WordPress theme comparison
Sydney vs zBench
At a glance
- Sydney has more active installs: 80K+, against 600+ for zBench.
- On a typical day, Sydney is downloaded about 643 times, zBench about 1.
- Sydney is rated higher: 4.9 out of 5 from 795 reviews, against 4.5 from 2 reviews.
- Sydney was updated more recently: Nov 9, 2026, against Sep 23, 2014 for zBench.
- zBench has been around longer: since 2010, against 2015 for Sydney.
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Sydney leads on 4 of 4 comparable lines.
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