Title: Kadence Author: Nexcess Published: November 2, 2020 Last modified: June 25, 2026 --- # Kadence ![Nexcess Avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d614d953044e11b41ac7023709e850df4db1005b6845af94909326b25137590c? s=24&d=mm&r=g) [Nexcess](https://wordpress.org/themes/author/stellarwp/) ![](https://i0.wp.com/themes.svn.wordpress.org/kadence/1.5.1/screenshot.png?w=post- thumbnail&strip=all) ## Commercial theme This theme is free but offers additional paid commercial upgrades or support. [Preview](https://wordpress.org/themes/kadence/preview/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/theme/kadence.1.5.1.zip) * Version 1.5.1 * Last updated June 25, 2026 * Active installations 500,000+ * WordPress version 6.3 * PHP version 7.4 * [Theme homepage](https://www.kadencewp.com/kadence-theme/) Kadence Theme is a lightweight yet full featured WordPress theme for creating beautiful fast loading and accessible websites, easier than ever. It features an easy to use drag and drop header and footer builder to build any type of header in minutes. It features a full library of gorgeous starter templates that are easy to modify with our intelligent global font and color controls. With extensive integration with the most popular 3rd party plugins, you can quickly build impressive ecommerce websites, course websites, business websites, and more. ## Features [Accessibility ready](https://wordpress.org/themes/tags/accessibility-ready/), [Blog](https://wordpress.org/themes/tags/blog/), [Custom background](https://wordpress.org/themes/tags/custom-background/), [Custom colors](https://wordpress.org/themes/tags/custom-colors/), [Custom logo](https://wordpress.org/themes/tags/custom-logo/), [Custom menu](https://wordpress.org/themes/tags/custom-menu/), [E-commerce](https://wordpress.org/themes/tags/e-commerce/), [Editor style](https://wordpress.org/themes/tags/editor-style/), [Featured images](https://wordpress.org/themes/tags/featured-images/), [Footer widgets](https://wordpress.org/themes/tags/footer-widgets/), [Full width template](https://wordpress.org/themes/tags/full-width-template/), [Left sidebar](https://wordpress.org/themes/tags/left-sidebar/), [Right sidebar](https://wordpress.org/themes/tags/right-sidebar/), [RTL language support](https://wordpress.org/themes/tags/rtl-language-support/), [Theme options](https://wordpress.org/themes/tags/theme-options/), [Threaded comments](https://wordpress.org/themes/tags/threaded-comments/), [Translation ready](https://wordpress.org/themes/tags/translation-ready/), [Two columns](https://wordpress.org/themes/tags/two-columns/), [Wide blocks](https://wordpress.org/themes/tags/wide-blocks/) ## Downloads per day Active Installations: **500,000+** ## Ratings 4.9 out of 5 stars. * [ 428 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/theme/kadence/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 7 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/theme/kadence/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 3 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/theme/kadence/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 3 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/theme/kadence/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 9 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/theme/kadence/reviews/?filter=1) [Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/theme/kadence/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/theme/kadence/reviews/) ## Support Got something to say? 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