WordPress theme comparison
Blocksy vs Optimistic Blog Lite
At a glance
- Blocksy has more active installs: 300K+, against 100+ for Optimistic Blog Lite.
- On a typical day, Blocksy is downloaded about 3,341 times, Optimistic Blog Lite about 0.
- Blocksy is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 874 reviews, against 4.0 from 3 reviews.
- Blocksy was updated more recently: Oct 30, 2026, against Jul 22, 2021 for Optimistic Blog Lite.
- Optimistic Blog Lite has been around longer: since 2018, against 2019 for Blocksy.
Line by line
Blocksy leads on 4 of 4 comparable lines.
| Metric |  Blocksy |  Optimistic Blog Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #10 | – |
| Active installs | 300K+ | 100+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 163.5K | 2 |
| Rating | 5.0(874) | 4.0(3) |
| Last release | 12 days ago | 5 years ago |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 | 5.6 |
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 Blog themes
- Top Custom colors themes
- Top Custom logo themes
- Top Custom menu themes
- Top Featured images themes
- Top Grid layout themes
- Top Left sidebar themes
- Top One column themes
- Top Right sidebar themes
- Top Threaded comments themes
- Top Three columns themes
- Top Translation ready themes
- Top Two columns themes
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