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WordPress theme comparison

Frost vs Lightning

At a glance

  • Lightning has more active installs: 100K+, against 3K+ for Frost.
  • On a typical day, Lightning is downloaded about 432 times, Frost about 20.
  • Frost is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 7 reviews, against 4.8 from 12 reviews.
  • Lightning was updated more recently: Sep 9, 2026, against Mar 12, 2025 for Frost.
  • Lightning has been around longer: since 2015, against 2023 for Frost.

Line by line

Lightning leads on 4 of 5 comparable lines.

MetricFrostLightning
Popular rank#244#28
Active installs3K+100K+
Downloads, last 30 days54419.8K
Rating5.0(7)4.8(12)
Last release1 year ago2 months ago
Requires PHP7.27.4

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