WordPress theme comparison
Default vs Hestia
At a glance
- Hestia has more active installs: 70K+, against 10K+ for Default.
- On a typical day, Hestia is downloaded about 785 times, Default about 128.
- Default is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 3 reviews, against 4.8 from 563 reviews.
- Hestia was updated more recently: Oct 29, 2026, against Jun 14, 2010 for Default.
- Default has been around longer: since 2010, against 2017 for Hestia.
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Hestia leads on 3 of 4 comparable lines.
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