WordPress theme comparison
Doc vs Lightning
At a glance
- Lightning has more active installs: 100K+, against 70+ for Doc.
- On a typical day, Lightning is downloaded about 451 times, Doc about 0.
- Doc is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.8 from 12 reviews.
- Lightning was updated more recently: Sep 9, 2026, against May 10, 2009 for Doc.
- Doc has been around longer: since 2009, against 2015 for Lightning.
Line by line
Lightning leads on 3 of 4 comparable lines.
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