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WordPress theme comparison

Buddhi vs Lightning

At a glance

  • Lightning has more active installs: 100K+, against 50+ for Buddhi.
  • On a typical day, Lightning is downloaded about 432 times, Buddhi about 1.
  • Buddhi has no reviews yet.
  • Lightning was updated more recently: Sep 9, 2026, against Oct 2, 2025 for Buddhi.
  • Lightning has been around longer: since 2015, against 2025 for Buddhi.

Line by line

Lightning leads on 4 of 4 comparable lines.

MetricBuddhiLightning
Popular rank#3,931#28
Active installs50+100K+
Downloads, last 30 days1319.8K
RatingNo ratings4.8(12)
Last release1 year ago2 months ago
Requires PHP7.07.4

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