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WordPress theme comparison

Boxy vs Newsmatic

At a glance

  • Newsmatic has more active installs: 10K+, against 60+ for Boxy.
  • On a typical day, Newsmatic is downloaded about 88 times, Boxy about 0.
  • Newsmatic is rated higher: 4.8 out of 5 from 87 reviews, against 3.8 from 4 reviews.
  • Newsmatic was updated more recently: Oct 28, 2026, against Sep 4, 2020 for Boxy.
  • Boxy has been around longer: since 2014, against 2023 for Newsmatic.

Line by line

Newsmatic leads on 4 of 4 comparable lines.

MetricBoxyNewsmatic
Popular rank–#68
Active installs60+10K+
Downloads, last 30 days35.7K
Rating3.8(4)4.8(87)
Last release6 years ago13 days ago
Requires PHP7.05.6

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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