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WordPress theme comparison

Kairo vs Lightning

At a glance

  • Lightning has more active installs: 100K+, against 100+ for Kairo.
  • On a typical day, Lightning is downloaded about 451 times, Kairo about 0.
  • Kairo 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 Jan 26, 2026 for Kairo.
  • Lightning has been around longer: since 2015, against 2026 for Kairo.

Line by line

Lightning leads on 4 of 5 comparable lines.

MetricKairoLightning
Popular rank#1,394#28
Active installs100+100K+
Downloads, last 30 days1519.3K
Rating5.0(2)4.8(12)
Last release9 months ago2 months ago
Requires PHP7.47.4

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