WordPress theme comparison
Explorer vs Lightning
At a glance
- Lightning has more active installs: 100K+, against 40+ for Explorer.
- On a typical day, Lightning is downloaded about 451 times, Explorer about 0.
- Both are rated 4.8 out of 5.
- Lightning was updated more recently: Sep 9, 2026, against Dec 10, 2016 for Explorer.
Line by line
Lightning leads on 3 of 3 comparable lines.
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