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WordPress theme comparison

Basho vs Lightning

At a glance

  • Lightning has more active installs: 100K+, against 30+ for Basho.
  • On a typical day, Lightning is downloaded about 451 times, Basho about 0.
  • Basho 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 Oct 22, 2021 for Basho.
  • Lightning has been around longer: since 2015, against 2021 for Basho.

Line by line

Lightning leads on 3 of 4 comparable lines.

MetricBashoLightning
Popular rank–#28
Active installs30+100K+
Downloads, last 30 days119.6K
Rating5.0(2)4.8(12)
Last release5 years ago2 months ago
Requires PHP5.67.4

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