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WordPress theme comparison

Hiru vs Lightning

At a glance

  • Lightning has more active installs: 100K+, against 80+ for Hiru.
  • On a typical day, Lightning is downloaded about 432 times, Hiru about 0.
  • Hiru has no reviews yet.
  • Lightning was updated more recently: Sep 9, 2026, against Aug 29, 2025 for Hiru.
  • Lightning has been around longer: since 2015, against 2025 for Hiru.

Line by line

Lightning leads on 4 of 4 comparable lines.

MetricHiruLightning
Popular rank#3,071#28
Active installs80+100K+
Downloads, last 30 days219.8K
RatingNo ratings4.8(12)
Last release1 year ago2 months ago
Requires PHP5.67.4

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