New: Kadence AI Transforms WordPress Website Creation

Written by:
Ben Ritner
| Updated:
June 11, 2024

We are so excited to announce the release of Kadence AI! This is an exciting milestone for our growing community of talented web creators. Speed up your WordPress website creation with AI-powered starter templates, design library pages and patterns, and an inline AI block for pages and posts.

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Kadence AI, suitable for web creators at any level, enables you to build professional, high-speed websites faster than ever and with minimal effort. Whether you’ve been a Kadence Free or Pro user for a while, or you’re just getting to know us, these tools will enhance and expedite your experience in website building on WordPress.

Launch your site today with:

  • AI-powered starter templates to build unique, content-rich, high-speed websites in minutes
  • Instant content creation with smart keyword integration for SEO-optimized, engaging websites
  • Over 600 customized pages and patterns in your design library, prebuilt with AI-generated text and royalty-free images tailored to your unique brand
  • The AI inline text editor within the Kadence “Text (Adv)” block for on-the-fly text generation and improvement

The tutorial video and accompanying article below detail these features, guiding you through the exciting world of AI-powered web creation with Kadence AI.

How to use Kadence AI

To get started, head on over to your WordPress home page. Make sure you have the latest version of Kadence installed and activated:

Open Kadence in your plugins from the sidebar on the left, and click Starter Templates to get started!

Generate AI content using our AI Wizard

Begin your web design journey effortlessly with the AI Wizard. This intuitive tool guides you in creating content that captures the essence of your brand.

Input your details following the steps in the gallery above, and watch as the AI Wizard crafts compelling narratives and suggests optimal keywords, streamlining your website creation process.

The final step takes about 60 seconds to load – now, you’re on your way to all-new powered-up starter templates!

Launch your site with AI-Powered Starter Templates

Note: If you’ve used Kadence Starter Templates before, you’ll notice some differences in the new update. Our team is committed to bringing you better solutions with every release. If you need support at any time, please reach out.

After the AI wizard is complete, it’s time to bring your AI-powered starter templates to life through customization. These aren’t just basic templates but intelligent, dynamic frameworks that adapt to your unique style and preferences.

Begin by opening one of the templates for a closer look. Next, you’ll customize these templates for a swift and personalized site launch that perfectly reflects your brand’s identity.

The changes you make will also apply to all of your available AI-powered starter templates. There are many options for you to customize styles, content and plugins to make your starter templates resonate with your brand.

Change the highlight color to produce a user-friendly color palette that fits your brand. Choose between light and dark mode. You can also experiment with the background by trying different color saturation and brightness levels.

Zoom in on notification under Highlight Color setting reads "This color may be hard for people to read on light backgrounds. Consider making it darker."

Choosing the perfect color scheme for your website can be a bit daunting with all the options out there. But here’s a tip to simplify the process: prioritize readability. The clarity of your text is paramount.

To help you with this, we’ve built in a nifty feature that instantly checks if your color contrasts are up to accessibility standards. So, you can select your palette with confidence, knowing that your site will be easy on the eyes for everyone.

Choose the font family that matches your brand best.

Looking for custom fonts? We have a bundle for that.

All of these settings can be optionally customized later, too.

Easily select essential pages like Home, About, Contact, and FAQ to import into your site, each pre-populated with rich, personalized content and images tailored to your brand. Want a fresh start? You can clear your site — content and images — with a single click.

Additionally, you can enrich your site with example blog posts and WooCommerce products for an even bigger leg up on your future content. If you import WooCommerce examples, you’ll have the chance to install the required plugins on the next page. Here, we set up a convenient selection of other recommended plugins to enhance your site’s functionality.

Before moving on, you can also go “Back to Starter Templates” to see how your customization settings look on other starter templates.

Click “Finish and Launch,” and after a minute of loading, you can visit your new site and navigate every page of its AI-generated glory. It will look close to release-ready, but this is just the beginning. In the next step, we’ll walk you through how to craft truly unique pages with the help of AI-powered patterns.

