WordPress theme comparison
Twenty Fifteen vs Twenty Seventeen
At a glance
- Twenty Seventeen has more active installs: 300K+, against 60K+ for Twenty Fifteen.
- On a typical day, Twenty Seventeen is downloaded about 3,163 times, Twenty Fifteen about 1,662.
- Twenty Seventeen is rated higher: 4.5 out of 5 from 119 reviews, against 4.4 from 54 reviews.
- Both were last updated on Aug 19, 2026.
- Twenty Fifteen has been around longer: since 2014, against 2016 for Twenty Seventeen.
Line by line
Twenty Seventeen leads on 4 of 5 comparable lines.
| Metric | Twenty Fifteen | Twenty Seventeen |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #45 | #15 |
| Active installs | 60K+ | 300K+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 71.1K | 125K |
| Rating | 4.4(54) | 4.5(119) |
| Last release | 2 months ago | 2 months ago |
| Requires PHP | 5.2.4 | 5.2.4 |
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 Accessibility ready themes
- Top Block editor patterns themes
- Top Custom colors themes
- Top Custom header themes
- Top Custom logo themes
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- Top Editor style themes
- Top Featured images themes
- Top Post formats themes
- Top RTL language support themes
- Top Sticky post themes
- Top Threaded comments themes
- Top Translation ready themes
- Top Two columns themes
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