Lean

v1.0

by Zhiyan Duan · updated 12 years ago

Beautiful responsive theme with a clean and slim look. With the responsive typography in place, the LEAN theme is great at presenting your content across different devices. The large featured image is awesome for displa…

Black Custom menu Featured images Gray Left sidebar Responsive Layout Threaded comments Translation ready Two columns White

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Active installs: 30+; As WordPress.org reports it

Total downloads: 9.7K; 9,676 all-time

Rating: –; 0 reviews

First released: May 29, 2014; 12 years ago

Lean at a glance

Lean is a WordPress theme by Zhiyan Duan with 30+ active installs. It has no reviews yet. Version 1.0 came out on May 8, 2014, more than 12 years ago. It was first released in 2014.

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Downloads over time

Download stats

1 downloads · the last 30 days

Lean Compare series

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Date	Lean
Nov 2, 2026	0
Nov 1, 2026	0
Oct 31, 2026	0
Oct 30, 2026	0
Oct 29, 2026	0
Oct 28, 2026	0
Oct 27, 2026	0
Oct 26, 2026	0
Oct 25, 2026	0
Oct 24, 2026	0
Oct 23, 2026	0
Oct 22, 2026	0
Oct 21, 2026	1
Oct 20, 2026	0
Oct 19, 2026	0
Oct 18, 2026	0
Oct 17, 2026	0
Oct 16, 2026	0
Oct 15, 2026	0
Oct 14, 2026	0
Oct 13, 2026	0
Oct 12, 2026	0
Oct 11, 2026	0
Oct 10, 2026	0

Unusual spikes are usually updates, not new installs.

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Growth %

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Active installs band

30+ on WordPress.org

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Date	Daily snapshot
Nov 9, 2026	30+
Nov 8, 2026	30+
Nov 7, 2026	30+
Nov 6, 2026	30+
Nov 5, 2026	30+
Nov 4, 2026	30+
Nov 3, 2026	30+
Nov 2, 2026	30+
Nov 1, 2026	30+
Oct 31, 2026	30+
Oct 30, 2026	30+
Oct 29, 2026	30+
Oct 28, 2026	30+
Oct 27, 2026	30+

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Requirements & info

Version history

Version: 1.0
Requires WordPress: 3.0.2
Requires PHP: –
First released: May 29, 2014
Last updated: May 8, 2014
Releases, last 12 months: …

Questions about Lean

How many websites use Lean?

Lean is active on 30+ WordPress sites, as WordPress.org reports it. WordPress.org rounds the number down, so the real count is somewhat higher.

How many times has Lean been downloaded?

9,676 times in total since 2014. See download stats

When was Lean last updated?

Version 1.0 came out on May 8, 2014 (12 years ago).

Is Lean still maintained?

Its last release was 12 years ago, so it may no longer be actively maintained.

What rating does Lean have?

No one has reviewed Lean on WordPress.org yet.

What are the best alternatives to Lean?

The themes most like Lean, by the tags they share, are Custom (10K+), Astra (1M+) and GeneratePress (500K+). Compare all alternatives

Rank in its tags

Where Lean sits among listings with the same tag, in WordPress.org’s popular order.

Black– of 586
Leader: The Bootstrap
Custom menu– of 13,410
Leader: Twenty Twenty-Five
Featured images– of 13,110
Leader: Twenty Twenty-Five
Gray– of 361
Leader: Melos Business
Left sidebar– of 7,128
Leader: Astra

Why it ranks where it does

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Its search score has been falling since Nov 4, 2014, 180 days after its last update.

Last updated×0.000of ×1.000
Falling since 2014-11-04: more than 180 days without an update.
Resolved support threads×0.301
0 of 0 threads resolved in the last two months.
Rating×0.791of ×1.118
No ratings yet.
Active installs×1.122
Grows with the log of installs, so each band adds less.
Size penalty×0.726of ×1.000
Applied below 1M installs; shrinks as installs grow.

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Metric	Lean
Estimated installs	30+
Reported installs	30+
Rating	–
Reviews	0
Total downloads	9.7K
Author	Zhiyan Duan
First released	May 29, 2014
Version	1.0
Requires WP	3.0.2
Requires PHP	–
Last updated	May 8, 2014

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