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WordPress theme comparison

Glaciers vs Lightning

At a glance

  • Lightning has more active installs: 100K+, against 60+ for Glaciers.
  • On a typical day, Lightning is downloaded about 432 times, Glaciers about 0.
  • Glaciers has no reviews yet.
  • Lightning was updated more recently: Sep 9, 2026, against Apr 5, 2024 for Glaciers.
  • Lightning has been around longer: since 2015, against 2023 for Glaciers.

Line by line

Lightning leads on 3 of 3 comparable lines.

MetricGlaciersLightning
Popular rank–#28
Active installs60+100K+
Downloads, last 30 days119.8K
RatingNo ratings4.8(12)
Last release2 years ago2 months ago
Requires PHP5.67.4

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