WordPress theme comparison
Nightingale vs Storefront
Nightingale
by NHS Leadership Academy Digital Team
300+ installs5.0
Storefront
by Automattic
90K+ installs4.5
At a glance
- Storefront has more active installs: 90K+, against 300+ for Nightingale.
- On a typical day, Storefront is downloaded about 2,440 times, Nightingale about 4.
- Nightingale is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 4 reviews, against 4.5 from 155 reviews.
- Nightingale was updated more recently: Nov 9, 2026, against Dec 9, 2025 for Storefront.
- Storefront has been around longer: since 2014, against 2020 for Nightingale.
Line by line
Storefront leads on 3 of 5 comparable lines.
| Metric | Nightingale | Storefront |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #3,989 | #32 |
| Active installs | 300+ | 90K+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 207 | 56.7K |
| Rating | 5.0(4) | 4.5(155) |
| Last release | today | 11 months ago |
| Requires PHP | 8.0 | 5.6.0 |
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