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WordPress theme comparison

Augusta vs Lightning

At a glance

  • Lightning has more active installs: 100K+, against 100+ for Augusta.
  • On a typical day, Lightning is downloaded about 451 times, Augusta about 0.
  • Augusta is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 2 reviews, against 4.8 from 12 reviews.
  • Lightning was updated more recently: Sep 9, 2026, against Nov 26, 2018 for Augusta.
  • Lightning has been around longer: since 2015, against 2018 for Augusta.

Line by line

Lightning leads on 3 of 4 comparable lines.

MetricAugustaLightning
Popular rank–#28
Active installs100+100K+
Downloads, last 30 days319.3K
Rating5.0(2)4.8(12)
Last release8 years ago2 months ago
Requires PHP–7.4

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