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WordPress theme comparison

Basic Simplicity vs Mercury

At a glance

  • Mercury has more active installs: 10K+, against 30+ for Basic Simplicity.
  • Basic Simplicity has no reviews yet.
  • Mercury was updated more recently: Feb 26, 2015, against Jan 26, 2010 for Basic Simplicity.
  • Basic Simplicity has been around longer: since 2009, against 2014 for Mercury.

Line by line

Mercury leads on 3 of 3 comparable lines.

MetricBasic SimplicityMercury
Popular rank––
Active installs30+10K+
Downloads, last 30 days011
RatingNo ratings5.0(9)
Last release17 years ago11 years ago
Requires PHP––

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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