Kadam – Shoes WordPress Theme

Kadam is a shoes WordPress theme for online shops that sell footwear to the whole family. It has a shoe-type rail, a size finder that turns foot length into EU, UK and US sizes, and square product cards that show the size range on every pair. The colours are cool grey, graphite and tangerine, and the headings are bold and sporty.

The name means "a step". The design tries to get a buyer from "I need shoes" to the right size in as few steps as possible. It runs on the Themeve Commerce plugin, which is bundled, so you can take orders, accept bKash and Nagad, and send parcels by courier without any other shop plugin.

Who can use Kadam

As a footwear ecommerce website template, Kadam fits many kinds of shops. The demo is only a sample. You replace it with your own pairs, photos and brand names. These shops can use the theme as it is:

• A neighbourhood shoe store that is moving online
• A brand with separate men's and women's lines
• A kids' shoe specialist that sells school pairs and first shoes
• A sports and running shoe shop
• A sandal, slipper and slide seller
• A comfort shoe shop for older customers
• A multi-brand shoe importer or reseller
• A Facebook page seller who now wants a proper website

It needs WordPress 6.0 or newer and PHP 7.4 or newer, and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Why a good shoes WordPress theme must deal with size

Wrong sizes mean exchanges, and exchanges eat your profit. A plain template treats a shoe like any other product. Kadam attacks the size problem from three sides.

• Size finder: the buyer slides to their foot length in centimetres and sees the matching EU, UK and US size. Links below the result send them to men, women or kids. You set those links in Theme Options.
• Size range on every card: a chip such as EU 39 to 45 shows at a glance whether the shoe comes in their size.
• Size guides: size guides are switched on for products, and the demo includes a Size Exchange page that you can fill with your own rules.

Light and quick to load

This shoes WordPress theme loads one stylesheet and one script on the front of the shop. The script has no dependencies, so it does not pull in jQuery. Images are set to load lazily where the theme prints them, and the layout is responsive from small phones to wide screens. Fonts come from Google Fonts, and you can switch that off in Theme Options if you prefer system fonts.

Front-end features of the Kadam shoes WordPress theme

Header, menu and search

• Header and menu settings in Theme Options
• Mega-menu style panels that can show small pictures
• Sliding panels for the cart, the account and the menu
• Phone header with menu, logo and cart only

Homepage: 24 blocks in your order

The homepage is made of 24 blocks. Fourteen are on in the demo and ten more wait in reserve. You can switch any block off and drag it to a new place. On a phone you move blocks with small up and down arrows. The blocks are:

• Hero slider with bold slides and a giant outline word
• Shop by type, a rail of shoe silhouettes for sneakers, running, sandals, formal, boots, slides, heels and school
• Shop by who, with tiles for men, women, kids and seniors
• New drops, two rows of the newest pairs
• Size finder, the foot-length slider
• Bestsellers, in tabs by category
• Made for, activity cards for running, office, school and rainy days
• Flash sale, a tangerine band with a countdown and stock bars
• Two department blocks, Shop by price, Brands and Journal posts
• Promise strip for delivery, exchange, COD and original products
• Ten extra blocks: top rated, a trending row, brand spotlight, promo cards, quick links, a third department and a large "More to explore" grid

Product cards

• Square cards with a bold price
• EU size range chip, for example EU 39 to 45
• Quick sizes on the card
• Colour swatches
• Compact two-per-row cards on phones, with the size chip still easy to read

Product page, cart and checkout

• Size and colour choice from product attributes
• Size guides that open from the product
• Reviews folded until someone opens them, and a popup that asks for the first review
• Wishlist and back-in-stock requests for sizes that sell out
• Sign in or register in a popup, without leaving the page
• One-page checkout that ends with an "Order placed" popup
• A Track Order page for every parcel

Colours and fonts

• Five palettes: Tangerine and graphite, Electric blue, Forest, Cherry and Mono
• Every colour can also be set by hand
• Four font choices: Unbounded with Archivo, Archivo, Sora with Inter, and Oswald with Inter

Theme Options in the back-end

Open Kadam, then Theme Options. Every setting of this shoes WordPress theme sits in tabs, and you do not need to write any code.

• A search box that finds any setting
• A sticky save bar, so the Save button is always close
• Reset, and export or import to copy your settings to another site
• Homepage layout: switch blocks on or off and drag them into order
• Shoe types for the silhouette rail and the links of the size finder
• Header and menu, product cards and product page settings
• Footer and contact details
• Colours and typography, and the Google Fonts switch

The Live Customizer is also in the Kadam menu for quick visual changes. The Setup screen installs the shop plugin and the License screen holds your key for updates.

