What is the Difference Between Hestia and Hestia PRO?
Which product version is right for me, free or PRO? Check the comparison of key features and differences between Hestia and Hestia PRO.
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| eCommerce |
Frontpage & Sections |
Fonts, Colors, Animations & more! |
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| Header & Footer |
Blog |
Multi-language & Support |
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| Custom Layouts |
Starter Sites |
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Frontpage & Sections
| Features | Hestia | Hestia Pro |
| Slider Hestia PRO offers an unlimited number of slides. |
- | Yes |
| Video background Hestia PRO offers the option to have a video background in the front page header area. You can use either a video from your computer or a video hosted on Youtube. |
- | Yes |
| Portfolio Section Portfolio section with two possible layouts and an option to open in a lightbox. |
- | Yes |
| Pricing Plans Section Pricing section with two possible pricing packages. |
- | Yes |
| Section Reordering You will get the ability to reorganize your Frontpage Sections more easily and quickly. |
- | Yes |
| Add new sections on Homepage Add Shortcodes anywhere on Homepage using Hestia Pro Hooks section for new sections, text, button, etc... |
- | Yes |
| Re-use frontpage sections on other pages With this option, you can easily re-create the front page, or part of it, on any other page of your site. |
- | Yes |
| Full Elementor and Divi Builder compatibility You can customize Hestia via your front-end by using blocks and drag-and-drop elements. More with Divi Builder and Elementor page builders. |
Basic | Enhanced |
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eCommerce
| Features | Hestia | Hestia Pro |
| WooCommerce Compatibility The theme is fully compatible with the WooCommerce plugin. You can set up your online store in a matter of minutes. |
Basic | Enhanced |
| Two different Shop layouts Default layout and Wide layout |
- | Yes |
| Infinite scrolling You can have either pagination or infinite scroll on the category/shop pages. |
- | Yes |
| Distraction Free Checkout |
- | Yes |
| Customize the Shop section - Homepage Hestia PRO allows better managing the Shop section on |
- | Yes |
| Cart icon in the primary menu With Hestia PRO, when using WooCommerce on your site, you will get a nice-looking cart icon in the primary menu. The cart is automatically updated with the corresponding products and is an easy way for your users' buying process. |
- | Yes |
Upgrade to Pro
Header & Footer
| Features | Hestia | Hestia Pro |
| Hamburger(full-screen) Menu |
- | Yes |
| Multiple Header Layouts per page Hestia comes with a number of layouts available for the header area. Hestia Pro enables you to have different headers page/post-wise! |
3 | Advanced |
| Transparent or colored navigation Option to switch between the transparent navigation and solid-colored navigation |
- | Yes |
| Top Bar Hestia comes with a Top Bar section that can be used for social icons, contact addresses, or phone numbers. In Hestia PRO the customization options are extended. You can change all the colors as well as the alignment. |
Basic | Advanced |
| Advanced Footer Options With Hestia PRO you have the possibility to easily change the number of Footer Widgets Columns to better match your site requirements. |
- | Yes |
| Alternative Footer Style Hestia offers a new alternative layout for the footer area. You can choose either the black footer or the white one. The footer credit information bar layout can be rearranged on left,right or center. |
- | Yes |
Fonts, Colors, Animations & more!
| Advanced Typography Options Options for customizing font family and font size for the front page and internal pages/posts. Plus, in Hestia PRO you get the ability to change all the typography options differentiated on the desktop, tablet, and mobile environments. |
Basic | Advanced |
| Animations Hestia PRO comes with fully-integrated animations for all frontpage elements. This way, the frontpage becomes more interactive and has a better visual appearance. |
- | Yes |
| Colors Options You can change the secondary color in the theme as well as colors for the header overlay, header text and navbar. |
Basic | Advanced |
| Sidebar width option Option to control the width of the sidebar in all the pages. The content width will also adapt correspondingly. |
- | Yes |
| Container width option Option to control the width of the containers in all the pages. |
- | Yes |
Blog
| Extra Options For The Blog Page Authors Section & Subscribe Section on the Blog Page. |
- | Yes |
| Fresh Grid & Full Width Layouts For The Blog Page You can choose between many grid layouts (from 1 to 4-column layouts) and use a masonry effect on the blogpages. 1 column layout is totally different full width. |
- | Yes |
| Option to chose a certain category for the Blog section In Hestia PRO, you can make sure only certain posts appear in the front page Blog section. You have the possibility to choose your desired posts category. |
- | Yes |
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Custom Layouts
| Custom Layouts This module allows custom sections to be displayed on various location on the website by using hooks |
- | Yes |
| Custom Header editable with Elementor or Gutenberg |
- | Yes |
| Custom Footer editable with Elementor or Gutenberg |
- | Yes |
| Custom 404 page editable with Elementor or Gutenberg |
- | Yes |
Multi-language & Support
| Multi-lingual & RTL ready Hestia Pro is fully compatible with WPML, Weglot and Polylang. It can easily be used for multilingual sites. |
- | Yes |
| Fast & Friendly Support On average, a PRO user gets a reply in 5 hours or less. |
- | Yes |
Starter Sites
Hestia Pro comes with ready-made starter sites available for import. Those are templates similar to the front-page sections of the theme, however, they are built with a page builder plugin like Elementor. Each demo was designed for a dedicated website, such as Travel Agency, Lawyers, Coffee Shop, Gym, Doctors.
Importing them is available in Dashboard -> Appearance -> Hestia Pro Options page.
Is also worth noting few things:
- You can easily cancel the yearly subscription immediately after purchase it. If you stop paying after 1 year you won't have support and updates, the theme will continue to work, you paid for the theme, and is yours :)
- Upgrading to Hestia PRO is very smooth, just upload & activate the PRO version and you will automatically get access to the extra features, the website won't break nor do you need to re-configure