generatepress vs generatepress_child

generatepress is used by more websites in our catalog: 12,287 use generatepress and 479 use generatepress_child.

generatepress_child sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (generatepress: 16, generatepress_child: 31).

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, generatepress went from 1.8% to 1.4% of all tracked sites, while generatepress_child went from 0.07% to 0.05%. generatepress_child is gaining ground faster in our index.

No. A site runs a single WordPress theme, so generatepress and generatepress_child 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.