WordPress theme comparison
NewDark vs Sydney
At a glance
- Sydney has more active installs: 80K+, against 30+ for NewDark.
- On a typical day, Sydney is downloaded about 643 times, NewDark about 0.
- NewDark is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.9 from 795 reviews.
- Sydney was updated more recently: Nov 9, 2026, against Jun 2, 2014 for NewDark.
- NewDark has been around longer: since 2014, against 2015 for Sydney.
Line by line
Sydney leads on 3 of 4 comparable lines.
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