HeadNews
HeadNews is a WordPress theme by AF themes (Free). Tested on 2026-09-14 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 85 for mobile speed and 95 for desktop speed, 50/50 for SEO and 90/90 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). On its marketplace it is rated 5.0 out of 5 from 1 reviews.
Mobile85
Desktop95
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 85 | 95 |
| SEO | 50 | 50 |
| Accessibility | 90 | 90 |
| Best practices | 100 | 100 |
Single preset · measured 2 times since 2026-09-14 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.
Why not 100 — HeadNews home page
Mobile
Speed 85 · 15 points to gain
- −9.5 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −4.1 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −1.9 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 90 · 10 points to gain
- −4 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
- −4 Touch targets do not have sufficient size or spacing. medium effort
- −1.7 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
Desktop
Speed 95 · 5 points to gain
- −2.7 Cumulative Layout Shift medium effort
- −1.7 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
Accessibility 90 · 10 points to gain
- −4.3 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
- −4.3 Touch targets do not have sufficient size or spacing. medium effort
- −1.8 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| HeadNews default demo ↗ | 85 | 50 | 90 | 95 | 50 | 90 | 2026-09-13 |
| home ↗ | 85 | 50 | 90 | 95 | 50 | 90 | 2026-09-13 |
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