Newspaper Story
Newspaper Story is a WordPress theme by Silk Themes (Free). Tested on 2026-09-13 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 67 for mobile speed and 87 for desktop speed, 50/50 for SEO and 71/85 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100).
Mobile67
Desktop87
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 67 | 87 |
| SEO | 50 | 50 |
| Accessibility | 71 | 85 |
| 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 — Newspaper Story home page
Mobile
Speed 67 · 33 points to gain
- −23.8 Cumulative Layout Shift medium effort
- −5 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −4.2 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- 180 ms Minify CSS low effort
- 180 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort
- 180 ms Reduce unused JavaScript high effort
SEO 50 · 50 points to gain
- −33.6 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −8.3 Document does not have a meta description low effort
- −8.3 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort
Accessibility 71 · 29 points to gain
- −6.1 Buttons do not have an accessible name medium effort
- −6.1 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort
- −4.3 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −4.3 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
- −4.3 List items (`<li>`) are not contained within `<ul>`, `<ol>` or `<menu>` parent elements. low effort
- −1.8 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
Desktop
Speed 87 · 13 points to gain
- −12.5 Cumulative Layout Shift medium effort
- −0.5 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
SEO 50 · 50 points to gain
- −33.6 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −8.3 Document does not have a meta description low effort
- −8.3 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort
Accessibility 85 · 15 points to gain
- −5.2 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort
- −3.6 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −3.6 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
- −1.5 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
- −1.5 Document does not have a main landmark. medium effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| Newspaper Story default demo ↗ | 67 | 50 | 71 | 87 | 50 | 85 | 2026-09-13 |
| home ↗ | 67 | 50 | 71 | 87 | 50 | 85 | 2026-09-13 |
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