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WordPress theme comparison

Cafe Blog vs Lightning

At a glance

  • Lightning has more active installs: 100K+, against 60+ for Cafe Blog.
  • On a typical day, Lightning is downloaded about 432 times, Cafe Blog about 0.
  • Cafe Blog is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.8 from 12 reviews.
  • Lightning was updated more recently: Sep 9, 2026, against Nov 27, 2017 for Cafe Blog.
  • Lightning has been around longer: since 2015, against 2017 for Cafe Blog.

Line by line

Lightning leads on 3 of 4 comparable lines.

MetricCafe BlogLightning
Popular rank–#28
Active installs60+100K+
Downloads, last 30 days019.8K
Rating5.0(1)4.8(12)
Last release9 years ago2 months ago
Requires PHP–7.4

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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