Running the shop from the dashboard

The Themeve Commerce plugin is bundled with this theme and installs in one click. You do not need WooCommerce, a payment plugin or a courier plugin. This is what you control from the WordPress dashboard.

Sales overview and orders

The store dashboard shows today's sales, the last seven days, the month so far and the orders waiting for you, with a two-week sales chart. Each order has a status, a printable invoice and a payments box for advances, dues and refunds. Incomplete Orders lists people who started to check out and left, so you can call them and fix the size question.

Products and variations

A full-page product editor lets you add a pair with several sizes and colours. Each option can have its own price, stock, SKU and photo. Categories, brands and tags have their own menus. Shoe types in the rail open their own tag in the shop.

Payments

• Cash on delivery, with an optional advance as a fixed amount, the delivery charge or a percentage
• bKash and Nagad payment
• Card payment through SSLCommerz
• Manual Send Money for bKash, Nagad, Rocket and Upay with a transaction ID

Delivery and courier

• Delivery charge per district, with extra zones
• Send orders to Steadfast or Pathao from the order screen
• Courier automation setting for less manual work
• COD money screen showing what the courier still owes you, with an import of their payment sheet

Accounts, alerts and protection

• Buyers sign in by password, by a code sent to their phone, or with Google or Facebook
• Customer account with orders, delivery tracking, wishlist and exchange or return requests
• New-order alerts by email, Telegram or WhatsApp
• SMS updates and an automatic review request after delivery
• Phone verification by OTP and fake order protection for suspicious cash-on-delivery orders
• SMS campaigns to past buyers

Marketing, SEO and reports

• Facebook Pixel with the Conversion API
• Google Analytics 4 and Google Tag Manager
• Product feeds for Facebook and Google shopping
• SEO settings for descriptions, sharing previews and Google product rich results
• Coupons for Eid, school season or a slow month
• Transactions screen with every payment and refund, and monthly totals
• Customer list that groups buyers as new, repeat, VIP, inactive or risky

Optional modules

Modules keep the shop light, because you switch on only what you use, from one screen:

• Pre-orders and Delivery Date and Time
• Bulk Order and Corporate Quotes, useful for school uniform shoes or staff orders
• Reseller and Wholesale Prices
• Combo and Bundle Offers, and Flash Sale
• Loyalty Points with refer a friend
• Upsell and Cross-sell, and Recently Viewed
• Back in Stock Alerts, and Exchange and Returns
• Store Locations for your shops
• Sales and Signup popups
• Affiliate Program with commissions, and a Marketplace module
• Support tickets, testimonials and offers, each with its own menu
• A REST API with signed webhooks for developers

How it helps a footwear shop sell

With a shoes WordPress theme made for size, a parent buying school shoes on a lunch break wants the right size at once. With the size finder, the EU chip and the Shop by who tiles, that parent can reach a pair of boys' school shoes in two taps.

Back in Stock Alerts bring the buyer back when the popular size returns. Exchange and Returns keeps a size mistake from becoming an argument.

The Made for cards help the shopper who does not know the shoe type but knows the use: running, office, school or rain. The flash sale band, coupons and bundles help you clear last season's pairs. A courier link and a Track Order page cut the number of "where is my parcel" calls.

Set up in six steps

1. Upload the theme zip under Appearance, then Themes, and activate it.
2. Open Kadam, then Setup, and install Themeve Commerce in one click.
3. Add your licence under Kadam, then License.
4. Run Demo Import to get 41 sample pairs, menus and pages.
5. Pick a palette and fonts in Theme Options, and set your shoe types.
6. Replace the sample products with your own pairs and photos.

Why choose Kadam as your shoes WordPress theme

• It is made for footwear. Size finder, size chip and shoe-type rail are part of the theme, not extras you must add.
• The shop engine is included. A plain template leaves you to find, install and test several plugins.
• Local payments and couriers are built in: bKash, Nagad, SSLCommerz, Steadfast and Pathao.
• Homepage blocks move without code.
• One licence gives updates and support for the theme.
• It works as a footwear ecommerce website template for a small shop today and a larger catalogue later.

The demo in one line

The one-click demo of this shoes WordPress theme adds 41 pairs from 6 invented brands in sizes from EU 20 to 45, with size guides, journal posts, menus and pages such as About, Contact, Delivery, FAQ, Size Exchange, Track Order, Wishlist, Our Stores, Terms and Privacy Policy.

What is included

• The Kadam theme files (PHP, CSS and JS)
• The Themeve Commerce plugin
• One-click demo content
• Documentation, available after purchase
• Six months of support and updates through your licence

If you sell mainly formal leather shoes, look at Pothik. If you also sell clothes for the little ones, see Khushi.

You can see Kadam working on the live demo, and browse more ready-made designs in our WordPress themes collection.