Kadence Starter Templates — Predesigned Website Templates

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 52% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ Krishnakumar KA

   11mo ago

   It’s very easy. First you choose the Kadence theme, and it will ask for installation of starter templates. Once you do that it will take you through the wizard of website building. Give the right prompt and you get the right result.

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2. ★★★★★ aburbanowp

   2.6y ago

   After spend some minutes to configure at last doesn’t do anything, doesn’t import the content, etc. In addition, this damaged something that worked well and that was the starter templates, now, with this new function, the previous one stopped working.

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3. ★★★★★ orbixtar

   3.2y ago

   I originally had an issue that was caused by SSL issue. And got the error “Error, Unable to access template database, please try re-downloading“ However after a bit of help from the team I was able to get this working. Works perfectly and team has great support. This topic was modified 3 years, 1 month ago by orbixtar.

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4. ★★★★★ dkexception

   3.5y ago

   Error, Unable to access template database, please try re-downloading Sync with Cloud

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5. ★★★★★ healthylivingfromheadtotoe

   3.5y ago

   Love this theme and its clean look, as well as features provided. Switched my sites to this theme. Absolutely love it!

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6. ★★★★★ interere

   3.6y ago

   nicely done

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7. ★★★★★ Ifegwu-Mbonu Victor C.

   3.6y ago

   I have tried working with the Kadence Starter Plugin on 3 different website projects and on each occasion, it broke my sites immediately, triggering ‘website-wide database errors’. I had to access the root file through FTP to delete. And always immediately, site start functioning properly. I am still wondering why this is the case, probably another plugin I installed is conflicting with it.

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8. ★★★★★ markuserikssen

   4.1y ago

   Kadence offers so many different great designs for different purposes. They can be used for inspiration and also to learn from. These designs are very helpful.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 2.3.2 Release Date: 26th May 2026 * Fix: Resolved an issue where stored auth tokens could have been read incorrectly. 2.3.2
2. — Version 2.3.1 Release Date: 19th May 2026 * Fix: Resolved an issue where the Site Assist -> Starter Templates -> Pre-Designed Templates dropdown wouldn’t render. 2.3.1
3. — Version 2.3.0 Release Date: 11th May 2026 * Tweak: Improvements to the starter templates experience for managed hosting environments. 2.3.0
4. — Version 2.2.14 Release Date: 3rd Dec 2025 * Fix: Issue with some translation functions in wp 6.9 causing issues with ai templates. 2.2.14
5. — Version 2.2.13 Release Date: 21st July 2025 * Fix: Issue with templates CLI command. 2.2.13
6. — Version 2.2.12 Release Date: 11th July 2025 * Fix: Issue importing premium templates. 2.2.12

2 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 5.3 Kadence Starter Templates — Predesigned Website Templates <= 2.3.3 - Unauthenticated Denial of Service ↗
   2026-08-14 CVE-2026-73997 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Affects <= 2.3.3 Patched in 2.3.4
2. Medium · 6.6 Starter Templates by Kadence WP <= 1.2.16 - Authenticated (Admin+) PHP Object Injection ↗
   2022-12-01 CVE-2022-3679 Deserialization of Untrusted Data Affects <= 1.2.16 Patched in 1.2.17

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 19 languages, 10 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-07-10 300K+ → 200K+ down after 104 days in tier
2. 2026-03-28 200K+ → 300K+ up after 870 days in tier
3. 2023-11-09 100K+ → 200K+ up

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

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• Starter Sites & Templates by Neve 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
• SKT Templates – 100% Free Templates for Elementor & Gutenberg 20K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
• Ibtana – WordPress Website Builder 10K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A
• Responsive Starter Templates – Elementor Templates & Starter Sites 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A

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Kadence Starter Templates — Predesigned Website Templates: 200K+ active installs, 4.3★ (19 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-25. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/kadence-starter-templates