Newspaperist
Newspaperist is a WordPress theme by Superb (Free). Tested on 2026-09-13 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 73 for mobile speed and 98 for desktop speed, 54/54 for SEO and 89/93 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100).
Mobile73
Desktop98
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 73 | 98 |
| SEO | 54 | 54 |
| Accessibility | 89 | 93 |
| 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 — Newspaperist home page
Mobile
Speed 73 · 27 points to gain
- −19.5 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −4.2 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −2.5 Cumulative Layout Shift medium effort
- 150 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort
SEO 54 · 46 points to gain
- −36.6 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −9.1 Document does not have a meta description low effort
Accessibility 89 · 11 points to gain
- −5.3 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −5.3 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
Desktop
Speed 98 · 2 points to gain
- −1.5 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
SEO 54 · 46 points to gain
- −36.6 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −9.1 Document does not have a meta description low effort
Accessibility 93 · 7 points to gain
- −6.9 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| Newspaperist default demo ↗ | 73 | 54 | 89 | 98 | 54 | 93 | 2026-09-13 |
| home ↗ | 73 | 54 | 89 | 98 | 54 | 93 | 2026-09-13 |
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