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WordPress theme comparison

Lightly vs Parabola

At a glance

  • Parabola has more active installs: 10K+, against 100+ for Lightly.
  • On a typical day, Parabola is downloaded about 16 times, Lightly about 1.
  • Lightly is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.9 from 70 reviews.
  • Parabola was updated more recently: Feb 1, 2026, against Mar 5, 2019 for Lightly.
  • Parabola has been around longer: since 2013, against 2016 for Lightly.

Line by line

Parabola leads on 3 of 4 comparable lines.

MetricLightlyParabola
Popular rank–#213
Active installs100+10K+
Downloads, last 30 days33535
Rating5.0(1)4.9(70)
Last release7 years ago9 months ago
Requires PHP–5.4

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