SideNews
SideNews is a WordPress theme by AF themes (Free). Tested on 2026-09-12 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 89 for mobile speed and 99 for desktop speed, 54/54 for SEO and 95/95 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100).
Mobile89
Desktop99
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 89 | 99 |
| SEO | 54 | 54 |
| Accessibility | 95 | 95 |
| 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 — SideNews home page
Mobile
Speed 89 · 11 points to gain
- −8.2 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −1.1 Speed Index medium effort
- −0.6 Total Blocking Time medium effort
- −0.5 Cumulative Layout Shift medium effort
- 160 ms Reduce unused CSS high 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 95 · 5 points to gain
- −3.3 Touch targets do not have sufficient size or spacing. medium effort
- −1.4 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
Desktop
Speed 99 · 1 points to gain
- −0.7 Speed Index medium effort
- −0.5 Largest Contentful Paint medium 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 95 · 5 points to gain
- −3.3 Touch targets do not have sufficient size or spacing. medium effort
- −1.4 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 | ||||||
| SideNews default demo ↗ | 89 | 54 | 95 | 99 | 54 | 95 | 2026-09-12 |
| home ↗ | 89 | 54 | 95 | 99 | 54 | 95 | 2026-09-12 |
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