Is essentials or Extra more popular?

Extra is used by more websites in our catalog: 117 use essentials and 795 use Extra.

Does essentials or Extra have higher-authority sites?

essentials sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (essentials: 28, Extra: 27).

Is essentials or Extra growing faster?

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, essentials went from 0.02% to 0.01% of all tracked sites, while Extra went from 0.11% to 0.09%. essentials is gaining ground faster in our index.

Can a site use both essentials and Extra?

No. A site runs a single WordPress theme, so essentials and Extra are mutually exclusive.

Where does this essentials vs Extra data come from?

Adoption is counted from Site Stats Database's own crawl; Domain Rating comes from Ahrefs and traffic from DataForSEO. Figures reflect the sites we track and refresh at least monthly.

essentials vs Extra — Site Stats Database

essentials vs Extra

A side-by-side comparison of two wordpress themes, based on the 300,931 WordPress Theme sites tracked by Site Stats Database.

Last updated July 1, 2026

Metric	essentials	Extra
Websites	117	795
Market share	0.04%	0.26%
Share of top 10K sites	0.00%	0.02%

Rank	#153	#29

Median DR	28	27

Average DR	30	27

Median keywords	823	1,116

Median referring domains	313	499

Median domain age	9 yrs	12 yrs

Average domain age	12 yrs	13 yrs

Average monthly traffic	15,490	24,408

Combined monthly traffic	1,812,379	19,404,639

parrots.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)73
Total Keywords6,918
Referring Domains2,723
Domain Age30 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)408,167
Traffic Trend
Technologyessentials
aeropuertosju.com
LanguageSpanish
DR (Ahrefs)55
Total Keywords1,229
Referring Domains1,073
Domain Age13 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)211,159
Traffic Trend
Technology
greaterknoxent.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)14
Total Keywords4,253
Referring Domains177
Domain Age21 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)193,495
Traffic Trend
Technology
visitminot.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)45
Total Keywords5,168
Referring Domains1,352
Domain Age
Traffic (Jun 2026)162,139
Traffic Trend
Technology
chesterschicken.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)38
Total Keywords5,534
Referring Domains436
Domain Age6 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)148,222
Traffic Trend
Technology
fbla.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)71
Total Keywords5,525
Referring Domains2,373
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)89,710
Traffic Trend
Technologyessentials
socinator.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)39
Total Keywords15,008
Referring Domains1,288
Domain Age8 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)51,570
Traffic Trend
Technology
smallscalepigfarming.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)15
Total Keywords920
Referring Domains55
Domain Age4 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)27,681
Traffic Trend
Technology
barxparx.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)35
Total Keywords1,810
Referring Domains340
Domain Age10 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)22,818
Traffic Trend
Technologyessentials
electronicafinance.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)41
Total Keywords470
Referring Domains764
Domain Age19 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)21,686
Traffic Trend
Technology

Website	Language	DR (Ahrefs)	Total Keywords	Referring Domains	Domain Age	Traffic (Jun 2026)	Traffic Trend	Technology
parrots.org	English	73	6,918	2,723	30 yrs	408,167		essentials

fashionhistory.fitnyc.edu
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)79
Total Keywords27,602
Referring Domains4,264
Domain Age30 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)3,135,798
Traffic Trend
TechnologyExtra
hgic.clemson.edu
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)85
Total Keywords176,104
Referring Domains10,307
Domain Age39 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)2,356,502
Traffic Trend
Technology
chapelboro.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)67
Total Keywords24,419
Referring Domains6,108
Domain Age15 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)693,564
Traffic Trend
Technology
historyguild.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)40
Total Keywords41,968
Referring Domains1,101
Domain Age6 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)598,293
Traffic Trend
Technology
thebitenm.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)25
Total Keywords1,569
Referring Domains108
Domain Age5 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)573,861
Traffic Trend
Technology
thermtest.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)54
Total Keywords9,424
Referring Domains1,375
Domain Age20 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)479,438
Traffic Trend
Technology
electricchoice.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)63
Total Keywords17,511
Referring Domains2,226
Domain Age26 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)391,781
Traffic Trend
Technology
sanjuanpuertorico.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)51
Total Keywords5,442
Referring Domains2,372
Domain Age28 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)351,797
Traffic Trend
Technology
parentcenterhub.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)77
Total Keywords13,419
Referring Domains6,798
Domain Age12 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)338,838
Traffic Trend
Technology
leanderisd.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)62
Total Keywords10,135
Referring Domains4,759
Domain Age24 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)289,694
Traffic Trend
Technology