WordPress theme comparison
Basic vs Graphene
At a glance
- Graphene has more active installs: 10K+, against 4K+ for Basic.
- On a typical day, Graphene is downloaded about 29 times, Basic about 2.
- Basic is rated higher: 4.8 out of 5 from 43 reviews, against 4.7 from 83 reviews.
- Graphene was updated more recently: Aug 25, 2026, against Aug 29, 2020 for Basic.
- Graphene has been around longer: since 2010, against 2016 for Basic.
Line by line
Graphene leads on 3 of 4 comparable lines.
From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.
Tags they share
- Top Custom background themes
- Top Custom colors themes
- Top Custom header themes
- Top Custom menu themes
- Top Editor style themes
- Top Featured images themes
- Top Left sidebar themes
- Top Microformats themes
- Top One column themes
- Top Right sidebar themes
- Top Sticky post themes
- Top Threaded comments themes
- Top Translation ready themes
- Top Two columns themes
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