WordPress theme comparison
Bute vs Lightning
At a glance
- Lightning has more active installs: 100K+, against 1K+ for Bute.
- On a typical day, Lightning is downloaded about 451 times, Bute about 6.
- Bute has no reviews yet.
- Bute was updated more recently: Sep 14, 2026, against Sep 9, 2026 for Lightning.
- Lightning has been around longer: since 2015, against 2024 for Bute.
Line by line
Lightning leads on 3 of 4 comparable lines.
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