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WordPress theme comparison

Lightly vs Nirvana

At a glance

  • Nirvana has more active installs: 10K+, against 100+ for Lightly.
  • On a typical day, Nirvana is downloaded about 25 times, Lightly about 1.
  • Lightly is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.3 from 69 reviews.
  • Nirvana was updated more recently: Jan 26, 2026, against Mar 5, 2019 for Lightly.
  • Nirvana has been around longer: since 2014, against 2016 for Lightly.

Line by line

Nirvana leads on 3 of 4 comparable lines.

MetricLightlyNirvana
Popular rank–#273
Active installs100+10K+
Downloads, last 30 days34750
Rating5.0(1)4.3(69)
Last release7 years ago9 months ago
Requires PHP–5.6

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