The problem fixed itself somehow…not sure how though.

Best of luck mate

Where are you uploading the “Newspaper.zip” file to? You should’ve logged in to your WP-Admin site. After logging in, click on Appearance/Themes/Add New/Upload Theme/Browse and then select that zip file and click “Install Now”. If that’s what you did and it’s still giving you problems, I unfortunately don’t know enough about this theme/WP to help you more than this, sorry. I’d post another topic with your specific problem in that case and hope someone who knows more than me helps you out.

I kept uploading the wrong zip file. Make sure the one you are uploading actually says “Newspaper” and nothing else. If you can’t find it, extract all the files from the “WordPress Newspaper Theme” zip file and you’ll find it in there.

Hello,

Thank you for your reply.

1. I have no added plugins active other than the ones you supplied.
2. I have installed your speed booster plugin and activated it.
3. I am using only your default demo and your content with no modifications.
4. The pagespeed insight still gives me terrible readings of 28 for mobile and 32 for desktop.
5. Other themes give me 70-100 for both so clearly the issue isn’t with my hosting.
6. After running pagespeed insight and activating ONLY your plugins, I get the following for mobile:

“Should Fix:
Enable compression
Leverage browser caching
Eliminate render-blocking JavaScript and CSS in above-the-fold content
Minify CSS
Consider Fixing:
Prioritize visible content
Minify HTML
Reduce server response time”

For desktop, I get:

“Should Fix:
Enable compression
Leverage browser caching
Minify CSS
Consider Fixing:
Eliminate render-blocking JavaScript and CSS in above-the-fold content
Minify HTML
Prioritize visible content
Reduce server response time”

What next?

Nevermind, you can delete this as I’ve resolved it. Thanks.