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WordPress theme comparison

Lightning vs Yocto

At a glance

  • Lightning has more active installs: 100K+, against 300+ for Yocto.
  • On a typical day, Lightning is downloaded about 432 times, Yocto about 0.
  • Yocto is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 2 reviews, against 4.8 from 12 reviews.
  • Lightning was updated more recently: Sep 9, 2026, against Sep 6, 2020 for Yocto.
  • Lightning has been around longer: since 2015, against 2018 for Yocto.

Line by line

Lightning leads on 3 of 4 comparable lines.

MetricLightningYocto
Popular rank#28–
Active installs100K+300+
Downloads, last 30 days19.8K3
Rating4.8(12)5.0(2)
Last release2 months ago6 years ago
Requires PHP7.45.6

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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