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WordPress theme comparison

Glow vs Sydney

At a glance

  • Sydney has more active installs: 80K+, against 400+ for Glow.
  • On a typical day, Sydney is downloaded about 643 times, Glow about 0.
  • Glow is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 2 reviews, against 4.9 from 795 reviews.
  • Sydney was updated more recently: Nov 9, 2026, against Nov 29, 2022 for Glow.
  • Sydney has been around longer: since 2015, against 2016 for Glow.

Line by line

Sydney leads on 3 of 4 comparable lines.

MetricGlowSydney
Popular rank–#35
Active installs400+80K+
Downloads, last 30 days1644.2K
Rating5.0(2)4.9(795)
Last release4 years ago1 day ago
Requires PHP5.67.2

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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