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WordPress theme comparison

Columnist vs Sydney

At a glance

  • Sydney has more active installs: 80K+, against 10+ for Columnist.
  • On a typical day, Sydney is downloaded about 643 times, Columnist about 0.
  • Columnist is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.9 from 795 reviews.
  • Sydney was updated more recently: Nov 9, 2026, against Dec 28, 2013 for Columnist.
  • Columnist has been around longer: since 2013, against 2015 for Sydney.

Line by line

Sydney leads on 3 of 4 comparable lines.

MetricColumnistSydney
Popular rank–#35
Active installs10+80K+
Downloads, last 30 days044.2K
Rating5.0(1)4.9(795)
Last release13 years agotoday
Requires PHP–7.2

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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