WordPress theme comparison
Graphene vs WPstart
At a glance
- Graphene has more active installs: 10K+, against 50+ for WPstart.
- On a typical day, Graphene is downloaded about 29 times, WPstart about 1.
- Both are rated 4.7 out of 5.
- Graphene was updated more recently: Aug 25, 2026, against Aug 19, 2015 for WPstart.
- Graphene has been around longer: since 2010, against 2012 for WPstart.
Line by line
Graphene leads on 3 of 3 comparable lines.
From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.
Tags they share
- Top Custom background themes
- Top Custom header themes
- Top Editor style themes
- Top Full width template themes
- Top Left sidebar themes
- Top One column themes
- Top Post formats themes
- Top Right sidebar themes
- Top RTL language support themes
- Top Sticky post themes
- Top Threaded comments themes
- Top Translation ready themes
- Top Two columns themes
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