generatepress_child vs genesis

genesis is used by more websites in our catalog: 479 use generatepress_child and 1,671 use genesis.

generatepress_child sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (generatepress_child: 31, genesis: 24).

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, generatepress_child went from 0.07% to 0.05% of all tracked sites, while genesis went from 0.23% to 0.19%. generatepress_child is gaining ground faster in our index.

No. A site runs a single WordPress theme, so generatepress_child and genesis are mutually exclusive.

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.