Which theme do you use for your website?
I am having a tough time deciding on which theme to use on my site...
Some use astra
Some use kadence
Or something better?
What theme do you use and why?
Thanks
Kadence because yes 😅 but waiting for the ninjas theme
Andre Gois I have seen a few that recommend kadence as well.
This for community, or generally for your WP site? I am using elementor for WP, standard theme for the community as didnt know i could customise the UI!
Doug Dennison for the website. I have already customized FC.
David Scurlock how do you customise FC UI, or is this fully custom development kinda stuff?
Doug Dennison I hired a developer to do it.
David Scurlock That's quite interesting! I have no plan to hire a developer, but just for my knowledge, do you mind sharing a bit of details about how much did it cost you for custom developments and from where did you hire the developer, I mean the platform?
The GS about $150. I always use upwork.
David Scurlock Got it! Thanks for sharing this, buddy! :-)
I use Blocksy, mainly for its sleek and modern design.
Bricks all the time.
I use Elementor with Astra theme. I'd be interested in why Kandence (new to me) or Bricks?
I use Thrive Theme Builder because it gives me maximum control and flexibility to make my websites look how I want.
Pro Theme from Themeco, all day and every day. Best builder theme on the planet. I have used others and I keep coming back to Pro Theme (has cornerstone builder built in)
I almost always use GeneratePress.
I can't imagine renting a theme, personally. I am in the market, and happy to pay for something that makes my life easier, but $100 and up per year for a theme? I guess if your website is generating good income maybe? I need to build one like some certain ninjas I know, and can see they use Kadence.
Jeff yea its absurd, if you go all in then kadence is $300 per year, so i guess their toilet paper is made of gold or something 😉
Hello Elementor theme is the pro choice if you use Elementor plugin
Kadence - amazing how fast you can build using that theme and blocks. I was using GeneratePress and Blocks but it takes me 2x faster to build with Kadence. I still have websites on GeneratePress and I sill really like that ecosphere
Bricks, and I love it. I've used Divi, Elementor, Thrive, and many others over the years, and Bricks wins hands down for me - it's professional-level, powerful, flexible, fast and rarely breaks.
With an open question like that you're going to get every opinion under the sun! I used and loved Thrive Themes (for 7-8 years) but moved to a more conventional combo of Blocksy Pro theme and the Spectra Pro page builder. Both are lightning-fast and flexible. I also tried Kadence, Bricks and Astra along the way but discounted them all for different reasons. In hindsight, given the huge time commitment of switching, I would have stuck with Thrive Themes.
Jason Morrell Finally, found a fellow Blocksy user. I love Blocksy too and use it on two of my websites. But I use its free version. Could you please give me a strong reason to move to its paid/Pro version? TIA!
The GS Sure. I like to customise and I found that Blocksy Free came up short enough times for me to trial the Pro version. Since then, almost every day, I keep discovering new things that 'surprise and delight me' and I've committed to this path for a while by purchasing the lifetime license.
The particular Pro features I use:
- Content Blocks - for creating different templates for regular pages, landing pages, my posts, guest posts, 404 etc.
- Extensions, in particular custom code snippets, custom fonts, local Google fonts and post types extra (for reading progress bar and reading time).
- Conditional sidebars
- Sticky header, conditional header logic and the ability to clone header elements
- Starter Sites - I find these gimmicky on all themes but they're great for inspo.
There's a whole bunch of features for WooCommerce too, but I don't touch WooCommerce because of the bloat. If eCommerce is your jam, dare I say it on a Fluent forum, but you might want to consider Fluent Cart !!
I found a great post (after I had already switched to Blocksy Pro) that you might find useful as well.
https://bloggingidol.com/blocksy-free-vs-pro/
All the best, whatever you decide. Have a fantastic Christmas break.
Jason Morrell Wow! You've almost got me into it. I'd probably just wait for the year-end deal. 🙈
Thank you so much for such a detailed response, Jason! Much appreciated! All the best to you as well! And I wish you the same! <3
I currently use Underscores. It's a no frill full-control boiler plate from Automattic.
Blocksy + Greenshift or Greenlight builder.