Limited-Time Offer

Get Extra 20% off on FullCharge Yearly Plan — available for first 10 users only. Don’t miss out! 🚀

WordPress theme comparison

Central vs Parabola

At a glance

  • Parabola has more active installs: 10K+, against 300+ for Central.
  • On a typical day, Parabola is downloaded about 16 times, Central about 0.
  • Central is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 2 reviews, against 4.9 from 70 reviews.
  • Parabola was updated more recently: Feb 1, 2026, against Aug 19, 2016 for Central.

Line by line

Parabola leads on 3 of 4 comparable lines.

MetricCentralParabola
Popular rank–#213
Active installs300+10K+
Downloads, last 30 days2535
Rating5.0(2)4.9(70)
Last release10 years ago9 months ago
Requires PHP–5.4

From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.

Tags they share

More comparisons

Is one of these yours?

Track your theme against its rivals every day: rank, installs, downloads, ratings and their releases, with alerts when anything moves.

Start free