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WordPress theme comparison

Newsmatic vs Wordstar

At a glance

  • Newsmatic has more active installs: 10K+, against 200+ for Wordstar.
  • On a typical day, Newsmatic is downloaded about 88 times, Wordstar about 0.
  • Newsmatic is rated higher: 4.8 out of 5 from 87 reviews, against 4.5 from 2 reviews.
  • Newsmatic was updated more recently: Oct 28, 2026, against Mar 7, 2020 for Wordstar.
  • Wordstar has been around longer: since 2017, against 2023 for Newsmatic.

Line by line

Newsmatic leads on 4 of 4 comparable lines.

MetricNewsmaticWordstar
Popular rank#68–
Active installs10K+200+
Downloads, last 30 days5.7K1
Rating4.8(87)4.5(2)
Last release13 days ago6 years ago
Requires PHP5.6–

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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