WordPress theme comparison
Lightning vs McLuhan
At a glance
- Lightning has more active installs: 100K+, against 700+ for McLuhan.
- On a typical day, Lightning is downloaded about 432 times, McLuhan about 2.
- McLuhan is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 11 reviews, against 4.8 from 12 reviews.
- McLuhan was updated more recently: Nov 8, 2026, against Sep 9, 2026 for Lightning.
- Lightning has been around longer: since 2015, against 2018 for McLuhan.
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Lightning leads on 3 of 5 comparable lines.
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