Craft Pages with AI-Powered Patterns

The Kadence Design Library, accessible at the top left of the editor next to the list view icon, is a treasure trove of AI-powered patterns and fully-designed pages. Designed to spark creativity and accelerate the site-building process, the Design Library is a wealth of inspiration.

Kadence Design Library with AI - Patterns, light, dark and highlight mode

When adding a new Row Layout Block, you’ll see an option to tap into the Design Library. Here, you can select from various AI-driven patterns and pages that cater to different website needs, from compelling hero sections to functional contact pages.

With minimal effort, our 600+ AI-driven patterns automatically align with your website’s overall style and context. With a simple click at the bottom left of the Design Library, experiment between light, dark, or highlight styles to ensure your page is visually appealing.

Kadence Design Library with AI - Pages, light and dark mode

And just like that, your website’s all set up – quick and tailored just for you! The only thing left? Giving the AI-generated text a personal touch. Don’t worry, our inline AI tools are like having a friendly editor over your shoulder, ready to help tweak and perfect your copy.

Refine Text with Inline AI tools

Polish your website’s text with the intuitive Inline AI tools in Kadence Blocks.

Zoomed in view of the new AI Inline Text editor within the writing block generating a new prompt written as "Add a list of our favorite products"

Whether you’re starting from scratch or refining your existing content, these tools allow you to write your own prompts to generate bespoke AI content.

Screenshot showing the AI Inline editor processing selected text. Edit options include make shorter, make longer, simplify, change tone (professional, friendly, informative, engaging, funny), and discard

Our Inline AI tools work directly in the block editor so you can quickly adjust the tone for optimal impact and consistency, easily tailor your message, and ensure your content stays polished and error-free with AI-powered grammar tools. Give your content your personal touch and, when it feels right, introduce your site to the world by hitting “Publish.”

Special Thanks

To everyone who played a part in shaping Kadence AI – through dedicated teamwork and collaboration, generous and open-minded Beta testing, and insightful comments from our community – our heartfelt thanks go out to you.

The development of Kadence AI represents a significant milestone in our approach to WordPress website creation, and your invaluable feedback and constant attention have been instrumental in this journey. Now, as we hand the torch over to you, we are excitedly waiting to see what you do with Kadence AI!

Ready to Create More Online with Kadence AI?

After much anticipation, we are thrilled to introduce Kadence AI to our community – unleashing a new level of freedom, speed and creativity in your projects. Whether you’re just starting off with our Free version or leveling up with Pro, our focus is to give you more – more templates, more patterns, and more creative control.

Your experience with Kadence AI is what drives us, and we hope you find it as enjoyable and revolutionary as we do. What part of your creation process do you find most improved? Do you have any questions about this latest innovation?

Check out our Livestream event linked below on Friday, January 19th at 11am PT / 2pm ET, where we highlight key features of Kadence AI, answer your questions, and discuss our future roadmap for evolving Kadence AI further.

So go ahead, start building that website you’re dreaming of. You’ve totally got this, and remember, Kadence is right there with you every step of the way!

Create Your Website With KadenceWP Today!

Ben Ritner
Written by Ben Ritner

Ben Ritner is the Sr. Director of Product at StellarWP and the founder of Kadence WP. Ben builds innovative tools that empower individuals and small businesses to compete with major corporations on the web. He creates comprehensive tutorials that guide users through WordPress, enabling them to build effective and engaging websites. His expertise in product development, strategy, and marketing drives innovation and success for users worldwide.

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Ben Ritner

By Ben Ritner

Ben Ritner is the Sr. Director of Product at StellarWP and the founder of Kadence WP. Ben builds innovative tools that empower individuals and small businesses to compete with major corporations on the web. He creates comprehensive tutorials that guide users through WordPress, enabling them to build effective and engaging websites. His expertise in product development, strategy, and marketing drives innovation and success for users worldwide.

Updated June 11, 2024

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