What Carrd does and does not export
Carrd is a lightweight builder for elegant one-page sites, and the export is a static bundle that still needs to be turned into a theme. Even where an export exists, it hands you raw files rather than the specific structure WordPress expects — a theme header, a stylesheet WordPress recognises, and templates that render.
Anatomy of a valid WordPress theme
WordPress will only accept a .zip containing a theme folder with a metadata header, an entry template, and correctly referenced assets. That structure is what a hand port spends most of its time producing.
- A theme folder with a recognisable name
- A stylesheet carrying the theme header
- An entry template that renders the page
- Relative asset paths that survive the upload
Producing the .zip from a rendered page
Themify writes that structure for you. It reads the fully painted page at a *.carrd.co URL or your own domain, rewrites every asset reference to a local path, and packages the result.
- Open the page you want to convert in Chrome.
- Click the Themify extension icon in the toolbar.
- Press Generate theme and wait for the capture to finish.
- In wp-admin, go to Appearance → Themes → Add New → Upload Theme.
- Upload the .zip, activate it, and the page is live on WordPress.
Checking the export before you ship
Install the theme on a staging site first. Confirm fonts load, images resolve, and interactive elements still respond. Because the capture includes single-viewport sections and their responsive scaling rules, most issues come from assets that were behind a login rather than from the conversion itself.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Carrd have a WordPress export?
- Not one that produces an installable theme. Themify fills that gap by packaging the rendered page as a valid theme .zip.
- Where do I upload the .zip?
- In wp-admin: Appearance → Themes → Add New → Upload Theme, then activate.
- Is the theme self-contained?
- Yes. Every stylesheet, script, font and image referenced by the page is bundled inside the .zip.