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WordPress theme comparison

Alpha vs ColorMag

At a glance

  • ColorMag has more active installs: 40K+, against 600+ for Alpha.
  • On a typical day, ColorMag is downloaded about 546 times, Alpha about 0.
  • ColorMag is rated higher: 4.9 out of 5 from 1,568 reviews, against 4.0 from 1 review.
  • ColorMag was updated more recently: Nov 2, 2026, against Dec 12, 2015 for Alpha.
  • Alpha has been around longer: since 2013, against 2015 for ColorMag.

Line by line

ColorMag leads on 4 of 4 comparable lines.

MetricAlphaColorMag
Popular rank–#67
Active installs600+40K+
Downloads, last 30 days821.7K
Rating4.0(1)4.9(1.6K)
Last release11 years ago8 days ago
Requires PHP–7.4

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