WordPress theme comparison
Nightingale vs Twenty Seventeen
Nightingale
by NHS Leadership Academy Digital Team
300+ installs5.0
Twenty Seventeen
by WordPress.org
300K+ installs4.5
At a glance
- Twenty Seventeen has more active installs: 300K+, against 300+ for Nightingale.
- On a typical day, Twenty Seventeen is downloaded about 3,163 times, Nightingale about 4.
- Nightingale is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 4 reviews, against 4.5 from 119 reviews.
- Nightingale was updated more recently: Nov 9, 2026, against Aug 19, 2026 for Twenty Seventeen.
- Twenty Seventeen has been around longer: since 2016, against 2020 for Nightingale.
Line by line
Twenty Seventeen leads on 3 of 5 comparable lines.
| Metric | Nightingale | Twenty Seventeen |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #3,981 | #15 |
| Active installs | 300+ | 300K+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 205 | 125K |
| Rating | 5.0(4) | 4.5(119) |
| Last release | 1 day ago | 2 months ago |
| Requires PHP | 8.0 | 5.2.4 |
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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