Swift News
Swift News is a WordPress theme by Ascendoor (Free). Tested on 2026-09-13 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 80 for mobile speed and 87 for desktop speed, 50/50 for SEO and 75/84 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). On its marketplace it is rated 5.0 out of 5 from 1 reviews.
Mobile80
Desktop87
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 80 | 87 |
| SEO | 50 | 50 |
| Accessibility | 75 | 84 |
| 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 — Swift News home page
Mobile
Speed 80 · 20 points to gain
- −11 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −7.2 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −1.6 Speed Index medium effort
- 300 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort
SEO 50 · 50 points to gain
- −40.3 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −10 Document does not have a meta description low effort
Accessibility 75 · 25 points to gain
- −8.2 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −8.2 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
- −8.2 Touch targets do not have sufficient size or spacing. medium effort
Desktop
Speed 87 · 13 points to gain
- −10 Cumulative Layout Shift medium effort
- −1.9 Speed Index medium effort
- −0.5 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
SEO 50 · 50 points to gain
- −40.3 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −10 Document does not have a meta description low effort
Accessibility 84 · 16 points to gain
- −8.2 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −8.2 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| Swift News default demo ↗ | 80 | 50 | 75 | 87 | 50 | 84 | 2026-09-13 |
| home ↗ | 80 | 50 | 75 | 87 | 50 | 84 | 2026-09-13 |
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