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WordPress theme comparison

Lightning vs Slick

At a glance

  • Lightning has more active installs: 100K+, against 40+ for Slick.
  • On a typical day, Lightning is downloaded about 451 times, Slick about 0.
  • Slick is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.8 from 12 reviews.
  • Lightning was updated more recently: Sep 9, 2026, against Aug 24, 2025 for Slick.
  • Lightning has been around longer: since 2015, against 2023 for Slick.

Line by line

Lightning leads on 4 of 5 comparable lines.

MetricLightningSlick
Popular rank#28#6,581
Active installs100K+40+
Downloads, last 30 days19.3K5
Rating4.8(12)5.0(1)
Last release2 months ago1 year ago
Requires PHP7.47.4

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