WordPress theme comparison
Astra vs Oswald
At a glance
- Astra has more active installs: 1M+, against 100+ for Oswald.
- On a typical day, Astra is downloaded about 16,175 times, Oswald about 0.
- Oswald is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 2 reviews, against 4.9 from 6,556 reviews.
- Astra was updated more recently: Oct 29, 2026, against Aug 12, 2021 for Oswald.
- Astra has been around longer: since 2017, against 2018 for Oswald.
Line by line
Astra leads on 3 of 4 comparable lines.
From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.
Tags they share
- Top Blog themes
- Top Custom colors themes
- Top Custom menu themes
- Top E-commerce themes
- Top Editor style themes
- Top Featured images themes
- Top Full width template themes
- Top Left sidebar themes
- Top One column themes
- Top Post formats themes
- Top Right sidebar themes
- Top Theme options themes
- Top Threaded comments themes
- Top Translation ready themes
- Top Two columns themes
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