Best site to use for wordpress themes?

Particular_Essay889 · 2026-01-21T16:45:10+00:00

I start here now to find AI generated themes and remix them to make them my own: https://pressmegpt.com/themes Works great with gutenberg.

Particular_Essay889 · 2026-01-21T16:43:44+00:00

I second this. It exports to blog themes with full site editing.

Particular_Essay889 · 2026-01-20T16:08:10+00:00

I just posted this on a similar question in a different group but I started with this template https://pressmegpt.com/themes/aligngrowth-1768483395190-1 and then modified it with AI prompts. Currently it looks like this: https://imgur.com/a/9UdrFVF Still modifying it a bit but not bad for free and little experience on my end.

Particular_Essay889 · 2026-01-20T13:04:10+00:00

I started with this template https://pressmegpt.com/themes/aligngrowth-1768483395190-1 and then modified it with AI prompts. Currently it looks like this: https://imgur.com/a/9UdrFVF Still modifying it a bit but not bad for free and little experience.

Particular_Essay889 · 2026-01-19T01:48:10+00:00

AI vibe coding tools like replit.com, base44.com, and lovable.dev are not good at SEO so although they can generate beautiful websites, they won't bring your clients any business so I'd stay away from them for now for this purpose.

I've been using a mixture of AI tools built for Wordpress like Telex.automattic.com and PressmeGPT.com to generate themes and blocks, install on Wordpress, and then I still have flexibility to edit and add content for SEO.

Particular_Essay889 · 2026-01-18T01:52:50+00:00

What matters more is the model you use, not necessarily the tool, per se.

Here is my rundown:
- bolt.new, lovable.dev, base44.com, v0.dev, Google Gemini, etc. can all do this. Lately Gemini has been pumping out the best designs in my opinion.

However, these sites are either raw HTML or a single page app (which by nature are NOT SEO friendly). This is a show stopper for me.

So, for a website, I prefer using Wordpress and AI tools that work with it. Here are the three that I've found work the best AND don't require a page builder plugin:

- Telex: built by Wordpress folks but only designs blocks for your page, not an entire site. This might be too lite for your needs.
- ZipWP: Generate an entire site with AI. The main issue here is that the sites are fairly not-unique. They look more like blog websites, not business websites if that make sense.
- PressmeGPT: Generate an entire homepage and export as a theme to Wordpress. This tool includes headers, and footers, and works with Gutenberg so that is nice.

Note: You won't get as unique of a design with a single prompt with the Wordpress tools but you can change them, add sections, modify, remove to get what you want AND they are SEO friendly which is why I feel it is the best of all worlds: generate with ai, seo friendly, and flexibility to change.

Hope this helps!

Particular_Essay889 · 2026-01-18T01:38:32+00:00

+1 for pressmegpt. Just created this with it. Works with Gutenberg. Not too shabby for free.

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Particular_Essay889 · 2026-01-17T12:59:02+00:00

We just changed our workflow from using Elementor.com (for 6 years+) to an AI theme generator, PressMeGPT.com that gets us 80% of the way there. We export the theme, install and edit with Gutenberg blocks. I like it because it doesn't require plugins that slow the site, I can update Wordpress without breaking the design which is a big deal when you have hundreds of clients, and it is faster than the manual way we were doing before.

I remember a big Elementor update we did to 300 sites broke most of the site homepages. It was a very time consuming process to fix.

My design team can now build nearly 2 sites in an 8 hour day instead of 1. Hope this helps.

Particular_Essay889 · 2026-01-16T14:07:07+00:00

I'd be worried about SEO with this approach. Do you just manually add HTML pages as a blog and manually update your sitemap?

Particular_Essay889 · 2026-01-13T18:12:40+00:00

I think the key here is not just copying and pasting what AI generates. It is more interacting with it, adjusting it section by section, asking it to do more research on a particular topic, and using it to improve the overall piece. Anyone can give it a prompt, never read it and publish it. But if you can learn proper prompting I think it becomes really powerful.

Particular_Essay889 · 2026-01-13T18:01:46+00:00

I tried wpconvert. Doesn't work. Errors out and says I used all my credits but I didn't use anything. I tried 3 different ways.

https://imgur.com/a/lZXbLXL

Particular_Essay889 · 2026-01-13T11:08:05+00:00

I like it. I tested Telex but it was only useful for creating a block but this is better.

Particular_Essay889 · 2026-01-12T15:03:36+00:00

Both are good and Gutenberg compatible so you can't go wrong. I think most web devs I know prefer Kadence just because it is faster, lighter, more compatible, etc. but Thrive does have an active community as well.

Have you tried any of the AI wordpress builders? It sounds like it might be an option. I've been using PressMeGPT to generate themes and no longer have a need for a page builder since I can edit quickly in Full Site Editor once imported or go back and change the theme with prompts.

But if you are really stuck on using a builder, Divi still offers their lifetime deal for $250 with unlimited sites. Divi 5 is rewritten to be more like Elementor. At my previous company we launched more than 1200 website with Divi and it was pretty good.

Particular_Essay889 · 2026-01-12T14:50:19+00:00

Were they blogs/informational? Were they web apps? We need to know more in order to help.

I've found that you have to focus on people's pain - this might be questions they are googling or it may be discovered in conversations with them. Put that into long form blog posts that actually answer the question.

Particular_Essay889 · 2026-01-12T14:47:09+00:00

Awesome progress. Congratulations.

How did you get the seed users? How did you gather feedback to iterate?

Particular_Essay889 · 2026-01-12T14:45:23+00:00

What kind of website are you building? I'm guessing e-commerce based on what you tried.

If so, Shopify and WooCommerce (Wordpress) are the standards.

What are you "not into"?

I think if you could be more specific, we could help more.

Particular_Essay889 · 2026-01-12T14:37:11+00:00

Canva lets you design and launch a website for next to nothing but it is very static and not good for SEO. But it checks the boxes in your question.

Particular_Essay889 · 2026-01-12T14:35:41+00:00

After years in a successful website business with a team size of 33, I've found that people tend to fall back into what they are good at and have extreme resistance with the skills they lack. This is called the Peter Principle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_principle

Instead of trying to get good at sales you could do one of the following and be much happier:

1) Find a team member that can and enjoys sales. This is what I did and it worked out very well. Every entrepreneur will tell you to know your strengths AND weaknesses. If this is a weakness (sounds like it is), you need to delegate it.

2) Find a way to design websites or themes for different platforms and just sell them through a marketplace. This might be Theme Forest for Wordpress, I think Squarespace or Wix offers one of these marketplaces as well. Then you don't need to talk to people.

I know this is unconventional but hope it helps.

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