WordPress theme comparison
Fernlight vs Lightning
At a glance
- Lightning has more active installs: 100K+, against 20+ for Fernlight.
- On a typical day, Lightning is downloaded about 451 times, Fernlight about 2.
- Fernlight has no reviews yet.
- Fernlight was updated more recently: Oct 10, 2026, against Sep 9, 2026 for Lightning.
- Lightning has been around longer: since 2015, against 2026 for Fernlight.
Line by line
Lightning leads on 3 of 4 comparable lines.
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