Pubnews Plus
Pubnews Plus 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 53 for mobile speed and 97 for desktop speed, 40/40 for SEO and 93/93 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100).
Mobile53
Desktop97
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 53 | 97 |
| SEO | 40 | 40 |
| Accessibility | 93 | 93 |
| 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 Plus home page
Mobile
Speed 53 · 47 points to gain
- −19 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −14.8 Cumulative Layout Shift medium effort
- −9.1 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −3.9 Speed Index medium effort
- 1.1 s Reduce unused CSS high effort
- 150 ms Minify CSS low effort
SEO 40 · 60 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
Accessibility 93 · 7 points to gain
- −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
- −1.4 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −1.3 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- 140 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort
SEO 40 · 60 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
Accessibility 93 · 7 points to gain
- −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 Plus default demo ↗ | 53 | 40 | 93 | 97 | 40 | 93 | 2026-09-12 |
| home ↗ | 53 | 40 | 93 | 97 | 40 | 93 | 2026-09-12 |
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