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WordPress theme comparison

GovPress vs Hestia

At a glance

  • Hestia has more active installs: 70K+, against 600+ for GovPress.
  • On a typical day, Hestia is downloaded about 785 times, GovPress about 2.
  • GovPress is rated higher: 4.9 out of 5 from 7 reviews, against 4.8 from 563 reviews.
  • Hestia was updated more recently: Oct 29, 2026, against Aug 6, 2026 for GovPress.
  • GovPress has been around longer: since 2014, against 2017 for Hestia.

Line by line

Hestia leads on 4 of 5 comparable lines.

MetricGovPressHestia
Popular rank#3,711#31
Active installs600+70K+
Downloads, last 30 days8755.1K
Rating4.9(7)4.8(563)
Last release3 months ago12 days ago
Requires PHP7.45.4.0

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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