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WordPress theme comparison

Lightning vs Unakit

At a glance

  • Lightning has more active installs: 100K+, against 20+ for Unakit.
  • On a typical day, Lightning is downloaded about 432 times, Unakit about 0.
  • Lightning is rated higher: 4.8 out of 5 from 12 reviews, against 4.0 from 1 review.
  • Lightning was updated more recently: Sep 9, 2026, against Jul 26, 2023 for Unakit.
  • Lightning has been around longer: since 2015, against 2021 for Unakit.

Line by line

Lightning leads on 4 of 4 comparable lines.

MetricLightningUnakit
Popular rank#28–
Active installs100K+20+
Downloads, last 30 days19.8K1
Rating4.8(12)4.0(1)
Last release2 months ago3 years ago
Requires PHP7.47.0

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