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WordPress theme comparison

National Basic vs Twenty Sixteen

At a glance

  • Twenty Sixteen has more active installs: 90K+, against 100+ for National Basic.
  • On a typical day, Twenty Sixteen is downloaded about 2,272 times, National Basic about 0.
  • National Basic has no reviews yet.
  • Twenty Sixteen was updated more recently: Aug 19, 2026, against Apr 28, 2018 for National Basic.
  • National Basic has been around longer: since 2014, against 2015 for Twenty Sixteen.

Line by line

Twenty Sixteen leads on 3 of 3 comparable lines.

MetricNational BasicTwenty Sixteen
Popular rank–#30
Active installs100+90K+
Downloads, last 30 days093.4K
RatingNo ratings4.1(83)
Last release8 years ago2 months ago
Requires PHP–5.2.4

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