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Kadence Blocks

Build with blocks, launch with ease

The Kadence Blocks plugin transforms the WordPress core editor into a full-featured, visual website builder so you can create effective business websites, eCommerce shops, blogs, landing pages, and more.

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A WordPress homepage being edited with Kadence Blocks, the user chooses font size, animate on scroll, and a variety of elements like sections, buttons, icons, and images.

build anything

Designing on WordPress
doesn’t have to be hard.

Use Kadence Blocks to create the look and features you want right in the native WordPress interface without relying on custom coding or cookie-cutter designs.

Header & navigation

Create sticky headers, transparent menus, or mega menus.

A webpage says "Your journey starts here" with a mobile navigation.

Search

Customize the search bar to match your website’s design, colors, and branding.

A user customizes the search bar on their website using Kadence Blocks.

Forms

Spam protection features and seamless integration with top email marketing tools.

A user selects form submit options, selecting email and choosing from integration options for email marketing platforms.

Modals

Create engaging announcements, promotions, or collecting email sign-ups!

A popup created with Kadence Blocks on an ecommerce website is shown, promoting new arrivals.

Galleries

Customize the search bar to match your website’s design, colors, and branding.

A gallery of photos from a wedding.

Advanced query loop builder

Dynamically load content and visually customize to fit your needs.

A user creates a query loop with custom items in the General tab, like post type, number of items, offset starting point, and filter options by category and tag.

Row Layout

Build responsive, multi-column sections with precise control over spacing, backgrounds, and alignment—no code required.

Accordions

Tuck lengthy content into clean, collapsible panels that let visitors expand exactly what they want to read.

Google Maps

Drop an interactive, fully customizable map onto any page so customers can find you in seconds.

Lottie Animations

Bring your pages to life with lightweight, scalable animations that load fast and look crisp on every screen.

Table

Present data in clean, sortable tables that stay readable and responsive from desktop down to mobile.

Tabs

Organize dense information into tidy tabbed sections that keep your layout compact and easy to scan.

Testimonials

Showcase glowing customer reviews in polished, eye-catching layouts that build instant trust.

Countdown

Create urgency with a sleek countdown timer that drives action before the clock runs out.

kadence Pricing

One bundle, Simple pricing. No surprises.

Start at $99 with the Kadence theme and blocks. Upgrade when you need security, commerce, or multi-site management.

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Theme + Blocks

Essentials

$99 /year

Get Essentials

The Kadence foundation. Beautiful theme, 30+ blocks, 200+ starter templates.

  • Advanced block page builder (Blocks)
  • Premium themes & templates
  • Advanced form builder
  • Child theme builder
  • Custom fonts & icons
  • Header, footer, & navigation builder
  • Mega menus
  • Dynamic content sources

Pro

$299 /year

Get Pro

The Kadence stack for creators and small studios. Adds Security, Backups, Shop Kit for WooCommerce, and Memberships.

  • Everything in Essentials
  • Shop Kit for WooCommerce
  • Cart, checkout, promotions optimization
  • Content restriction
  • Membership levels & subscriptions
  • Security firewall, 2FA, virtual patching
  • Daily backups & one-click restore
For agencies

Elite

$499 /year

Get Elite

Built for agencies, with Kadence Central for white-label client portals and multi-site management.

  • Everything in Pro
  • A/B testing & performance analytics
  • Popups, promotional sale banners
  • Behavioral targeting & personalization
  • White label branding & client portal
  • Multi-site management (Central)
  • Built-in email delivery (1,000/month)
  • Conversion tools

Kadence Blocks FAQ

Questions, answered.

Want to know more? Check out our FAQs for answers to common questions. Talk to a human — usually under 4 hours.

Kadence Blocks is a plugin that transforms the native WordPress block editor (Gutenberg) into a full-featured visual website builder. It lets you construct responsive pages, landing pages, blogs, and online stores visually without touching code.

Kadence Blocks is free and open-source, you can use it however you want. Bundle with our Kadence plans to get the most out of Kadence Blocks. 

Kadence Blocks was built with intelligent code that makes it as lightweight as possible. This means it only loads what you are using on a page by page basis.

For example, if you have a page where you are not using any Kadence Block then nothing from Kadence Blocks will load. Or if you have a page where you are only using our Advanced Button block then only the advanced button block styles will load.

The intelligent load means that if you just want to use one block from our plugin you don’t have to load all the other CSS and JavaScript as extras. We recommend using optimized hosting for WordPress, as well. 

The key difference is their role in your website’s architecture: Kadence Theme controls your global website structure, while Kadence Blocks controls the content design inside your pages.

  • Kadence Theme: This is your site’s structural foundation. It handles global settings like site-wide color palettes, default typography, page width, sidebar placements, and the visual drag-and-drop Header and Footer Builder. WordPress requires an active theme to function.
  • Kadence Blocks: This is a plugin that extends the native WordPress Block Editor. It acts as a lightweight, visual page builder that lets you design individual pages using custom blocks like multi-column Row Layouts, Accordions, Tabs, Modals, Forms, and Lottie Animations.

How they work together: You can use Kadence Blocks with any WordPress theme, but pairing it with the Kadence Theme gives you a seamless, lightning-fast design system where global theme colors and fonts automatically sync with your block designs.

Yes. Kadence Blocks is fully compatible with WooCommerce and includes dedicated tools to help you design fast, high-converting online stores directly inside the native editor without touching code. Learn more about Kadence Shop Kit for WooCommerce. 

Yes! You can access Kadence’s full knowledge base on Nexcess.