WordPress theme comparison
Lightning vs madsoul
At a glance
- Lightning has more active installs: 100K+, against 40+ for madsoul.
- On a typical day, Lightning is downloaded about 432 times, madsoul about 0.
- Lightning is rated higher: 4.8 out of 5 from 12 reviews, against 3.0 from 1 review.
- Lightning was updated more recently: Sep 9, 2026, against Nov 15, 2018 for madsoul.
- Lightning has been around longer: since 2015, against 2018 for madsoul.
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Lightning leads on 4 of 4 comparable lines.
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