WordPress theme comparison
Bam vs Parabola
At a glance
- Parabola has more active installs: 10K+, against 6K+ for Bam.
- On a typical day, Bam is downloaded about 27 times, Parabola about 15.
- Parabola is rated higher: 4.9 out of 5 from 70 reviews, against 4.7 from 16 reviews.
- Bam was updated more recently: Aug 24, 2026, against Feb 1, 2026 for Parabola.
- Parabola has been around longer: since 2013, against 2019 for Bam.
Line by line
Parabola leads on 3 of 5 comparable lines.
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Tags they share
- Top Blog themes
- Top Custom background themes
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- Top Featured images themes
- Top Footer widgets themes
- Top Grid layout themes
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- Top Right sidebar themes
- Top RTL language support themes
- Top Theme options themes
- Top Threaded comments themes
- Top Translation ready themes
- Top Two columns themes
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