WordPress theme comparison
ColorMag vs Effect
At a glance
- ColorMag has more active installs: 40K+, against 40+ for Effect.
- On a typical day, ColorMag is downloaded about 546 times, Effect about 0.
- ColorMag is rated higher: 4.9 out of 5 from 1,568 reviews, against 4.0 from 3 reviews.
- ColorMag was updated more recently: Nov 2, 2026, against Jun 6, 2017 for Effect.
- Effect has been around longer: since 2014, against 2015 for ColorMag.
Line by line
ColorMag leads on 4 of 4 comparable lines.
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Tags they share
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- Top Custom header themes
- Top Custom menu themes
- Top E-commerce themes
- Top Featured images themes
- Top Footer widgets themes
- Top News themes
- Top One column themes
- Top Post formats themes
- Top Right sidebar themes
- Top RTL language support themes
- Top Sticky post themes
- Top Theme options themes
- Top Threaded comments themes
- Top Translation ready themes
- Top Two columns themes
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