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WordPress theme comparison

embr vs Newsmatic

At a glance

  • Newsmatic has more active installs: 10K+, against 40+ for embr.
  • On a typical day, Newsmatic is downloaded about 88 times, embr about 0.
  • embr is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 2 reviews, against 4.8 from 87 reviews.
  • Newsmatic was updated more recently: Oct 28, 2026, against Oct 13, 2014 for embr.
  • embr has been around longer: since 2014, against 2023 for Newsmatic.

Line by line

Newsmatic leads on 3 of 4 comparable lines.

MetricembrNewsmatic
Popular rank–#68
Active installs40+10K+
Downloads, last 30 days05.7K
Rating5.0(2)4.8(87)
Last release12 years ago12 days ago
Requires PHP–5.6

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