Newspapers X
Newspapers X 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 84 for mobile speed and 99 for desktop speed, 50/50 for SEO and 71/86 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100).
Mobile84
Desktop99
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 84 | 99 |
| SEO | 50 | 50 |
| Accessibility | 71 | 86 |
| 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 — Newspapers X home page
Mobile
Speed 84 · 16 points to gain
- −8 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −5.1 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −3 Speed Index medium effort
- 300 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort
- 300 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
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 86 · 14 points to gain
- −4.7 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort
- −3.3 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −3.3 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
- −1.4 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
- −1.4 Document does not have a main landmark. medium effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| Newspapers X default demo ↗ | 84 | 50 | 71 | 99 | 50 | 86 | 2026-09-13 |
| home ↗ | 84 | 50 | 71 | 99 | 50 | 86 | 2026-09-13 |
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