Universal News
Universal 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 90 for mobile speed and 97 for desktop speed, 50/50 for SEO and 87/100 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100).
Mobile90
Desktop97
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 90 | 97 |
| SEO | 50 | 50 |
| Accessibility | 87 | 100 |
| 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 — Universal News home page
Mobile
Speed 90 · 10 points to gain
- −4.1 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −3.8 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −2.1 Speed Index 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 87 · 13 points to gain
- −7.6 Buttons do not have an accessible name medium effort
- −5.3 Touch targets do not have sufficient size or spacing. medium effort
Desktop
Speed 97 · 3 points to gain
- −2.7 Speed Index 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
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| Universal News default demo ↗ | 90 | 50 | 87 | 97 | 50 | 100 | 2026-09-13 |
| home ↗ | 90 | 50 | 87 | 97 | 50 | 100 | 2026-09-13 |
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