Kadence Theme

A fast theme by default. Flexible by design.

Kadence is the theme for whatever you’re building: a blog, business site, store, or course. Design it visually, then add WooCommerce, security, and multi-site tools as your site grows.

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A WordPress website built with Kadence Theme, shown on desktop and mobile.

build anything

The last WordPress theme
you’ll need

Most themes make you choose: eye-catching or fast, flexible or lightweight, powerful or beginner-friendly. Kadence Themes delivers it all, no trade-offs.

Deep layout controls

Adjust padding, margins, sidebar placement, and page width for any page, post, or custom post type. Every layout looks the way you actually pictured it.

A user customizes the layout of a webpage, shows a promotion block for yoga classes alongside a yoga mat kit that the user can purchase.

Customize your header and footer

Build any header or footer in minutes with the visual builder, complete with sticky bars, transparent headers, mega menus, multi-row navigation, and 20+ header widgets.

A user edits the top navigation in the WordPress block editor using Kadence Theme, the website showcases services offered by a designer.

Global styles

Set your fonts and colors once in a single panel, and every page on your site picks them up automatically. No more re-styling page by page.

The global palette setting in Kadence Theme, showing accent, contrast, base, and notices colors to choose from, a user is seeing how each looks on their course website.

Lightweight

Kadence ships a clean, optimized codebase right out of the box, so your site loads fast without any extra tuning on your end.

A series of performance metrics when using Kadence Theme, including LCP, CLS, INP, and FCP, all rated as "Good".

build anything

Add exactly what your site needs, nothing it doesn’t.

Kadence works with the tools you already use, including WooCommerce to sell online, Kadence Blocks for advanced layouts, and professionally-designed templates when you want to get started instantly.

WooCommerce store tools

Seamlessly build and customize a full online store. Pro and Elite plans add Shop Kit, a bundle of 18 additional features for stores that need more than the basics.

Kadence Blocks plugin

Add rows, tabs, accordions, galleries, and more with Kadence Blocks Pro. Get full page builder flexibility, advanced blocks, and dynamic content, all in your WordPress editor.

Starter templates

Start from a professionally designed template and start editing your real site in minutes, no more staring at a blank page.

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 theme 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 Theme offers a complete suite of design, performance, and customization tools built right into the WordPress Customizer. Key features include:

Built-in navigation tools: Integrated breadcrumb generation (compatible with popular SEO plugins) and customizable scroll-to-top buttons.

Header & footer builders: Drag-and-drop interfaces to build custom, sticky, or transparent headers and responsive footers, complete with integrated social links.
Global design controls: Site-wide control over color palettes, full typography settings (Google and web-safe fonts), and consistent button styling that updates across your entire site in a few clicks.
Flexible layout options: Custom sidebar, full-width, or narrow layout settings tailored for individual pages, posts, and custom post types (CPTs).
Responsive styling: Device-specific controls allowing you to customize layout, typography, and spacing separately for desktop, tablet, and mobile screens.
Performance & SEO optimization: Lightweight architecture with built-in schema markup, best SEO practices, and one-click CSS pre-loading for faster load times.

Yes. Kadence is built from the ground up as a lightweight, block-first WordPress theme designed to load in milliseconds. It avoids bloat, providing exceptional performance out of the box while maintaining high layout flexibility. Kadence Theme features built-in SEO best practices, structured schema markup, clean HTML, and a one-click CSS pre-loading to ensure fast page render times.

Yes. Kadence includes granular responsive controls directly in the WordPress Customizer. This allows you to adjust font sizes, layouts, padding, and visibility independently for desktop, tablet, and mobile screens.

Yes. You can manage layout settings for standard posts, pages, and custom post types (CPTs) directly in the WordPress Customizer. Options include boxed, unboxed, full-width, narrow, or custom sidebar layouts. Global color palettes and button settings update across all content types simultaneously.

Kadence offers deep, native WooCommerce support. You can customize product loops, enable sticky “Add to Cart” buttons, deploy off-canvas sliding carts, and streamline checkout flows. Higher-tier plans also include the Kadence Shop Kit for advanced store features and custom field management for WooCommerce emails.

Kadence integrates with a wide variety of plugins and page builders. Take a look at our full list of plugin and software integrations.