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WordPress theme comparison

Aldehyde vs Newsmatic

At a glance

  • Newsmatic has more active installs: 10K+, against 200+ for Aldehyde.
  • On a typical day, Newsmatic is downloaded about 88 times, Aldehyde about 0.
  • Aldehyde is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 5 reviews, against 4.8 from 87 reviews.
  • Newsmatic was updated more recently: Oct 28, 2026, against Dec 25, 2018 for Aldehyde.
  • Aldehyde has been around longer: since 2013, against 2023 for Newsmatic.

Line by line

Newsmatic leads on 3 of 4 comparable lines.

MetricAldehydeNewsmatic
Popular rank–#68
Active installs200+10K+
Downloads, last 30 days85.7K
Rating5.0(5)4.8(87)
Last release7 years ago12 days ago
Requires PHP–5.6

From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.

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