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WordPress theme comparison

Artblog vs Lightning

At a glance

  • Lightning has more active installs: 100K+, against 20+ for Artblog.
  • On a typical day, Lightning is downloaded about 432 times, Artblog about 0.
  • Artblog is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.8 from 12 reviews.
  • Lightning was updated more recently: Sep 9, 2026, against Dec 22, 2020 for Artblog.
  • Artblog has been around longer: since 2012, against 2015 for Lightning.

Line by line

Lightning leads on 3 of 4 comparable lines.

MetricArtblogLightning
Popular rank–#28
Active installs20+100K+
Downloads, last 30 days219.8K
Rating5.0(1)4.8(12)
Last release5 years ago2 months ago
Requires PHP7.47.4

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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