WordPress theme comparison
Expound vs Graphene
At a glance
- Graphene has more active installs: 10K+, against 1K+ for Expound.
- On a typical day, Graphene is downloaded about 29 times, Expound about 0.
- Expound is rated higher: 4.8 out of 5 from 144 reviews, against 4.7 from 83 reviews.
- Graphene was updated more recently: Aug 25, 2026, against Jan 29, 2014 for Expound.
- Graphene has been around longer: since 2010, against 2013 for Expound.
Line by line
Graphene leads on 3 of 4 comparable lines.
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Tags they share
- Top Custom background themes
- Top Custom header themes
- Top Custom menu themes
- Top Editor style themes
- Top Featured images themes
- Top Full width template themes
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- Top Post formats themes
- Top Right sidebar themes
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- Top Threaded comments themes
- Top Translation ready themes
- Top Two columns themes
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