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WordPress theme comparison

GridBit vs Lightning

At a glance

  • Lightning has more active installs: 100K+, against 70+ for GridBit.
  • On a typical day, Lightning is downloaded about 451 times, GridBit about 1.
  • GridBit has no reviews yet.
  • Lightning was updated more recently: Sep 9, 2026, against Dec 16, 2025 for GridBit.
  • Lightning has been around longer: since 2015, against 2021 for GridBit.

Line by line

Lightning leads on 4 of 4 comparable lines.

MetricGridBitLightning
Popular rank#6,798#28
Active installs70+100K+
Downloads, last 30 days3119.6K
RatingNo ratings4.8(12)
Last release10 months ago2 months ago
Requires PHP7.27.4

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