WordPress theme comparison
Lightning vs Radcliffe
At a glance
- Lightning has more active installs: 100K+, against 700+ for Radcliffe.
- On a typical day, Lightning is downloaded about 432 times, Radcliffe about 5.
- Radcliffe is rated higher: 4.9 out of 5 from 24 reviews, against 4.8 from 12 reviews.
- Radcliffe was updated more recently: Nov 3, 2026, against Sep 9, 2026 for Lightning.
- Radcliffe has been around longer: since 2014, against 2015 for Lightning.
Line by line
Lightning leads on 3 of 5 comparable lines.
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Tags they share
- Top Block editor styles themes
- Top Blog themes
- Top Custom colors 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
- Top Wide blocks themes
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