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The 12 WordPress themes most like Lightly, by the tags they share, the most in common first. Installs, ratings and updates come from WordPress.org and refresh every night.

Lightly

100+ installs

Its stats
Closest match
MH Magazine lite
Shares 11 of Lightly's 11 tags.
Most installed
GeneratePress
500K+ active installs.
Best rated
Sinatra
5.0 out of 5 from 41 reviews.
Most recently updated
Newsup
Updated on Nov 9, 2026.
  1. MH Magazine lite

    by MH Themes

    MH Magazine lite is one of the most popular free responsive magazine, news, newspaper and blog WordPress themes for modern online magazines, dynamic news websites, professional blogs and other editorial websites. This f…

    Installs
    10K+
    Rank
    –
    Rating
    4.8(129)
    Updated
    2 years ago

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  2. Newsmatic

    by blazethemes

    Newsmatic is complete solution for your news website with full Elementor compatibility. By integrating the News Kit Elementor Addons plugin on your site, you can now customize any part of the theme with the Elementor pa…

    Installs
    10K+
    Rank
    #66
    Rating
    4.8(87)
    Updated
    11 days ago

    SharesBlogCustom backgroundCustom menuEntertainmentFeatured imagesFooter widgetsNewsRight sidebarTheme optionsTranslation readyTwo columns

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  3. OceanWP

    by oceanwp

    OceanWP is the perfect theme for your project. Lightweight and highly extendable, it will enable you to create almost any type of website such a blog, portfolio, business website and WooCommerce storefront with a beauti…

    Installs
    400K+
    Rank
    #9
    Rating
    4.9(5.7K)
    Updated
    13 days ago

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  4. Twenty Fourteen

    by WordPress.org

    In 2014, our default theme lets you create a responsive magazine website with a sleek, modern design. Feature your favorite homepage content in either a grid or a slider. Use the three widget areas to customize your web…

    Installs
    50K+
    Rank
    #56
    Rating
    4.4(97)
    Updated
    2 months ago

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  5. ColorMag

    by ThemeGrill

    ColorMag is a fast, flexible WordPress theme built for news portals, online magazines, personal blogs, and publishing sites. Trusted by 50,000+ publishers worldwide, it's the #1 news & magazine theme on WordPress.org. W…

    Installs
    40K+
    Rank
    #64
    Rating
    4.9(1.6K)
    Updated
    7 days ago

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  6. Sinatra

    by sinatrateam

    Sinatra is a lightweight and highly customizable multi-purpose theme that makes it easy for anyone to create their perfect website. You can use it for any type of website from blogs, businesses, online shops, creatives,…

    Installs
    20K+
    Rank
    #72
    Rating
    5.0(41)
    Updated
    28 days ago

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  7. Nirvana

    by CryoutCreations

    Imagine a land of infinite beauty and overwhelming magnificence. Imagine seas of freedom and oceans of peace joining together with splashing waves of pure love. Imagine high mountains of hope, hills of reason and deep v…

    Installs
    10K+
    Rank
    #273
    Rating
    4.3(69)
    Updated
    9 months ago

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  8. Parabola

    by CryoutCreations

    Welcome to a world of endless possibilities! Parabola awaits you with a huge assortment of theme settings that enable you to take a fully responsive, clean and elegant design to even newer heights. You can edit everythi…

    Installs
    10K+
    Rank
    #213
    Rating
    4.9(70)
    Updated
    9 months ago

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  9. Crio

    by BoldGrid

    Crio is a WordPress SuperTheme that allows front-end designers, developers and other web professionals to create without bounds or restrictions. Crio's advanced customization options are completely integrated with the…

    Installs
    10K+
    Rank
    #129
    Rating
    4.2(5)
    Updated
    2 months ago

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  10. Newsup

    by themeansar

    Newsup is a fast, clean, modern-looking Best Responsive News Magazine WordPress theme. The theme is fully widgetized, so users can manage the content by using easy to use widgets. Newsup is suitable for dynamic news, ne…

    Installs
    10K+
    Rank
    #76
    Rating
    4.8(188)
    Updated
    today

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  11. GeneratePress

    by Tom

    GeneratePress is a lightweight WordPress theme built with a focus on speed and usability. Performance is important to us, which is why a fresh GeneratePress install adds less than 10kb (gzipped) to your page size. We ta…

    Installs
    500K+
    Rank
    #11
    Rating
    4.9(1.4K)
    Updated
    11 months ago

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  12. Kadence

    by Nexcess

    Kadence Theme is a lightweight yet full featured WordPress theme for creating beautiful fast loading and accessible websites, easier than ever. It features an easy to use drag and drop header and footer builder to build…

    Installs
    500K+
    Rank
    #5
    Rating
    4.9(456)
    Updated
    3 days ago

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