Newstag
Newstag is a WordPress theme by themeansar (Free). Tested on 2026-09-14 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 68 for mobile speed and 96 for desktop speed, 45/45 for SEO and 91/87 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100).
Mobile68
Desktop96
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 68 | 96 |
| SEO | 45 | 45 |
| Accessibility | 91 | 87 |
| 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 — Newstag home page
Mobile
Speed 68 · 32 points to gain
- −20 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −8.8 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −3.3 Speed Index medium effort
- 310 ms Minify JavaScript low effort
- 310 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort
- 150 ms Minify CSS low effort
- 150 ms Reduce unused JavaScript high 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 Links do not have descriptive text low effort
Accessibility 91 · 9 points to gain
- −3.5 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −3.5 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
- −1.5 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
Desktop
Speed 96 · 4 points to gain
- −2 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −1.6 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −0.6 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 Links do not have descriptive text low effort
Accessibility 87 · 13 points to gain
- −3.7 `button`, `link`, and `menuitem` elements do not have accessible names. medium effort
- −3.7 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −3.7 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
- −1.6 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 | ||||||
| Newstag default demo ↗ | 68 | 45 | 91 | 96 | 45 | 87 | 2026-09-13 |
| home ↗ | 68 | 45 | 91 | 96 | 45 | 87 | 2026-09-13 |
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