WordPress theme comparison
Hoffman vs Lightning
At a glance
- Lightning has more active installs: 100K+, against 1K+ for Hoffman.
- On a typical day, Lightning is downloaded about 451 times, Hoffman about 2.
- Both are rated 4.8 out of 5.
- Hoffman was updated more recently: Nov 3, 2026, against Sep 9, 2026 for Lightning.
- Hoffman has been around longer: since 2014, against 2015 for Lightning.
Line by line
Lightning leads on 3 of 4 comparable lines.
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Tags they share
- Top Block editor styles themes
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- Top Featured images themes
- Top Footer widgets themes
- Top One column themes
- Top Sticky post themes
- Top Theme options themes
- Top Threaded comments themes
- Top Translation ready themes
- Top Wide blocks themes
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