WordPress theme comparison
GroundWP vs Lightning
At a glance
- Lightning has more active installs: 100K+, against 100+ for GroundWP.
- On a typical day, Lightning is downloaded about 451 times, GroundWP about 0.
- GroundWP is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 2 reviews, against 4.8 from 12 reviews.
- Lightning was updated more recently: Sep 9, 2026, against Aug 18, 2023 for GroundWP.
- Lightning has been around longer: since 2015, against 2020 for GroundWP.
Line by line
Lightning leads on 3 of 4 comparable lines.
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