Newspiper
Newspiper is a WordPress theme by Atanas Yonkov (Free). Tested on 2026-09-13 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 81 for mobile speed and 98 for desktop speed, 54/54 for SEO and 94/94 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). On its marketplace it is rated 5.0 out of 5 from 3 reviews.
Mobile81
Desktop98
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 81 | 98 |
| SEO | 54 | 54 |
| Accessibility | 94 | 94 |
| Best practices | 81 | 81 |
Single preset · measured 2 times since 2026-09-13 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.
Why not 100 — Newspiper home page
Mobile
Speed 81 · 19 points to gain
- −19.3 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 94 · 6 points to gain
- −3.6 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −1.5 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
- −0.5 SVG elements with an `img` role do not have an accessible text alternative medium effort
Best practices 81 · 19 points to gain
- −19.2 Uses deprecated APIs medium effort
Desktop
Speed 98 · 2 points to gain
- −1.7 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 94 · 6 points to gain
- −3.6 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −1.5 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
- −0.5 SVG elements with an `img` role do not have an accessible text alternative medium effort
Best practices 81 · 19 points to gain
- −19.2 Uses deprecated APIs medium effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| Newspiper default demo ↗ | 81 | 54 | 94 | 98 | 54 | 94 | 2026-09-13 |
| home ↗ | 81 | 54 | 94 | 98 | 54 | 94 | 2026-09-13 |
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