A guide to choosing website themes and add-ons
Choose a theme or add-on based on whether you need a site structure, forms, technical SEO, an editorial surface or conversion components.
Do you need a theme or an add-on?
A theme provides a site structure and visual starting point. Kide Studio is a service-business theme, Kide Portfolio is a portfolio and case structure for a freelancer, designer or small studio, and Kide Atelier is an editorial premium theme for an expert brand, studio or cultural organisation.
An add-on solves a narrower job around a theme. Kide Forms focuses on contact and quote-request forms, Kide SEO on technical SEO structure, and Kide Convert Pro on accessible conversion components.
- Choose a theme when the site structure and content model are still open.
- Choose an add-on when the foundation exists but one function is missing.
- Check the platform and what you will need to integrate yourself.
Compare the site journey and delivery contents
Studio includes a home page, services, case study, contact surface, styles and content guide. Portfolio includes a home page, work, project page and process/contact surface. Atelier adds journal, article, services and methodology-related page foundations.
Forms provides HTML, CSS and JavaScript foundations for contact and quote-request forms plus integration and validation guidance. SEO includes metadata, Open Graph, canonical, robots and sitemap examples. Convert Pro brings together pricing, comparison, FAQ, testimonial and lead-form structures.
- List the required pages and content types before choosing a theme.
- Check whether an add-on is an interface foundation or a server integration.
- Read license and publishing limitations before promising functionality to a client.
Themes and add-ons cover different gaps
Studio is a direct starting point for a service site, Portfolio prioritises work and cases, and Atelier provides an editorial surface for journals and articles. Choose by the site’s main content, not only visual taste.
Forms and SEO are focused foundations. Convert Pro is a broader conversion add-on with several accessible component types. None of these alone guarantees indexing, leads or sales.
- Studio: a service-business site journey.
- Portfolio: work, projects and case presentations.
- Atelier: journal and editorial content.
- Forms, SEO or Convert Pro: one named functional or structural gap.
Check integrations and licenses
An HTML, CSS and JavaScript foundation is not hosting, a CMS, an email service or a backend. Forms need secure handling, SEO examples need correct page data, and conversion components need real content and a working submission path.
Theme and add-on licenses limit raw-package distribution, resale and relicensing. Images, fonts, publishing environments and external services need separate review.
- Test form submission, error states and data handling separately.
- Do not promise rankings or conversion from an add-on alone.
- Keep source and production versions separate and follow the license.
Create a sitemap before choosing
Write the three most important user journeys and the content each needs. Choose Studio, Portfolio or Atelier from that list, then add Forms, SEO or Convert Pro only when a concrete function is missing.
Open the category product page, check delivery files and run one content test locally. Before publishing, confirm that your platform, form handling and license fit the choice.
- Draw a sitemap and three primary journeys.
- Choose the theme by primary content, not only appearance.
- Add an add-on only for a named missing function.
Browse website themes and add-ons
Compare themes and add-ons against your sitemap and the missing function.