WordPress theme comparison
Neve vs Shift
At a glance
- Neve has more active installs: 200K+, against 600+ for Shift.
- On a typical day, Neve is downloaded about 2,117 times, Shift about 8.
- Shift is rated higher: 4.8 out of 5 from 20 reviews, against 4.7 from 1,284 reviews.
- Neve was updated more recently: Nov 6, 2026, against Oct 27, 2026 for Shift.
- Shift has been around longer: since 2016, against 2018 for Neve.
Line by line
Neve leads on 4 of 5 comparable lines.
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Tags they share
- Top Accessibility ready themes
- Top Blog themes
- Top Custom logo themes
- Top Custom menu themes
- Top Featured images themes
- Top Full width template themes
- Top Left sidebar 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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