WordPress theme comparison
Lightning vs WP Notes
At a glance
- Lightning has more active installs: 100K+, against 30+ for WP Notes.
- On a typical day, Lightning is downloaded about 451 times, WP Notes about 0.
- WP Notes 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 Feb 26, 2022 for WP Notes.
- Lightning has been around longer: since 2015, against 2021 for WP Notes.
Line by line
Lightning leads on 3 of 4 comparable lines.
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