WordPress theme comparison
Simple Dark vs Vantage
At a glance
- Vantage has more active installs: 30K+, against 100+ for Simple Dark.
- On a typical day, Vantage is downloaded about 84 times, Simple Dark about 0.
- Vantage is rated higher: 4.6 out of 5 from 165 reviews, against 4.0 from 2 reviews.
- Vantage was updated more recently: Apr 2, 2026, against Oct 28, 2020 for Simple Dark.
- Vantage has been around longer: since 2013, against 2020 for Simple Dark.
Line by line
Vantage leads on 4 of 4 comparable lines.
| Metric |  Simple Dark |  Vantage |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | – | #76 |
| Active installs | 100+ | 30K+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 2 | 2.7K |
| Rating | 4.0(2) | 4.6(165) |
| Last release | 6 years ago | 7 months ago |
| Requires PHP | 5.6 | 5.6.20 |
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
- Top Blog themes
- Top Custom background themes
- Top Custom logo themes
- Top Custom menu themes
- Top Featured images themes
- Top Footer widgets themes
- Top Full width template themes
- Top Grid layout themes
- Top Post formats themes
- Top Right sidebar themes
- Top Theme options themes
- Top Threaded comments themes
- Top Translation ready themes
- Top Two columns themes
More comparisons
Is one of these yours?
Track your theme against its rivals every day: rank, installs, downloads, ratings and their releases, with alerts when anything moves.
Start free