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WordPress theme comparison

Family vs Hestia

At a glance

  • Hestia has more active installs: 70K+, against 500+ for Family.
  • On a typical day, Hestia is downloaded about 792 times, Family about 0.
  • Family 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 12, 2015 for Family.
  • Family has been around longer: since 2014, against 2017 for Hestia.

Line by line

Hestia leads on 3 of 4 comparable lines.

MetricFamilyHestia
Popular rank–#31
Active installs500+70K+
Downloads, last 30 days755.9K
Rating5.0(1)4.8(563)
Last release11 years ago12 days ago
Requires PHP–5.4.0

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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