Paper News
Paper News is a WordPress theme by themeansar (Free). Tested on 2026-09-12 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 67 for mobile speed and 94 for desktop speed, 45/45 for SEO and 83/78 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100).
Mobile67
Desktop94
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 67 | 94 |
| SEO | 45 | 45 |
| Accessibility | 83 | 78 |
| 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 — Paper News home page
Mobile
Speed 67 · 33 points to gain
- −20.3 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −9.2 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −4 Speed Index medium effort
- 470 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort
- 160 ms Reduce unused JavaScript 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 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort
Accessibility 83 · 17 points to gain
- −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 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 94 · 6 points to gain
- −3 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −1.6 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −1.2 Speed Index medium 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 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort
Accessibility 78 · 22 points to gain
- −5.3 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort
- −3.7 `button`, `link`, and `menuitem` elements do not have accessible names. medium effort
- −3.7 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −3.7 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
- −3.7 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 | ||||||
| Paper News default demo ↗ | 67 | 45 | 83 | 94 | 45 | 78 | 2026-09-12 |
| home ↗ | 67 | 45 | 83 | 94 | 45 | 78 | 2026-09-12 |
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