WordPress theme comparison
Landline vs Lightning
At a glance
- Lightning has more active installs: 100K+, against 80+ for Landline.
- On a typical day, Lightning is downloaded about 432 times, Landline about 0.
- Lightning is rated higher: 4.8 out of 5 from 12 reviews, against 4.0 from 4 reviews.
- Lightning was updated more recently: Sep 9, 2026, against Jul 31, 2014 for Landline.
- Landline has been around longer: since 2013, against 2015 for Lightning.
Line by line
Lightning leads on 4 of 4 comparable lines.
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