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Is The Keynote a good WordPress theme for a reunion programme?
The Keynote from GoodLayers is a $79 conference and event theme with a PayPal ticket system built in, plus speaker and session post types for building a programme. It carries the highest score in this collection, 4.73 from 235 ratings, with 5,151 sales, and GoodLayers updated it on 12 August 2026.
Best for: a reunion with a printed-style programme of talks, awards and speeches
The The Keynote WordPress theme from GoodLayers treats an event as a programme. Moreover, speakers and sessions are proper post types. Therefore a reunion with speeches and awards has somewhere to put them.
Speakers and sessions as post types
Most themes fake a programme with a repeater field. The Keynote gives speakers and sessions their own post types. As a result each speaker has a page, a photo and a bio, and each session links to whoever is hosting it. Furthermore, the programme page assembles itself from those records rather than from hand-built rows.
PayPal ticketing without a plugin
Ticket sales run through a built-in PayPal system. In addition, any ticket can instead point at an external URL, so a committee already using Eventbrite keeps that flow. For groups collecting money by bank transfer, the contact form route handles manual purchase requests. Consequently there is no forced plugin stack.
The highest score in this collection
The Keynote holds 4.73 stars from 235 ratings across 5,151 sales. That is the best score among the seven themes here. GoodLayers updated it on 12 August 2026. Therefore the maintenance is current even though the item first shipped years ago.
Where its age shows
Open the demo and the sample conference is dated May 2019. The layout, typography and button styling follow the same vintage. However, the underlying builder still works, and unlimited colour options plus custom section skins let you move the palette a long way. Therefore treat the demo as a structure to reuse, not a design to copy.
Simple by comparison
There is no multi-track scheduler here, no membership system and no event importer. Sessions are a flat list. For a single-evening reunion with a few speeches, that simplicity is the point. However, a reunion spread across a weekend will be better served by Exhibz, which builds tracks properly.
Key features:
- Speaker and session post types for a real programme
- Built-in PayPal ticket sales or external ticket links
- GoodLayers page builder with one-click demo importer
- Full-screen, full-width and boxed sliders
- Countdown timer and parallax sections
- Unlimited colour options and custom section skins
- Landing page template with header and footer toggles
Our verdict on The Keynote WordPress theme
Reunion night built around speeches, awards and a running order? The The Keynote WordPress theme is the best-rated way in this collection to publish that programme. Open the Free Theme Demo and look at the program and tickets pages!
Finally, GoodLayers last updated it on 12 August 2026 over on ThemeForest.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does The Keynote sell tickets?
Yes. A PayPal payment system is built into the theme. Each ticket can also point at an external URL instead, so an existing Eventbrite or Tickera page keeps handling payment.
How does The Keynote build a programme?
Speakers and sessions are separate post types. You create each one once, link sessions to speakers, and the programme page assembles from those records.
Why does the demo show 2019 dates?
The sample content has not been refreshed, although the theme itself was updated on 12 August 2026. Treat the demo as a structure rather than a current design.
Is The Keynote well rated?
It holds 4.73 stars from 235 ratings with 5,151 sales, which is the highest score among the themes in this collection.
Can The Keynote handle a multi-day reunion?
It lists sessions as a flat programme rather than parallel tracks. For a weekend with overlapping activities, Exhibz in this collection handles multi-track scheduling properly.
Which page builder does The Keynote use?
GoodLayers’ own page builder, bundled with the theme, together with a one-click demo importer and a video walkthrough from the author.
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What we like
- Highest rating in this collection: 4.73 from 235 buyers
- PayPal ticket sales built in, or link to an external agent
- Speaker and session post types for a real programme
- Updated 12 August 2026 with 5,151 sales
- GoodLayers page builder with landing-page template
- Unlimited colour options and customisable section skins
Worth noting
- Demo content still carries 2019 dates
- Visual style is closer to 2016 than to the newer themes here
- No modern multi-track scheduler - sessions are a flat list
- $79 puts it at the top of the price range
