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WordPress theme comparison

Lightning vs Sakala

At a glance

  • Lightning has more active installs: 100K+, against 10+ for Sakala.
  • On a typical day, Lightning is downloaded about 432 times, Sakala about 0.
  • Sakala has no reviews yet.
  • Lightning was updated more recently: Sep 9, 2026, against Jun 11, 2025 for Sakala.
  • Lightning has been around longer: since 2015, against 2021 for Sakala.

Line by line

Lightning leads on 4 of 4 comparable lines.

MetricLightningSakala
Popular rank#28#8,489
Active installs100K+10+
Downloads, last 30 days19.8K2
Rating4.8(12)No ratings
Last release2 months ago1 year ago
Requires PHP7.45.6

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