Newsphere
Newsphere 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 84 for mobile speed and 92 for desktop speed, 50/50 for SEO and 95/95 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). On its marketplace it is rated 4.9 out of 5 from 50 reviews.
Mobile84
Desktop92
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 84 | 92 |
| SEO | 50 | 50 |
| 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 — Newsphere home page
Mobile
Speed 84 · 16 points to gain
- −7.5 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −5.2 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −2.9 Speed Index medium effort
- 370 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort
- 220 ms Minify CSS low effort
- 220 ms Reduce unused JavaScript high effort
- 160 ms Minify JavaScript low effort
SEO 50 · 50 points to gain
- −40.3 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −10 Document does not have a meta description low effort
Accessibility 95 · 5 points to gain
- −3.6 Touch targets do not have sufficient size or spacing. medium effort
- −1.5 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
Desktop
Speed 92 · 8 points to gain
- −4.7 Cumulative Layout Shift medium effort
- −2.6 Speed Index medium effort
- −0.5 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
SEO 50 · 50 points to gain
- −40.3 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −10 Document does not have a meta description low effort
Accessibility 95 · 5 points to gain
- −3.8 Touch targets do not have sufficient size or spacing. 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 | ||||||
| Newsphere default demo ↗ | 84 | 50 | 95 | 92 | 50 | 95 | 2026-09-12 |
| home ↗ | 84 | 50 | 95 | 92 | 50 | 95 | 2026-09-12 |
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