WordPress theme comparison
Blocksy vs DarkNews
At a glance
- Blocksy has more active installs: 300K+, against 1K+ for DarkNews.
- On a typical day, Blocksy is downloaded about 3,341 times, DarkNews about 35.
- Blocksy is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 874 reviews, against 4.8 from 30 reviews.
- DarkNews was updated more recently: Nov 6, 2026, against Oct 30, 2026 for Blocksy.
- Blocksy has been around longer: since 2019, against 2021 for DarkNews.
Line by line
Blocksy leads on 4 of 5 comparable lines.
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Tags they share
- Top Block editor patterns themes
- Top Block editor styles themes
- Top Blog themes
- Top Custom colors themes
- Top Custom logo themes
- Top Custom menu themes
- Top Featured images themes
- Top Footer widgets themes
- Top Four columns themes
- Top Full width template themes
- Top Grid layout themes
- Top Left sidebar themes
- Top One column themes
- Top Right sidebar themes
- Top Theme options themes
- Top Threaded comments themes
- Top Three columns themes
- Top Translation ready themes
- Top Two columns themes
- Top Wide blocks themes
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