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WordPress theme comparison

Crio vs Lightning

At a glance

  • Lightning has more active installs: 100K+, against 10K+ for Crio.
  • On a typical day, Lightning is downloaded about 432 times, Crio about 9.
  • Lightning is rated higher: 4.8 out of 5 from 12 reviews, against 4.2 from 5 reviews.
  • Lightning was updated more recently: Sep 9, 2026, against Aug 19, 2026 for Crio.
  • Lightning has been around longer: since 2015, against 2019 for Crio.

Line by line

Lightning leads on 5 of 5 comparable lines.

MetricCrioLightning
Popular rank#130#28
Active installs10K+100K+
Downloads, last 30 days38319.8K
Rating4.2(5)4.8(12)
Last release2 months ago2 months ago
Requires PHP5.67.4

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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