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WordPress theme comparison

Glades vs Newsmatic

At a glance

  • Newsmatic has more active installs: 10K+, against 200+ for Glades.
  • On a typical day, Newsmatic is downloaded about 88 times, Glades about 0.
  • Newsmatic is rated higher: 4.8 out of 5 from 87 reviews, against 3.3 from 9 reviews.
  • Newsmatic was updated more recently: Oct 28, 2026, against Jun 6, 2021 for Glades.
  • Glades has been around longer: since 2015, against 2023 for Newsmatic.

Line by line

Newsmatic leads on 4 of 4 comparable lines.

MetricGladesNewsmatic
Popular rank–#68
Active installs200+10K+
Downloads, last 30 days135.7K
Rating3.3(9)4.8(87)
Last release5 years ago13 days ago
Requires PHP5.65.6

From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.

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