Newsnal
Newsnal 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 81 for mobile speed and 98 for desktop speed, 40/40 for SEO and 95/95 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100).
Mobile81
Desktop98
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 81 | 98 |
| SEO | 40 | 40 |
| Accessibility | 95 | 95 |
| 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 — Newsnal home page
Mobile
Speed 81 · 19 points to gain
- −8.8 Cumulative Layout Shift medium effort
- −4.7 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −4.2 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −1.6 Speed Index medium effort
- 150 ms Reduce unused CSS high 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 do not have descriptive text low effort
Accessibility 95 · 5 points to gain
- −3.5 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −1.5 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
Desktop
Speed 98 · 2 points to gain
- −1.3 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 do not have descriptive text low effort
Accessibility 95 · 5 points to gain
- −3.7 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −1.6 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 | ||||||
| Newsnal default demo ↗ | 81 | 40 | 95 | 98 | 40 | 95 | 2026-09-12 |
| home ↗ | 81 | 40 | 95 | 98 | 40 | 95 | 2026-09-12 |
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