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WordPress theme comparison

Graphene vs Nucleus

At a glance

  • Graphene has more active installs: 10K+, against 200+ for Nucleus.
  • On a typical day, Graphene is downloaded about 29 times, Nucleus about 0.
  • Nucleus has no reviews yet.
  • Graphene was updated more recently: Aug 25, 2026, against Dec 19, 2018 for Nucleus.
  • Graphene has been around longer: since 2010, against 2016 for Nucleus.

Line by line

Graphene leads on 3 of 3 comparable lines.

MetricGrapheneNucleus
Popular rank#351–
Active installs10K+200+
Downloads, last 30 days1.2K4
Rating4.7(83)No ratings
Last release2 months ago8 years ago
Requires PHP5.6.05.6

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