Ashe vs Writee
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| Feature | Ashe v2.275 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details | Writee v2.0.5 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 30,000+ | 5,000+ |
| Last updated | October 23, 2026 | February 18, 2022 |
| Editions | Ashe · Ashe PRO ($) | Writee · Writee Pro ($) |
| Pros | Minimal, responsive blog layout; Featured slider and social icon options in the customizer; Right-to-left and translation ready | Free blog theme with a full-width or boxed slider; Three custom widgets: about me, social icons and recent posts; Social profile links and custom CSS and JS settings in the Customizer |
| Cons | Ashe PRO upgrade prompts in the admin; Loads Google Fonts from fonts.googleapis.com; Advanced setup and layouts need Ashe PRO | Advanced options are offered only as a Writee Pro upgrade; Travel template loads Google Maps with an API key hardcoded in the theme |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Featured slider with customizer amount setting, Social icon options including Instagram, Google Fonts loaded for the theme typography, Ashe PRO upgrade panel and checkout link | Full-width or boxed content slider, About me widget, Social icons widget, Recent posts widget, Social profile links in Customizer, Custom CSS and JS output, Translation ready with bundled language files, Writee Pro upgrade ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce |
| Other | Google Fonts | Google Maps |
| Requires WordPress | 4.7 | — |
| Requires PHP | 5.2.4 | 7.0 |
| Tested up to | WordPress 7.1 | 5.9 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | fonts.googleapis.com | maps.googleapis.com |