WordPress theme comparison
Kota vs Lightning
At a glance
- Lightning has more active installs: 100K+, against 20+ for Kota.
- On a typical day, Lightning is downloaded about 432 times, Kota about 0.
- Kota has no reviews yet.
- Lightning was updated more recently: Sep 9, 2026, against Feb 26, 2020 for Kota.
- Lightning has been around longer: since 2015, against 2020 for Kota.
Line by line
Lightning leads on 3 of 3 comparable lines.
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