WordPress theme comparison
Kadence vs Shift
At a glance
- Kadence has more active installs: 500K+, against 600+ for Shift.
- On a typical day, Kadence is downloaded about 2,839 times, Shift about 8.
- Kadence is rated higher: 4.9 out of 5 from 456 reviews, against 4.8 from 20 reviews.
- Kadence was updated more recently: Nov 6, 2026, against Oct 27, 2026 for Shift.
- Shift has been around longer: since 2016, against 2020 for Kadence.
Line by line
Kadence leads on 5 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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