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Bands vs Hestia

At a glance

  • Hestia has more active installs: 70K+, against 300+ for Bands.
  • On a typical day, Hestia is downloaded about 785 times, Bands about 2.
  • Bands 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 Nov 12, 2025 for Bands.
  • Hestia has been around longer: since 2017, against 2020 for Bands.

Line by line

Hestia leads on 4 of 5 comparable lines.

MetricBandsHestia
Popular rank#3,691#31
Active installs300+70K+
Downloads, last 30 days7855.7K
Rating5.0(1)4.8(563)
Last release1 year ago11 days ago
Requires PHP7.45.4.0

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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