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MA8 vs Sydney

MA8

by Gautam Thapar

Fewer than 10 installs5.0

Sydney

by aThemes

80K+ installs4.9

At a glance

  • Sydney has more active installs: 80K+, against fewer than 10 for MA8.
  • On a typical day, Sydney is downloaded about 643 times, MA8 about 0.
  • MA8 is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 2 reviews, against 4.9 from 795 reviews.
  • Sydney was updated more recently: Nov 9, 2026, against Aug 21, 2013 for MA8.
  • MA8 has been around longer: since 2013, against 2015 for Sydney.

Line by line

Sydney leads on 3 of 4 comparable lines.

MetricMA8Sydney
Popular rank–#35
Active installsFewer than 1080K+
Downloads, last 30 days044.2K
Rating5.0(2)4.9(795)
Last release13 years ago1 day ago
Requires PHP–7.2

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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