aThemes Starter Sites

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 23% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ milku

   2.6y ago

   This is a fake company that scams users This topic was modified 2 years, 5 months ago by milku.

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2. ★★★★★ PortMacOnline

   3.0y ago

   This plugin sounds great, but nowhere in the description does it mention that you need to have an aThemes theme installed to use these starter sites! If you dig down into the FAQs it does mention it, but it would save a lot of frustration if it was mentioned in the main description!I haven’t tried either the aThemes Starter Sites plugin or the aThemes Themes, and they may well be great, but the Starter Sites plugin wasn’t what I needed, and I had to install, activate, then de-activate, delete the plugin, then go back and check the FAQs to find out that it worked with their theme! I respectfully suggest that you rewrite the main description and make this little fact more obvious if you want people to take your products seriously.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.4.1 Added – New Botiga Pet Shop starter site with Gutenberg and Elementor support. 1.4.1
2. — Version 1.4.0 Added – Support for the WordPress Abilities API: new list-sites and import-site abilities enable listing and importing starter sites programmatically (disabled by default, enabled per theme). 1.4.0
3. — Version 1.3.1 Fixed – Corrected the live preview URLs for the Walkathon, Pet Shop, and Barbershop starter sites so the Customize step preview loads the correct demo. 1.3.1
4. — Version 1.3.0 Added – Three new Sydney starter sites: Walkathon (charity, requires Charitable), Pet Shop (WooCommerce), and Barbershop, with updated demo ordering. 1.3.0
5. — Version 1.2.0 Changed – Updated the onboarding wizard recommended features to include SEO, privacy compliance, and backup recommendations. 1.2.0
6. — Version 1.1.9 Changed – Updated the Botiga onboarding v2 flow with follow-up improvements for the Pages, Features, and Import steps. Fixed – WPForms Lite pre-selection now follows the Contact page selection during the initial recommen 1.1.9

1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 6.4 aThemes Starter Sites <= 1.0.53 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG File Upload ↗
   2024-07-26 CVE-2024-6897 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.0.53 Patched in 1.0.54

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2025-07-03 50K+ → 40K+ down after 2 days in tier
2. 2025-07-01 40K+ → 50K+ up after 1 days in tier
3. 2025-06-30 50K+ → 40K+ down

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Demo Importer Plus 10K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
• Hester Core 10K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B
• Popularis Extra 7K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
• Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A
• Ultimate Addons for Elementor – Widgets, Templates, WooCommerce & Header Footer Builder 2M+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A
• Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets 1M+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A

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aThemes Starter Sites: 40K+ active installs, 2.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-25. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/athemes-starter-sites