Pubnews
Pubnews is a WordPress theme by blazethemes (Free). Tested on 2026-09-12 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 68 for mobile speed and 97 for desktop speed, 30/30 for SEO and 88/88 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). On its marketplace it is rated 5.0 out of 5 from 7 reviews.
Mobile68
Desktop97
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 68 | 97 |
| SEO | 30 | 30 |
| Accessibility | 88 | 88 |
| 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 — Pubnews home page
Mobile
Speed 68 · 32 points to gain
- −19 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −9.2 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −4.1 Speed Index medium effort
- 1.2 s Reduce unused CSS high effort
- 150 ms Minify CSS low effort
SEO 30 · 70 points to gain
- −40.3 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −10 Document does not have a meta description low effort
- −10 Links do not have descriptive text low effort
- −10 Links are not crawlable medium effort
Accessibility 88 · 12 points to gain
- −5 Buttons do not have an accessible name medium 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
Desktop
Speed 97 · 3 points to gain
- −1.5 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −1.4 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- 130 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort
SEO 30 · 70 points to gain
- −40.3 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −10 Document does not have a meta description low effort
- −10 Links do not have descriptive text low effort
- −10 Links are not crawlable medium effort
Accessibility 88 · 12 points to gain
- −5 Buttons do not have an accessible name medium 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
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| Pubnews default demo ↗ | 68 | 30 | 88 | 97 | 30 | 88 | 2026-09-12 |
| home ↗ | 68 | 30 | 88 | 97 | 30 | 88 | 2026-09-12 |
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