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Aries vs Hestia

At a glance

  • Hestia has more active installs: 70K+, against 700+ for Aries.
  • On a typical day, Hestia is downloaded about 785 times, Aries about 0.
  • Aries is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.8 from 563 reviews.
  • Hestia was updated more recently: Oct 29, 2026, against May 30, 2015 for Aries.
  • Aries has been around longer: since 2015, against 2017 for Hestia.

Line by line

Hestia leads on 3 of 4 comparable lines.

MetricAriesHestia
Popular rank–#31
Active installs700+70K+
Downloads, last 30 days155.7K
Rating5.0(1)4.8(563)
Last release11 years ago12 days ago
Requires PHP–5.4.0

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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