Starter Gazette
Starter Gazette is a WordPress theme by unitedtheme (Free). Tested on 2026-09-13 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 77 for mobile speed and 98 for desktop speed, 45/45 for SEO and 86/83 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). On its marketplace it is rated 5.0 out of 5 from 1 reviews.
Mobile77
Desktop98
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 77 | 98 |
| SEO | 45 | 45 |
| Accessibility | 86 | 83 |
| 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 — Starter Gazette home page
Mobile
Speed 77 · 23 points to gain
- −12.8 Cumulative Layout Shift medium effort
- −4.7 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −4.7 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −0.7 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 are not crawlable medium effort
Accessibility 86 · 14 points to gain
- −4.4 Buttons do not have an accessible name medium effort
- −3.1 ARIA input fields do not have accessible names medium effort
- −3.1 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −3.1 Links rely on color to be distinguishable. medium effort
Desktop
Speed 98 · 2 points to gain
- −1.5 Cumulative Layout Shift medium effort
- −0.5 Largest Contentful Paint 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 are not crawlable medium effort
Accessibility 83 · 17 points to gain
- −4.4 Buttons do not have an accessible name medium effort
- −3.1 ARIA input fields do not have accessible names medium effort
- −3.1 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −3.1 Links rely on color to be distinguishable. medium effort
- −3.1 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| Starter Gazette default demo ↗ | 77 | 45 | 86 | 98 | 45 | 83 | 2026-09-13 |
| home ↗ | 77 | 45 | 86 | 98 | 45 | 83 | 2026-09-13 |
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