Limited-Time Offer

Get Extra 20% off on FullCharge Yearly Plan — available for first 10 users only. Don’t miss out! 🚀

WordPress theme comparison

GeneratePress vs hexo

At a glance

  • GeneratePress has more active installs: 500K+, against 60+ for hexo.
  • On a typical day, GeneratePress is downloaded about 1,228 times, hexo about 0.
  • hexo is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.9 from 1,428 reviews.
  • GeneratePress was updated more recently: Dec 1, 2025, against Jan 18, 2017 for hexo.
  • GeneratePress has been around longer: since 2014, against 2017 for hexo.

Line by line

GeneratePress leads on 3 of 4 comparable lines.

MetricGeneratePresshexo
Popular rank#11–
Active installs500K+60+
Downloads, last 30 days35K0
Rating4.9(1.4K)5.0(1)
Last release11 months ago9 years ago
Requires PHP7.4–

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

More comparisons

Is one of these yours?

Track your theme against its rivals every day: rank, installs, downloads, ratings and their releases, with alerts when anything moves.

Start free