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Extendify
The best WordPress templates, pattern, and layout library with 1,000+ designs built for the Gutenberg block editor.
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- Updated
- 9 days ago
Kadence Starter Templates — Predesigned Website Templates
Build a Beautiful "performance optimized" website with ease.
- Active installs
- 200,000+
- #207 of 1,000
- Downloads, all time
- 6.8M
- 6,828,959
- Downloads, 30 days
- 33.9K
- 7.4K in the last 7
- Rating
- 4.3 / 5
- 19 reviews
- Last updated
- 3 months ago
- Aug 12, 2026
- Version
- 2.3.4
- 73 releases
Upkeep and compatibility
| Last updated | August 12, 2026Updated in the last 3 months |
|---|---|
| Tested up to | WordPress 7.0.8Older than WordPress 7.1.4, the current release |
| Needs WordPress | 6.2 or newer |
| Needs PHP | 7.4 or newer |
| First published | August 7, 2020 |
| Support, last two months | 0 of 1 threads resolved (0%) |
Reviews
4.3 / 5 from 19 reviews
| 5 stars | 15 |
|---|---|
| 4 stars | 0 |
| 3 stars | 0 |
| 2 stars | 2 |
| 1 star | 2 |
Downloads, last 30 days
What the author says it does
BUILD A BEAUTIFUL “PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZED” WEBSITE WITH EASE
Build and customize professionally designed websites in minutes with ready-to-use starter templates.
Kadence Starter Templates provides a collection of high-quality website designs built with the WordPress block editor and Kadence Blocks, optimized for performance, accessibility, and flexibility.
Each template is designed with a global color palette and typography system, allowing you to quickly adapt the design to match your brand.
VIDEO OVERVIEW
KADENCE STARTER TEMPLATES PUTS THE E BACK IN EASY
Kadence Starter Templates using the Kadence Theme for all the designs.
Why the Kadence Theme?
Header/Footer Builder – Unlike other themes, the Kadence Theme comes with a drag and drop header/footer builder. This allows unlimited design possibilities.
Globally Linked Color Palette – The color of element on your website is linked to a global color palette. Want to change a color, change it in one place and the color changes across your entire website.
Globally Linked Fonts – Like with the color system, the same goes for your font choices. Want to change a font, change it in one place and the font changes across your entire website.
The opening of the plugin's own description. The full text, installation notes and changelog are on its WordPress.org page.
Questions the author answers
Will this work work with my theme?
All of our starter templates are designed to work with the free Kadence Theme.
Will this work with my page builder?
Currently all the starter templates are built using the default WordPress block builder and Kadence Blocks which adds page builder like features to your website. We have some classic templates built with Elementor. In the future and will be keeping tabs on what our users request.
Can I import a starter template on an existing website?
Yes you can, however it’s best that you install one of our starter templates on a fresh WordPress installation.
Do I still need the plugin after I install a starter template?
You can disable the plugin however you would lose out on the additional features we are adding to make it easier to having and customizing your website.
Will this slow down my website?
Absolutely not.
Where do I report security bugs found in this plugin?
Please report security bugs found in the source code of the
Kadence Starter Templates plugin through the Patchstack
Vulnerability Disclosure Program https://patchstack.com/database/vdp/kadence-starter-templates. The
Patchstack team will assist you with verification, CVE assignment, and
notify the developers of this plugin.
Latest changelog entry
Release Date: 12th August 2026
* Security: Enhanced security on image processing REST API module.
* Add: Kadence Creative Kit is now shown as a recommended plugin on the template plugins screen.
* Fix: Only a bundled plugin that the selected template actually requires will block the import from continuing.
* Fix: Corrected the “Kadence Blocks Pro” plugin title.
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Where this page's numbers come from
Read from the WordPress.org plugin API on , when WordPress 7.1.4 was the current release. WordPress.org rounds active installs into buckets. These are the directory's figures, not my verdict, and I haven't tested this plugin.