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WordPress theme comparison

Ahara vs Lightning

At a glance

  • Lightning has more active installs: 100K+, against 40+ for Ahara.
  • On a typical day, Lightning is downloaded about 432 times, Ahara about 0.
  • Ahara has no reviews yet.
  • Lightning was updated more recently: Sep 9, 2026, against Aug 5, 2025 for Ahara.
  • Lightning has been around longer: since 2015, against 2025 for Ahara.

Line by line

Lightning leads on 4 of 4 comparable lines.

MetricAharaLightning
Popular rank#4,844#28
Active installs40+100K+
Downloads, last 30 days1519.8K
RatingNo ratings4.8(12)
Last release1 year ago2 months ago
Requires PHP7.07.4

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