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WordPress theme comparison

Lightning vs WPWheels

At a glance

  • Lightning has more active installs: 100K+, against 20+ for WPWheels.
  • On a typical day, Lightning is downloaded about 451 times, WPWheels about 0.
  • WPWheels has no reviews yet.
  • Lightning was updated more recently: Sep 9, 2026, against Aug 31, 2024 for WPWheels.
  • Lightning has been around longer: since 2015, against 2024 for WPWheels.

Line by line

Lightning leads on 3 of 3 comparable lines.

MetricLightningWPWheels
Popular rank#28–
Active installs100K+20+
Downloads, last 30 days19.6K1
Rating4.8(12)No ratings
Last release2 months ago2 years ago
Requires PHP7.47.2

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