WordPress theme comparison
Hestia vs Shamrock
At a glance
- Hestia has more active installs: 70K+, against 800+ for Shamrock.
- On a typical day, Hestia is downloaded about 792 times, Shamrock about 0.
- Shamrock is rated higher: 4.9 out of 5 from 9 reviews, against 4.8 from 563 reviews.
- Hestia was updated more recently: Oct 29, 2026, against Aug 24, 2018 for Shamrock.
- Shamrock has been around longer: since 2015, against 2017 for Hestia.
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 Custom colors themes
- Top Custom menu themes
- Top Editor style themes
- Top Featured images themes
- Top Left sidebar themes
- Top Post formats themes
- Top Right sidebar themes
- Top RTL language support themes
- Top Sticky post themes
- Top Theme options themes
- Top Threaded comments themes
- Top Translation ready themes
- Top Two columns themes
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