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WordPress theme comparison

Charcoal vs OceanWP

At a glance

  • OceanWP has more active installs: 400K+, against 30+ for Charcoal.
  • On a typical day, OceanWP is downloaded about 2,575 times, Charcoal about 0.
  • Charcoal has no reviews yet.
  • OceanWP was updated more recently: Oct 26, 2026, against Jan 7, 2009 for Charcoal.
  • Charcoal has been around longer: since 2009, against 2017 for OceanWP.

Line by line

OceanWP leads on 3 of 3 comparable lines.

MetricCharcoalOceanWP
Popular rank–#9
Active installs30+400K+
Downloads, last 30 days1122.6K
RatingNo ratings4.9(5.7K)
Last release18 years ago15 days ago
Requires PHP–7.4

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