Why I switched to Kadence

It’s been four years since I said goodbye to the Genesis Framework and made the switch to Kadence Theme. What started as a test on my own site turned into a full shift when a client asked specifically for Kadence because she’d heard it was faster. Two Kadence projects in, and I was hooked and I’ve never looked back.

I’ve shared the full story of that switch here, but if you’d like to know what I think now — after building countless client websites on Kadence — head over to my post Why I Build All My Client Websites with Kadence Theme.

Today, Kadence isn’t just a theme it’s the foundation of how I design WordPress sites for clients: light, flexible, memorable, and built to grow.

A little backstory about why I switched to Kadence

WordPress was a dream come true after years of hard-coding websites from scratch with HTML, PHP, and CSS. (I was a real coding geek, and I loved it.) When I started a personal blog on WordPress, I enjoyed bringing my coding skills to the platform. I stumbled across Genesis when I was working on customizing my blog. I was thrilled with what I could create, allowing me to focus on design and functionality.

Creating personal hobby blogs turned into designing blogs for friends, which turned into building sites for clients as a side hustle – and that turned into my full-time Bellano Web Studio. (Dreams do come true!)

I built my business on Genesis for years and was proud to be a Genesis Recommended Developer. However, they unexpectedly sold their product line without warning. When it became clear that Genesis was no longer innovating and had become a little stagnant in its feature set, it was time to move on.

Taking Kadence for a test drive was the best business decision I made in a long time! It was kind of like upgrading from my old Sonata to our new Santa Fe. While I loved my Sonata (Genesis), the Santa Fe (Kadence) matched all the bells and whistles I was used to, plus a huge heaping of extra goodies and features that make driving (or, in this analogy, building and designing websites) even more fun and enjoyable. Every single feature is an upgrade.

The best part

Kadence is a WordPress theme specifically designed for creating beautiful, modern websites. It has everything I need to create stunning websites for my clients, and it’s constantly being updated with new features and improvements.

Kadence is faster, has more features, and is more flexible. My favorite part is that it unlocks areas for my clients to update easily on their own.

I love teaching clients how to use their sites, and Kadence makes it easy. You deserve to have the power in your hands.

Show & Tell

Here are a few samples of redesign projects during the past 4 years. These are all projects that I designed with Genesis a few years ago and have redesigned with Kadence.

I have more examples, but you get the idea. If you would like to see more, head over to the portfolio.

Note from Casey:

Read more about Kadence here: 8 Reasons the Kadence Theme is my Favorite

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