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WordPress theme comparison

Glow vs OceanWP

At a glance

  • OceanWP has more active installs: 400K+, against 400+ for Glow.
  • On a typical day, OceanWP is downloaded about 2,575 times, Glow about 0.
  • Glow is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 2 reviews, against 4.9 from 5,720 reviews.
  • OceanWP was updated more recently: Oct 26, 2026, against Nov 29, 2022 for Glow.
  • Glow has been around longer: since 2016, against 2017 for OceanWP.

Line by line

OceanWP leads on 3 of 4 comparable lines.

MetricGlowOceanWP
Popular rank–#9
Active installs400+400K+
Downloads, last 30 days16122.6K
Rating5.0(2)4.9(5.7K)
Last release4 years ago14 days ago
Requires PHP5.67.4

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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