WordPress theme comparison
Lightning vs Origami
At a glance
- Lightning has more active installs: 100K+, against 1K+ for Origami.
- On a typical day, Lightning is downloaded about 432 times, Origami about 9.
- Lightning is rated higher: 4.8 out of 5 from 12 reviews, against 4.6 from 14 reviews.
- Lightning was updated more recently: Sep 9, 2026, against Jan 5, 2026 for Origami.
- Origami has been around longer: since 2012, against 2015 for Lightning.
Line by line
Lightning leads on 5 of 5 comparable lines.
From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.
Tags they share
- Top Blog themes
- Top Custom background themes
- Top Custom colors themes
- Top Custom logo themes
- Top Custom menu themes
- Top Editor style themes
- Top Featured images themes
- Top Footer widgets themes
- Top One column themes
- Top Sticky post themes
- Top Theme options themes
- Top Threaded comments themes
- Top Translation ready themes
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