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WordPress theme comparison

Lightning vs PressMono

At a glance

  • Lightning has more active installs: 100K+, against 100+ for PressMono.
  • On a typical day, Lightning is downloaded about 432 times, PressMono about 0.
  • PressMono has no reviews yet.
  • Lightning was updated more recently: Sep 9, 2026, against Dec 10, 2025 for PressMono.
  • Lightning has been around longer: since 2015, against 2025 for PressMono.

Line by line

Lightning leads on 4 of 4 comparable lines.

MetricLightningPressMono
Popular rank#28#1,557
Active installs100K+100+
Downloads, last 30 days19.8K4
Rating4.8(12)No ratings
Last release2 months ago11 months ago
Requires PHP7.47.4

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