
Speed 97 · 3 points to gain
- −1.3 Speed Index medium effort
- −1 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −0.9 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 62 · 38 points to gain
- −4.4 `[aria-*]` attributes do not match their roles medium effort
- −4.4 Elements with an ARIA `[role]` that require children to contain a specific `[role]` are missing some or all of those required children. medium effort
- −4.4 `[aria-*]` attributes do not have valid values medium effort
- −4.4 Buttons do not have an accessible name medium effort
- −4.4 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort
- −3.1 `[aria-hidden="true"]` elements contain focusable descendents medium effort
Best practices 96 · 4 points to gain
- −3.8 Requests the geolocation permission on page load low effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| NewsMunch default demo ↗ | 90 | 45 | 59 | 97 | 45 | 62 | 2026-09-12 |
| home ↗ | 90 | 45 | 59 | 97 | 45 | 62 | 2026-09-12 |
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