Refined News
Refined News is a WordPress theme by candidthemes (Free). Tested on 2026-09-13 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 87 for mobile speed and 87 for desktop speed, 45/45 for SEO and 79/85 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). On its marketplace it is rated 5.0 out of 5 from 1 reviews.
Mobile87
Desktop87
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 87 | 87 |
| SEO | 45 | 45 |
| Accessibility | 79 | 85 |
| Best practices | 100 | 100 |
Single preset · measured 2 times since 2026-09-13 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.
Why not 100 — Refined News home page
Mobile
Speed 87 · 13 points to gain
- −6 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −4 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −2.7 Speed Index medium effort
- 150 ms Reduce unused CSS 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 Links do not have descriptive text low effort
Accessibility 79 · 21 points to gain
- −6.1 Buttons do not have an accessible name medium effort
- −4.3 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
- −4.3 Lists do not contain only `<li>` elements and script supporting elements (`<script>` and `<template>`). low effort
- −4.3 List items (`<li>`) are not contained within `<ul>`, `<ol>` or `<menu>` parent elements. low effort
- −1.8 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
Desktop
Speed 87 · 13 points to gain
- −12 Cumulative Layout Shift medium effort
- −0.6 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 85 · 15 points to gain
- −4.3 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
- −4.3 Lists do not contain only `<li>` elements and script supporting elements (`<script>` and `<template>`). low effort
- −4.3 List items (`<li>`) are not contained within `<ul>`, `<ol>` or `<menu>` parent elements. low effort
- −1.8 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 | ||||||
| Refined News default demo ↗ | 87 | 45 | 79 | 87 | 45 | 85 | 2026-09-13 |
| home ↗ | 87 | 45 | 79 | 87 | 45 | 85 | 2026-09-13 |
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