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WordPress theme comparison

Botiga vs Lightning

At a glance

  • Lightning has more active installs: 100K+, against 10K+ for Botiga.
  • On a typical day, Lightning is downloaded about 451 times, Botiga about 241.
  • Botiga is rated higher: 4.9 out of 5 from 164 reviews, against 4.8 from 12 reviews.
  • Botiga was updated more recently: Oct 27, 2026, against Sep 9, 2026 for Lightning.
  • Lightning has been around longer: since 2015, against 2021 for Botiga.

Line by line

Lightning leads on 3 of 5 comparable lines.

MetricBotigaLightning
Popular rank#73#28
Active installs10K+100K+
Downloads, last 30 days17.7K19.3K
Rating4.9(164)4.8(12)
Last release13 days ago2 months ago
Requires PHP7.07.4

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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