Considering using the GeneratePress theme for your WordPress site? In our hands-on GeneratePress review, we’ll help you decide if it’s the best option.
Here at WPKube, we use the Genesis Framework, rather than GeneratePress. However, I’ve been using GeneratePress on all of my own personal sites for a few years now, so I think I have some unique hands-on thoughts to bring to the table.
Here’s proof from my GeneratePress purchase history:
In this GeneratePress theme review, my goal is to focus on helping you choose the right theme for your site – whether that’s GeneratePress or one of the popular GeneratePress alternatives.
To that end, here’s everything that I’m going to cover:
Let’s dig in!
💡 GeneratePress Review Summary
If you want a detailed GeneratePress review, keep reading for all the gory details. But if you’re in a rush, here’s a quick summary of how I feel about GeneratePress.
Overall, I think that GeneratePress is one of the top WordPress themes for experienced WordPress users who value fast performance, clean code, and lots of opportunities for customization.
You get lightning-quick performance, tons of built-in settings in the real-time Customizer, and an advanced custom layouts tool that even lets you get into full theme building using the native WordPress block editor.
It’s a lot of power and customization packed into one lightweight package, which is why I’ve chosen to use it for my own sites.
However, if you’re building your first WordPress site or if you’re just generally not very experienced with basic WordPress concepts, I think there might be better themes for your needs, such as Astra or Kadence Theme.
Additionally, if you’re specifically looking for a free theme, there are other lightweight, multipurpose themes that offer a little more functionality in their free versions, which might make those themes better options if you’re not willing to upgrade to GeneratePress Premium. Again, Astra and Kadence would be good options in terms of free themes, along with Neve and Blocksy.
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Let’s go more in-depth…
⚙️ Seven Key GeneratePress Features: Explaining Why It’s So Popular
While there are a ton of GeneratePress features that help you build your site, here are the most important features that I think explain its popularity:
- Multipurpose approach
- Performance optimization and clean code
- Flexible options in the real-time WordPress Customizer
- Page-level controls
- 80+ importable demo sites
- GeneratePress Elements for custom layouts
- Full theme building support with
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This article was written by Colin Newcomer and originally published on WPKube.