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Kadence Starter Templates — Predesigned Website Templates
Figures from the Plugin Directory Census · as of 28 Aug 2026
200,000
Active installs, lower bound
Group: 100,000 to 999,999 installs
16
Days since the last release
Group median: 12
4.3
out of 5, from 19 ratings
Group median: 4.7 (10+ ratings)
0.0%
Support threads marked resolved, two months
Group: 68.2%
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What is Kadence Starter Templates — Predesigned Website Templates and who is behind it?
Kadence Starter Templates — Predesigned Website Templates is a WordPress plugin in the “Page building” field, made by Nexcess. It has been listed in the directory since 7 Aug 2020, so for 6 years. Nexcess has 10 plugins with at least 10,000 installs in the census. With 200,000 to 299,999 active installs it belongs to the 100,000 to 999,999 installs group; its last release came 16 days before the reference date, and it is tested up to WordPress 7.0.
This is how the author describes the plugin on wordpress.org:
“Build a Beautiful "performance optimized" website with ease.”
Self-description on wordpress.org, retrieved on 10 Sept 2026
When was Kadence Starter Templates — Predesigned Website Templates last released?
The last release of Kadence Starter Templates — Predesigned Website Templates came 16 days before the reference date; the group median is 12 days.
How many installs does Kadence Starter Templates — Predesigned Website Templates have?
Kadence Starter Templates — Predesigned Website Templates had 200,000 to 299,999 active installs on the reference date. Within its group, 139 plugins had a higher band and 79 plugins the same band.
The API reports installs only as a lower bound with one significant figure: 200,000 means at least 200,000 and at most 299,999.
Which WordPress version is Kadence Starter Templates — Predesigned Website Templates tested with?
No directory notice: tested up to WordPress 7.0, while core stood at 7.1 on the reference date. The notice appears once the field falls below 6.9; that applied to 8.0% of the group.
How does Kadence Starter Templates — Predesigned Website Templates compare with its group?
The group holds 399 listed plugins. 55.6% of them had a more recent last release than Kadence Starter Templates — Predesigned Website Templates; 5.3% had no release for more than 365 days.
| Figure | Kadence Starter Templates — Predesigned Website Templates | Group, 399 plugins |
|---|---|---|
| Days since the last release | 16 | median 12 |
| Rating | 4.3 (19) | median 4.7 (10+ ratings) |
| Support threads marked resolved | 0.0% | 68.2% |
| Tested up to | 7.0 | 47.6% on 7.1 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | most often 7.4 (41.6%) |
All values on the reference date
| Slug | kadence-starter-templates |
|---|---|
| Author | Nexcess |
| Active installs | 200,000 to 299,999 |
| Last release | 16 days before the reference date |
| Tested up to | WordPress 7.0 · core on the reference date: 7.1 |
| Requires WordPress | 6.2 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 |
| Rating | 4.3 out of 5 from 19 ratings |
| Support threads, two months | 0 of 2 marked resolved |
| Listed since | 7 Aug 2020 |
| Total downloads | 6,744,609, updates included |
| Tags | gutenberg, templates |
Tags
| Tag | Plugins with 10,000+ installs and this tag | Rank by installs | Median days since release |
|---|---|---|---|
| gutenberg | 56 | 11 | 11 |
| templates | 18 | 6 | 8 |
Rank 1 has the highest installation band among plugins with 10,000+ installs and this tag; equal bands share a rank.
Class of 2020
Kadence Starter Templates — Predesigned Website Templates has been listed since 7 Aug 2020. Of the 150 plugins with 10,000+ installs added in 2020, 87.3% released within the 365 days before the reference date.
Same group, shared tags
Not a recommendation; the same figures for comparison. Alphabetical.
| Plugin | Active installs | Last release | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crowdsignal Forms | 200,000 to 299,999 | 53 days before the reference date | 5.0 (3) |
| Disable Gutenberg | 500,000 to 599,999 | 41 days before the reference date | 5.0 (733) |
| Extendify | 500,000 to 599,999 | 1 day before the reference date | 4.7 (10) |
| GenerateBlocks | 200,000 to 299,999 | 10 days before the reference date | 4.9 (122) |
| Gutenberg Essential Blocks | 200,000 to 299,999 | 8 days before the reference date | 4.9 (213) |
| Jeg Kit for Elementor | 300,000 to 399,999 | 2 days before the reference date | 3.8 (78) |
| Kadence Blocks — Page Builder Toolkit for Gutenberg Editor | 600,000 to 699,999 | 16 days before the reference date | 4.8 (330) |
| Otter Blocks | 300,000 to 399,999 | 8 days before the reference date | 4.7 (249) |
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hafenstudios (2026): Kadence Starter Templates — Predesigned Website Templates, profile in the Plugin Directory Census 01/2026, reference date 28 Aug 2026. https://hafenstudios.com/en/census/plugins/kadence-starter-templates/
Source and status
All values come from the full pull of the public wordpress.org API on 28 Aug 2026 (reference time 21:56:30 UTC). The analysis and text on this page are available under CC BY 4.0; the raw values come from the public wordpress.org API and are in the raw data. How the count was made is set out in the method, what the fields do not say under limits. hafenstudios builds WordPress plugins itself, see the conflict of interest. Corrections to moin@hafenstudios.com; a documented correction leads to a new version. From issue 02 this page will also show the change since the previous reference date. Collected and prepared by Horst Wenzel.
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