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Progression vs Twenty Sixteen

At a glance

  • Twenty Sixteen has more active installs: 90K+, against 50+ for Progression.
  • On a typical day, Twenty Sixteen is downloaded about 2,272 times, Progression about 0.
  • Twenty Sixteen is rated higher: 4.1 out of 5 from 83 reviews, against 3.0 from 2 reviews.
  • Twenty Sixteen was updated more recently: Aug 19, 2026, against Aug 24, 2016 for Progression.
  • Progression has been around longer: since 2014, against 2015 for Twenty Sixteen.

Line by line

Twenty Sixteen leads on 4 of 4 comparable lines.

MetricProgressionTwenty Sixteen
Popular rank–#30
Active installs50+90K+
Downloads, last 30 days093.4K
Rating3.0(2)4.1(83)
Last release10 years ago2 months ago
Requires PHP–5.2.4

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