WordPress theme comparison
Kadence vs Period
At a glance
- Kadence has more active installs: 500K+, against 1K+ for Period.
- On a typical day, Kadence is downloaded about 2,948 times, Period about 4.
- Period is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 40 reviews, against 4.9 from 457 reviews.
- Kadence was updated more recently: Nov 6, 2026, against Oct 27, 2026 for Period.
- Period has been around longer: since 2016, against 2020 for Kadence.
Line by line
Kadence leads on 4 of 5 comparable lines.
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Tags they share
- Top Accessibility ready themes
- Top Blog themes
- Top Custom logo themes
- Top Custom menu themes
- Top Featured images themes
- Top Full width template themes
- Top Left sidebar themes
- Top Right sidebar themes
- Top RTL language support themes
- Top Theme options themes
- Top Threaded comments themes
- Top Translation ready themes
- Top Two columns themes
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