Why was Hestia removed from .org?

Hey,

The way suspended themes appear might be weird, with no reasoning behind, here are all the details: https://themes.trac.www.ads-software.com/ticket/85661#comment:4.

We’ve been asked to remove the starter site calls from the theme and we did so, in the next update starter sites aren’t there anymore, we’ve decided to keep those only for our theme Neve (which would come as a plugin).

Unfortunately, there is no timeline, the themes part of the official repository is run by volunteers, for which day jobs are taking the priority, might be up tomorrow, or might be up in a week or a month. Is important to be aware, that there is nothing to be worried about, in the meantime you can get the latest version from our website if you wish so.

Thank you for explaining what happened. This helps me a lot understanding what’s going on.

I will happily go to your site and download and install the free version of Hestia that way.

I do want to compliment you on how you continue to impress me as an excellent theme company, and will be recommending you and your themes to all my students.

Thanks!

Christina