WordPress theme comparison
Ashe vs Simplify
At a glance
- Ashe has more active installs: 30K+, against 500+ for Simplify.
- On a typical day, Ashe is downloaded about 280 times, Simplify about 2.
- Ashe is rated higher: 4.9 out of 5 from 304 reviews, against 3.9 from 35 reviews.
- Ashe was updated more recently: Oct 23, 2026, against Nov 14, 2024 for Simplify.
- Simplify has been around longer: since 2013, against 2018 for Ashe.
Line by line
Ashe leads on 5 of 5 comparable lines.
From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.
Tags they share
- Top Blog themes
- Top Custom background themes
- Top Custom header themes
- Top Custom menu themes
- Top Featured images themes
- Top Full width template themes
- Top Right sidebar themes
- Top RTL language support themes
- Top Sticky post themes
- Top Theme options themes
- Top Threaded comments themes
- Top Translation ready themes
- Top Two columns themes
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