WordPress theme comparison
Lightning vs PixiGo
At a glance
- Lightning has more active installs: 100K+, against 90+ for PixiGo.
- On a typical day, Lightning is downloaded about 432 times, PixiGo about 0.
- PixiGo is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 15 reviews, against 4.8 from 12 reviews.
- Lightning was updated more recently: Sep 9, 2026, against Mar 19, 2020 for PixiGo.
- Lightning has been around longer: since 2015, against 2019 for PixiGo.
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Lightning leads on 3 of 4 comparable lines.
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