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WordPress theme comparison

Lightning vs Simppple

At a glance

  • Lightning has more active installs: 100K+, against 10+ for Simppple.
  • On a typical day, Lightning is downloaded about 451 times, Simppple about 0.
  • Simppple has no reviews yet.
  • Lightning was updated more recently: Sep 9, 2026, against Aug 15, 2026 for Simppple.
  • Lightning has been around longer: since 2015, against 2023 for Simppple.

Line by line

Lightning leads on 4 of 4 comparable lines.

MetricLightningSimppple
Popular rank#28#8,190
Active installs100K+10+
Downloads, last 30 days19.6K6
Rating4.8(12)No ratings
Last release2 months ago2 months ago
Requires PHP7.48.0

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