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WordPress theme comparison

Shades vs Sydney

At a glance

  • Sydney has more active installs: 80K+, against 20+ for Shades.
  • On a typical day, Sydney is downloaded about 643 times, Shades about 0.
  • Shades has no reviews yet.
  • Sydney was updated more recently: Nov 9, 2026, against Jun 19, 2015 for Shades.
  • Shades has been around longer: since 2009, against 2015 for Sydney.

Line by line

Sydney leads on 3 of 3 comparable lines.

MetricShadesSydney
Popular rank–#34
Active installs20+80K+
Downloads, last 30 days043.4K
RatingNo ratings4.9(795)
Last release11 years ago1 day ago
Requires PHP–7.2

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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