Is aThemes Starter Sites free?

Yes, aThemes Starter Sites is free to use. It is available as a free plugin on WordPress.org.

How many websites use aThemes Starter Sites?

aThemes Starter Sites has 40K+ active installations as tracked by WordPress.org.

What are the best aThemes Starter Sites alternatives?

Popular alternatives to aThemes Starter Sites include Hester Core, Sinatra Core, Hoot Import. You can compare them side-by-side on our comparison pages.

Does aThemes Starter Sites work with the latest WordPress?

aThemes Starter Sites has been tested up to WordPress 6.8.5. It requires WordPress 4.0+ and PHP 5.4+.

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aThemes Starter Sites

Name: aThemes Starter Sites
Rating: 2 (2 reviews)
Author: Syed Balkhi

We've got a full and ever-growing library stocked with ready-made templates for any kind of business.

By Syed Balkhi·Demos·Free

2(2 reviews)

·40K+ active installs·Updated 1 month ago

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As of April 2026, aThemes Starter Sites is a WordPress demos plugin with 40K+ active installations and a 2/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 1.9M+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.0+ and PHP 5.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2020. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Downloads are up 8% this week. Top alternative: Hester Core.

2/52 reviews

40K+active installs

1.9M+total downloads

6 yearssince 2020

Overview

We’ve got a full and ever-growing library stocked with ready-made templates for any kind of business.

ATHEMES STARTER SITES

Business owners, freelancers, Online Store Owners, and creatives: get ready to build and launch an awesome website in no-time, all by yourself! With our aThemes Starter Sites plugin, you can take your pick from plenty of starter sites, such as business, portfolio, and e-commerce. Then get creative and customize it to match your branding, all without writing a single line of code. Select the demo that suits your needs, import, tweak, and go live!

Pick your website template

We’ve got a full and ever-growing library stocked with ready-made templates for any kind of business.

Add your own awesome content

Add your own text, photos, videos, vector art, and more…

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Ratings & Reviews

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Recent Reviews

Scamming company

by milku·2 years ago

This is a fake company that scams users

This topic was modified 2 years, 1 month ago by milku.

REQUIRES an Athemes theme to work!

by PortMacOnline·2 years ago·1 reply

This plugin sounds great, but nowhere in the description does it mention that you need to have an aThemes theme installed to use these starter sites! If you dig down into the FAQs it does mention it, but it would save a lot of frustration if it was mentioned in the main description!

I haven’t tried either the aThemes Starter Sites plugin or the aThemes Themes, and they may well be great, but the Starter Sites plugin wasn’t what I needed, and I had to install, activate, then de-activate, delete the plugin, then go back and check the FAQs to find out that it worked with their theme! I respectfully suggest that you rewrite the main description and make this little fact more obvious if you want people to take your products seriously.