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Hestia vs Sumo

At a glance

  • Hestia has more active installs: 70K+, against 50+ for Sumo.
  • On a typical day, Hestia is downloaded about 785 times, Sumo about 0.
  • Hestia is rated higher: 4.8 out of 5 from 563 reviews, against 4.7 from 3 reviews.
  • Hestia was updated more recently: Oct 29, 2026, against Nov 27, 2015 for Sumo.
  • Sumo has been around longer: since 2015, against 2017 for Hestia.

Line by line

Hestia leads on 4 of 4 comparable lines.

MetricHestiaSumo
Popular rank#31–
Active installs70K+50+
Downloads, last 30 days55.7K0
Rating4.8(563)4.7(3)
Last release11 days ago11 years ago
Requires PHP5.4.0–

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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