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WordPress theme comparison

Canonical vs Neve

At a glance

  • Neve has more active installs: 200K+, against 30+ for Canonical.
  • On a typical day, Neve is downloaded about 2,117 times, Canonical about 0.
  • Canonical is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 2 reviews, against 4.7 from 1,284 reviews.
  • Neve was updated more recently: Nov 6, 2026, against Feb 26, 2015 for Canonical.
  • Canonical has been around longer: since 2013, against 2018 for Neve.

Line by line

Neve leads on 3 of 4 comparable lines.

MetricCanonicalNeve
Popular rank–#16
Active installs30+200K+
Downloads, last 30 days0122K
Rating5.0(2)4.7(1.3K)
Last release11 years ago4 days ago
Requires PHP–7.0

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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