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WordPress theme comparison

Borax vs Lightning

At a glance

  • Lightning has more active installs: 100K+, against 30+ for Borax.
  • On a typical day, Lightning is downloaded about 432 times, Borax about 0.
  • Borax is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.8 from 12 reviews.
  • Lightning was updated more recently: Sep 9, 2026, against Jul 4, 2024 for Borax.
  • Lightning has been around longer: since 2015, against 2024 for Borax.

Line by line

Lightning leads on 3 of 4 comparable lines.

MetricBoraxLightning
Popular rank–#28
Active installs30+100K+
Downloads, last 30 days319.8K
Rating5.0(1)4.8(12)
Last release2 years ago2 months ago
Requires PHP5.67.4

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