Provo News
Provo News is a WordPress theme by Theme Arile (Free). Tested on 2026-09-12 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 70 for mobile speed and 88 for desktop speed, 54/45 for SEO and 89/89 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100).
Mobile70
Desktop88
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 70 | 88 |
| SEO | 54 | 45 |
| Accessibility | 89 | 89 |
| 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 — Provo News home page
Mobile
Speed 70 · 30 points to gain
- −17.5 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −8.7 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −3.8 Speed Index medium effort
- 300 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort
- 150 ms Minify JavaScript low 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
- −4 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −4 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
- −1.7 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
- −1.7 Document does not have a main landmark. medium effort
Desktop
Speed 88 · 12 points to gain
- −8.5 Cumulative Layout Shift medium effort
- −2.2 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −0.9 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −0.5 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 Links do not have descriptive text low effort
Accessibility 89 · 11 points to gain
- −4 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −4 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
- −1.7 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
- −1.7 Document does not have a main landmark. medium effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| Provo News default demo ↗ | 70 | 54 | 89 | 88 | 45 | 89 | 2026-09-12 |
| home ↗ | 70 | 54 | 89 | 88 | 45 | 89 | 2026-09-12 |
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