Olsen Light vs Writee
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| Feature | Olsen Light v1.8.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details | Writee v2.0.5 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 2,000+ | 5,000+ |
| Last updated | October 13, 2026 | February 18, 2022 |
| Editions | Olsen Light · Olsen Light Pro ($) | Writee · Writee Pro ($) |
| Pros | Clean, minimal blog layout for personal and multi-author sites; About, Latest Posts and Socials widgets included; Choice of Google Fonts or Bunny Fonts as font provider | Free blog theme with a full-width or boxed slider; Three custom widgets: about me, social icons and recent posts; Social profile links and custom CSS and JS settings in the Customizer |
| Cons | Multiple layouts and extra customizer options are upsold to Pro; Fewer layout choices than the paid Pro version offers | Advanced options are offered only as a Writee Pro upgrade; Travel template loads Google Maps with an API key hardcoded in the theme |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | About, Latest Posts and Socials widgets, Google Fonts or Bunny Fonts provider choice, Post thumbnail support, Onboarding page, Pro upgrade list (layouts, style variations, customizer options) | Full-width or boxed content slider, About me widget, Social icons widget, Recent posts widget, Social profile links in Customizer, Custom CSS and JS output, Translation ready with bundled language files, Writee Pro upgrade ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce |
| Other | Google Fonts, Bunny Fonts | Google Maps |
| Requires WordPress | 6.0 | — |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.0 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 5.9 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | fonts.bunny.net, fonts.googleapis.com | maps.googleapis.com |