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Astral vs Sydney

At a glance

  • Sydney has more active installs: 80K+, against 700+ for Astral.
  • On a typical day, Sydney is downloaded about 643 times, Astral about 3.
  • Both are rated 4.9 out of 5.
  • Sydney was updated more recently: Nov 9, 2026, against Aug 9, 2023 for Astral.
  • Sydney has been around longer: since 2015, against 2019 for Astral.

Line by line

Sydney leads on 3 of 3 comparable lines.

MetricAstralSydney
Popular rank–#35
Active installs700+80K+
Downloads, last 30 days7944.2K
Rating4.9(35)4.9(795)
Last release3 years ago1 day ago
Requires PHP5.67.2

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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