Highlights · computed from our daily tracking data
- Kale currently ranks #328 in the WordPress.org popular themes list.
- Its best position in our tracking is #325, first reached on Aug 2, 2026.
- It is averaging 162 downloads/day over the last 30 days, up 1080% versus the month before (14/day).
- The latest release, v2.9, shipped on Jul 22, 2026 (16 days ago) — release #40 since the theme joined the directory in 2017.
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Details
| Author | lyrathemes |
|---|---|
| Current version | 2.9 |
| Versions released | 40 |
| Last updated | 2026-07-22 |
| Added to directory | 2017-02-17 |
| Requires WordPress | 6.8+ |
| Requires PHP | 7.4+ |
| Type | Classic theme |
| First tracked here | 2026-06-23 |
Description
Kale is a charming and elegant, aesthetically minimal and uncluttered food blog theme that can also be used for a variety of purposes. Whether you want to share recipes or fashion tips, run a lifestyle, parenting or cooking blog, Kale is a perfect theme choice. Simple but feature-filled food blog or cooking blog WordPress theme with WooCommerce integration. Beautifully designed and extremely clean, Kale is super easy to set up and is optimized for search engines. Kale comes with a special front page; with featured posts and a large highlight post, the option to show a banner or a posts slider in the header, and RTL support. It also comes with built-in menus for displaying your social media presence, multiple blog feed layouts, text and image logo options, sidebar size options (compact and default), banner/slider color overlay options, multilevel menus, automatically responsive YouTube videos, and much more! Kale is versatile enough to be set up as a small business website as well, by using the a static page as the home page and using the special front page elements to showcase services or portfolio. Kale is backed by world class, one-on-one support, and a super active team of developers and designers ready to help!
Frequently asked questions
Is Kale a free theme?
Yes — Kale is a free, open-source (GPL) theme distributed through the official WordPress.org directory.
Is Kale a block theme or a classic theme?
Kale is a classic theme: it uses the traditional Customizer/widgets workflow rather than WordPress Full Site Editing.
How many websites use Kale?
WordPress.org reports 7K+ active installs.
How popular is Kale?
As of August 7, 2026, Kale ranks #328 in the WordPress.org popular themes list. Its best position in our tracking is #325.
When was Kale last updated?
Kale was last updated on July 22, 2026 (version 2.9). It has shipped 40 releases in total.
Who makes Kale?
Kale is developed by lyrathemes. It joined the WordPress.org theme directory in February 2017.
