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WordPress theme comparison

Grain vs Graphene

At a glance

  • Graphene has more active installs: 10K+, against 40+ for Grain.
  • On a typical day, Graphene is downloaded about 29 times, Grain about 0.
  • Graphene is rated higher: 4.7 out of 5 from 83 reviews, against 4.0 from 1 review.
  • Graphene was updated more recently: Aug 25, 2026, against Feb 3, 2012 for Grain.
  • Graphene has been around longer: since 2010, against 2012 for Grain.

Line by line

Graphene leads on 4 of 4 comparable lines.

MetricGrainGraphene
Popular rank–#351
Active installs40+10K+
Downloads, last 30 days01.2K
Rating4.0(1)4.7(83)
Last release14 years ago2 months ago
Requires PHP–5.6.0

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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