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WordPress theme comparison

GridLane vs Newsmatic

At a glance

  • Newsmatic has more active installs: 10K+, against 100+ for GridLane.
  • On a typical day, Newsmatic is downloaded about 88 times, GridLane about 1.
  • GridLane is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.8 from 87 reviews.
  • Newsmatic was updated more recently: Oct 28, 2026, against Dec 16, 2025 for GridLane.
  • GridLane has been around longer: since 2022, against 2023 for Newsmatic.

Line by line

Newsmatic leads on 4 of 5 comparable lines.

MetricGridLaneNewsmatic
Popular rank#4,317#68
Active installs100+10K+
Downloads, last 30 days305.7K
Rating5.0(1)4.8(87)
Last release10 months ago13 days ago
Requires PHP7.25.6

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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