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WordPress theme comparison

Graphene vs Shepherd

At a glance

  • Graphene has more active installs: 10K+, against 20+ for Shepherd.
  • On a typical day, Graphene is downloaded about 29 times, Shepherd about 0.
  • Shepherd is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.7 from 83 reviews.
  • Graphene was updated more recently: Aug 25, 2026, against Nov 19, 2015 for Shepherd.
  • Graphene has been around longer: since 2010, against 2015 for Shepherd.

Line by line

Graphene leads on 3 of 4 comparable lines.

MetricGrapheneShepherd
Popular rank#351–
Active installs10K+20+
Downloads, last 30 days1.2K0
Rating4.7(83)5.0(1)
Last release2 months ago11 years ago
Requires PHP5.6.0–

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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