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WordPress theme comparison

Lightning vs Xanadu

At a glance

  • Lightning has more active installs: 100K+, against 300+ for Xanadu.
  • On a typical day, Lightning is downloaded about 432 times, Xanadu about 0.
  • Xanadu has no reviews yet.
  • Lightning was updated more recently: Sep 9, 2026, against May 12, 2025 for Xanadu.
  • Lightning has been around longer: since 2015, against 2024 for Xanadu.

Line by line

Lightning leads on 4 of 4 comparable lines.

MetricLightningXanadu
Popular rank#28#1,482
Active installs100K+300+
Downloads, last 30 days19.8K9
Rating4.8(12)No ratings
Last release2 months ago1 year ago
Requires PHP7.47.2

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