Newspaper X
Newspaper X is a WordPress theme by Silkalns (Free). Tested on 2026-09-14 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 92 for mobile speed and 99 for desktop speed, 45/36 for SEO and 88/76 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). On its marketplace it is rated 5.0 out of 5 from 18 reviews.
Mobile92
Desktop99
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 92 | 99 |
| SEO | 45 | 36 |
| Accessibility | 88 | 76 |
| Best practices | 96 | 100 |
Single preset · measured 2 times since 2026-09-14 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.
Why not 100 — Newspaper X home page
Mobile
Speed 92 · 8 points to gain
- −3 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −3 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −1.6 Speed Index medium effort
- −0.6 Total Blocking Time medium 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 Links are not crawlable medium effort
Accessibility 88 · 12 points to gain
- −5.2 Buttons do not have an accessible name medium 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
Best practices 96 · 4 points to gain
- −3.8 Serves images with low resolution low effort
Desktop
Speed 99 · 1 points to gain
- −0.8 Speed Index medium effort
SEO 36 · 64 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 Links are not crawlable medium effort
- −9.1 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort
Accessibility 76 · 24 points to gain
- −5 Buttons do not have an accessible name medium effort
- −5 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort
- −3.5 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −3.5 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
- −3.5 Lists do not contain only `<li>` elements and script supporting elements (`<script>` and `<template>`). low effort
- −3.5 List items (`<li>`) are not contained within `<ul>`, `<ol>` or `<menu>` parent elements. low effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| Newspaper X default demo ↗ | 92 | 45 | 88 | 99 | 36 | 76 | 2026-09-14 |
| home ↗ | 92 | 45 | 88 | 99 | 36 | 76 | 2026-09-14 |
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