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WordPress theme comparison

Lightning vs Recore

At a glance

  • Lightning has more active installs: 100K+, against 40+ for Recore.
  • On a typical day, Lightning is downloaded about 432 times, Recore about 0.
  • Recore has no reviews yet.
  • Lightning was updated more recently: Sep 9, 2026, against Jun 30, 2026 for Recore.
  • Lightning has been around longer: since 2015, against 2023 for Recore.

Line by line

Lightning leads on 4 of 4 comparable lines.

MetricLightningRecore
Popular rank#28#7,267
Active installs100K+40+
Downloads, last 30 days19.8K4
Rating4.8(12)No ratings
Last release2 months ago4 months ago
Requires PHP7.47.4

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