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WordPress theme comparison

Droplet vs Kadence

At a glance

  • Kadence has more active installs: 500K+, against 100+ for Droplet.
  • On a typical day, Kadence is downloaded about 2,948 times, Droplet about 0.
  • Droplet has no reviews yet.
  • Kadence was updated more recently: Nov 6, 2026, against Aug 21, 2026 for Droplet.
  • Kadence has been around longer: since 2020, against 2023 for Droplet.

Line by line

Kadence leads on 4 of 4 comparable lines.

MetricDropletKadence
Popular rank#4,521#5
Active installs100+500K+
Downloads, last 30 days17128.7K
RatingNo ratings4.9(457)
Last release2 months ago5 days ago
Requires PHP8.07.4

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