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Cathedral vs Hestia

At a glance

  • Hestia has more active installs: 70K+, against 200+ for Cathedral.
  • On a typical day, Hestia is downloaded about 785 times, Cathedral about 0.
  • Cathedral 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 Apr 1, 2026 for Cathedral.
  • Hestia has been around longer: since 2017, against 2024 for Cathedral.

Line by line

Hestia leads on 4 of 5 comparable lines.

MetricCathedralHestia
Popular rank#2,414#31
Active installs200+70K+
Downloads, last 30 days3355.7K
Rating5.0(1)4.8(563)
Last release7 months ago12 days ago
Requires PHP7.25.4.0

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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