WordPress theme comparison
Columnist vs Hestia
At a glance
- Hestia has more active installs: 70K+, against 10+ for Columnist.
- On a typical day, Hestia is downloaded about 785 times, Columnist about 0.
- Columnist 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 Dec 28, 2013 for Columnist.
- Columnist has been around longer: since 2013, against 2017 for Hestia.
Line by line
Hestia leads on 3 of 4 comparable lines.
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