2025 GeneratePress Review: Fast Loading WordPress theme

In this article, we wrote Generate Press Review.

Summary of Generate Press

Generate Press is one of the fastest loading WordPress themes.

WordPress sites using Generate Press as a theme have fast page loading speeds.

Generate Press has the following features:

  • Multiple WordPress Customization Features
  • Visually-driven block editor
  • Light data capacity and fast loading speed
  • It can be used for free, but there are many restrictions unless you pay
  • others

Fulfilling Documentation

Generate Press has a fulfilling document. You could find any articles concerned with Generate Press in the generate press document.

https://docs.generatepress.com

Review using Generate Press

We actually tried using Generate Press. And we signed up for a paid plan.

Generate Press Plan

Generate Press offers several plans.

https://generatepress.com/pricing

After March 2025, it is no longer possible to purchase a perpetual license, the Lifetime Plan.

This time we purchased the 1 year plan, $59 / year.

PlanFeaturesPrice
Generate Press OneGP Premium
GenerateBlocks Pro
GenerateCloud
Full access to Starter Sites & the Pattern Library
Automatic access to all future products
Priority email support & updates
$149/year
GP Premium100+ Starter Sites
Local Font Library
Theme Builder
100’s of customization options
1 year of updates and support
$59/year
GenerateBlocks Pro200+ pre-built design patterns
Exclusive GP Premium starter sites
Build anything with zero code
Drag-and-drop page building
1 year of updates and support
$99/year
GenerateCloudRequires GenerateBlocks Pro
Save hours of build time
Create unlimited libraries
Create unlimited public keys
1 year of updates and support
$99/year

This site also uses Generate Press

This site is made using Generate Press. We purchased a Generate Press paid plan license, so we applied the license to the Generate Press theme of this site.

How to apply the license

To apply Generate Press Premium License to your WordPress, you have to do things below:

  • Download Generate Press Plugin, GP Premium
  • Install Plugin GP Premium
  • Apply Generate Press License Key to WordPress

Download Generate Press Plugin

To access to the link below, you can get GP Premium which apply the license you bought. it’s possible to login after buy license.

https://generatepress.com

Install the Plugin, GP Premium

Install the zip file you download from Generate Press website as a plugin in WordPress.

Apply License Key

Go to WordPress dashboard, and click “appearance > GeneratePress”. You can register License Key.

Customizing Header Design Function is Great

You can edit WordPress Header to activate Menu Plus Module. It’s not only PC, but also Mobile Design.

It is Mobile Design Customization.

Featured Image Setting

We set the featured image to display on archive pages and hidden on static pages.

The article archive screen can be edited in detail.

You need SEO Plugins because Generate Press doesn’t have SEO functions

Generate Press doesn’t have SEO functionality, so you’ll need an SEO plugin

We choosed Yoast SEO

We use Yoast SEO because it is lightweight.