The Daily News
The Daily News is a WordPress theme by Superb (Free). Tested on 2026-09-13 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 57 for mobile speed and 96 for desktop speed, 45/45 for SEO and 84/76 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100).
Mobile57
Desktop96
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 57 | 96 |
| SEO | 45 | 45 |
| Accessibility | 84 | 76 |
| 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 — The Daily News home page
Mobile
Speed 57 · 43 points to gain
- −23.5 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −14.8 Cumulative Layout Shift medium effort
- −4.1 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- 150 ms Minify CSS low 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 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort
Accessibility 84 · 16 points to gain
- −6.8 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort
- −4.8 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −4.8 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
Desktop
Speed 96 · 4 points to gain
- −3.3 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −0.5 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 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort
Accessibility 76 · 24 points to gain
- −9.8 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort
- −6.9 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −6.9 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| The Daily News default demo ↗ | 57 | 45 | 84 | 96 | 45 | 76 | 2026-09-13 |
| home ↗ | 57 | 45 | 84 | 96 | 45 | 76 | 2026-09-13 |
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