Metro Magazine
Metro Magazine is a WordPress theme by Rara Themes (Free). Tested on 2026-11-08 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 81 for mobile speed and 97 for desktop speed, 30/30 for SEO and 81/86 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). On its marketplace it is rated 4.9 out of 5 from 31 reviews.
Mobile81

Desktop97

Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 81 | 97 |
| SEO | 30 | 30 |
| Accessibility | 81 | 86 |
| Best practices | 100 | 100 |
Single preset · measured 10 times since 2026-10-10 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.
Why not 100 — Metro Magazine home page
Mobile
Speed 81 · 19 points to gain
- −18.5 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −0.5 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- 150 ms Reduce unused JavaScript high effort
SEO 30 · 70 points to gain
- −40.3 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −10 Document does not have a meta description low effort
- −10 Links do not have descriptive text low effort
- −10 Links are not crawlable medium effort
Accessibility 81 · 19 points to gain
- −6.3 Buttons do not have an accessible name medium effort
- −4.4 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −4.4 Links rely on color to be distinguishable. medium effort
- −4.4 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
Desktop
Speed 97 · 3 points to gain
- −2 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −1.2 First Contentful Paint medium effort
SEO 30 · 70 points to gain
- −40.3 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −10 Document does not have a meta description low effort
- −10 Links do not have descriptive text low effort
- −10 Links are not crawlable medium effort
Accessibility 86 · 14 points to gain
- −4.7 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −4.7 Links rely on color to be distinguishable. medium effort
- −4.7 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| Metro Magazine default demo ↗ | 81 | 30 | 81 | 97 | 30 | 86 | 2026-11-08 |
| home ↗ | 81 | 30 | 81 | 97 | 30 | 86 | 2026-11-08 |