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Twenty Seventeen vs Twenty Twenty-One

At a glance

  • Twenty Seventeen has more active installs: 300K+, against 200K+ for Twenty Twenty-One.
  • On a typical day, Twenty Twenty-One is downloaded about 10,717 times, Twenty Seventeen about 3,163.
  • Twenty Seventeen is rated higher: 4.5 out of 5 from 119 reviews, against 4.2 from 44 reviews.
  • Both were last updated on Aug 19, 2026.
  • Twenty Seventeen has been around longer: since 2016, against 2020 for Twenty Twenty-One.

Line by line

Twenty Seventeen leads on 3 of 5 comparable lines.

MetricTwenty SeventeenTwenty Twenty-One
Popular rank#15#12
Active installs300K+200K+
Downloads, last 30 days125K303.4K
Rating4.5(119)4.2(44)
Last release2 months ago2 months ago
Requires PHP5.2.45.6

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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