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WordPress theme comparison

Dark vs Hestia

At a glance

  • Hestia has more active installs: 70K+, against 300+ for Dark.
  • On a typical day, Hestia is downloaded about 785 times, Dark about 1.
  • 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 Dec 8, 2020 for Dark.

Line by line

Hestia leads on 4 of 4 comparable lines.

MetricDarkHestia
Popular rank–#31
Active installs300+70K+
Downloads, last 30 days2855.7K
Rating3.0(1)4.8(563)
Last release6 years ago11 days ago
Requires PHP5.65.4.0

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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