Newsroom
Newsroom is a Ghost theme by highfivethemes.lemonsqueezy ($149). Tested on 2026-10-31 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 63 for mobile speed and 92 for desktop speed, 85/85 for SEO and 88/88 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100).
Mobile63
Desktop92
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 63 | 92 |
| SEO | 85 | 85 |
| Accessibility | 88 | 88 |
| Best practices | 100 | 100 |
Single preset · measured 8 times since 2026-09-25 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.
Why not 100 — Newsroom home page
Mobile
Speed 63 · 37 points to gain
- −25 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −6.2 Speed Index medium effort
- −5.1 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −0.6 Total Blocking Time medium effort
- 2.0 s Reduce unused JavaScript high effort
SEO 85 · 15 points to gain
- −7.7 Links do not have descriptive text low effort
- −7.7 Links are not crawlable medium effort
Accessibility 88 · 12 points to gain
- −4.9 Buttons do not have an accessible name medium effort
- −3.4 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −3.4 Touch targets do not have sufficient size or spacing. medium effort
Desktop
Speed 92 · 8 points to gain
- −7.3 Cumulative Layout Shift medium effort
SEO 85 · 15 points to gain
- −7.7 Links do not have descriptive text low effort
- −7.7 Links are not crawlable medium effort
Accessibility 88 · 12 points to gain
- −4.9 Buttons do not have an accessible name medium effort
- −3.4 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −3.4 Touch targets do not have sufficient size or spacing. medium effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| Newsroom default demo ↗ | 63 | 85 | 88 | 92 | 85 | 88 | 2026-10-31 |
| home ↗ | 63 | 85 | 88 | 92 | 85 | 88 | 2026-10-31 |
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