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WordPress theme comparison

Byblos vs Shapely

At a glance

  • Shapely has more active installs: 10K+, against 500+ for Byblos.
  • On a typical day, Shapely is downloaded about 85 times, Byblos about 0.
  • Shapely is rated higher: 4.6 out of 5 from 67 reviews, against 1.8 from 9 reviews.
  • Shapely was updated more recently: Oct 1, 2026, against Feb 20, 2018 for Byblos.
  • Byblos has been around longer: since 2014, against 2017 for Shapely.

Line by line

Shapely leads on 4 of 4 comparable lines.

MetricByblosShapely
Popular rank–#178
Active installs500+10K+
Downloads, last 30 days71.9K
Rating1.8(9)4.6(67)
Last release8 years ago1 month ago
Requires PHP–7.4

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