WordPress theme comparison
Connex vs Hestia
At a glance
- Hestia has more active installs: 70K+, against 20+ for Connex.
- On a typical day, Hestia is downloaded about 785 times, Connex about 0.
- Hestia is rated higher: 4.8 out of 5 from 563 reviews, against 3.0 from 1 review.
- Hestia was updated more recently: Oct 29, 2026, against Jul 30, 2018 for Connex.
- Connex has been around longer: since 2014, against 2017 for Hestia.
Line by line
Hestia leads on 4 of 4 comparable lines.
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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