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WordPress theme comparison

Dorian vs Lightning

At a glance

  • Lightning has more active installs: 100K+, against 100+ for Dorian.
  • On a typical day, Lightning is downloaded about 451 times, Dorian about 0.
  • Dorian has no reviews yet.
  • Lightning was updated more recently: Sep 9, 2026, against Jul 17, 2016 for Dorian.

Line by line

Lightning leads on 3 of 3 comparable lines.

MetricDorianLightning
Popular rank–#28
Active installs100+100K+
Downloads, last 30 days219.3K
RatingNo ratings4.8(12)
Last release10 years ago2 months ago
Requires PHP–7.4

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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