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WordPress theme comparison

Mercury vs Simplest

At a glance

  • Mercury has more active installs: 10K+, against 100+ for Simplest.
  • Both are rated 5.0 out of 5.
  • Mercury was updated more recently: Feb 26, 2015, against Sep 22, 2010 for Simplest.
  • Simplest has been around longer: since 2010, against 2014 for Mercury.

Line by line

Mercury leads on 3 of 3 comparable lines.

MetricMercurySimplest
Popular rank––
Active installs10K+100+
Downloads, last 30 days115
Rating5.0(9)5.0(1)
Last release11 years ago16 years ago
Requires PHP––

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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