by Nexcess 4.1 (19 reviews)

Kadence Starter Templates — Predesigned Website Templates

Name: Kadence Starter Templates — Predesigned Website Templates
Rating: 4.1 (19 reviews)
Author: Nexcess

Build a Beautiful "performance optimized" website with ease.

Kadence Starter Templates ranks #207 among WordPress.org plugins with 200,000+ active installations, is #34 of 8,534 in the Customization category, a 4.1/5 rating from 19 reviews, and was last updated Aug 12, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 7 (Current: 7.1)

v2.3.4 Current Version v2.3.4

Updated 1 month ago Last Update on 12 Aug, 2026

Refreshed 7 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#34 of 8,534 in Customization Top 1% by installs Downloads -36.4% this week

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200K+

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+1,127 today

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82%

Review 4.1 out of 5

4.1 (19 reviews)

Next Milestone 300K

Total Progress 98.7%

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Reviews & Ratings

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19 reviews

Overall 82%

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

3 known vulnerabilities on record · 0 in the last 24 months · checked 1 week ago

Dec 21, 2022

Kadence Starter Templates — Predesigned Website Templates [kadence-starter-templates] < 1.2.17

CVE-2022-3679 · Fixed in v1.2.17
Dec 1, 2022

Kadence Starter Templates — Predesigned Website Templates [kadence-starter-templates] < 1.2.17

CVE-2022-3679 · Fixed in v1.2.17
Dec 1, 2022

Kadence Starter Templates — Predesigned Website Templates [kadence-starter-templates] < 2.3.4

CVE-2026-73997 · Fixed in v2.3.4

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.3.4
Last Updated: Aug 12, 2026
Requires WP: 6.2+
Tested Up To: 7
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: Nexcess

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4.1
Reviews: 19
Support Threads: 1
Resolved: 0%

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gutenberg templates

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress users who want to build websites using the Kadence Theme and Kadence Blocks. It solves the problem of slow, time-consuming website setup by providing ready-to-use starter templates that can be imported and customized in minutes.

Ready-to-use starter templates
Global color palette system
Global typography system
Header/footer drag and drop builder
Globally linked color palette
Globally linked fonts
WooCommerce integration
Performance optimized templates

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Kadence Starter Templates — Predesigned Website Templates

All of our starter templates are designed to work with the free Kadence Theme.

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.

Yes you can, however it's best that you install one of our starter templates on a fresh WordPress installation.

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.

Absolutely not.

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.