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WordPress theme comparison

Lightning vs Sylvia

At a glance

  • Lightning has more active installs: 100K+, against 50+ for Sylvia.
  • On a typical day, Lightning is downloaded about 432 times, Sylvia about 0.
  • Sylvia has no reviews yet.
  • Lightning was updated more recently: Sep 9, 2026, against Sep 19, 2015 for Sylvia.

Line by line

Lightning leads on 3 of 3 comparable lines.

MetricLightningSylvia
Popular rank#28–
Active installs100K+50+
Downloads, last 30 days19.8K0
Rating4.8(12)No ratings
Last release2 months ago11 years ago
Requires PHP7.4–

From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.

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