WordPress theme comparison
Parabola vs Retina
At a glance
- Parabola has more active installs: 10K+, against 200+ for Retina.
- On a typical day, Parabola is downloaded about 15 times, Retina about 0.
- Parabola is rated higher: 4.9 out of 5 from 70 reviews, against 4.3 from 3 reviews.
- Parabola was updated more recently: Feb 1, 2026, against Mar 23, 2021 for Retina.
- Retina has been around longer: since 2011, against 2013 for Parabola.
Line by line
Parabola leads on 4 of 4 comparable lines.
From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.
Tags they share
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- Top Custom header themes
- Top Custom menu themes
- Top Featured images themes
- Top Left sidebar themes
- Top News themes
- Top Post formats themes
- Top Right sidebar themes
- Top RTL language support themes
- Top Sticky post themes
- Top Theme options themes
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- Top Translation ready themes
- Top Two columns themes
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