WordPress theme comparison
DarkNews vs Hestia
At a glance
- Hestia has more active installs: 70K+, against 1K+ for DarkNews.
- On a typical day, Hestia is downloaded about 792 times, DarkNews about 35.
- Both are rated 4.8 out of 5.
- DarkNews was updated more recently: Nov 6, 2026, against Oct 29, 2026 for Hestia.
- Hestia has been around longer: since 2017, against 2021 for DarkNews.
Line by line
Hestia leads on 3 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.
Tags they share
- Top Blog themes
- Top Custom background themes
- Top Custom colors themes
- Top Custom header themes
- Top Custom logo themes
- Top Custom menu themes
- Top Featured images themes
- Top Flexible header themes
- Top Footer widgets themes
- Top Full width template themes
- Top Grid layout themes
- Top Left sidebar themes
- Top One column themes
- Top Post formats themes
- Top Right sidebar themes
- Top RTL language support themes
- Top Theme options themes
- Top Threaded comments themes
- Top Translation ready themes
- Top Two columns themes
- Top Wide blocks themes
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