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Catch Themes Demo Import

by Catch Plugins · Content & Feeds

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Catch Themes Demo Import is a simple and easy-to-use demo importer WordPress plugin that allows you to import the theme demo data

⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
81 Health · B
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 67/100
Support 70/100

81 health vs 60 average across 779 Content & Feeds plugins

Directory ranking optimization

How it's scored →

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

88 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 50/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-67% vs prior 30d
81Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

1.5K

now · peak 12.5K

1.5K30d downloads · Aug 26

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

Catch Themes Demo Im · #3094 you One Click Demo Impor · #60 Starter Templates by · #4188 Rara One Click Demo · #1300

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

299per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

Actively maintained
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

6

releases in the last 12 months

2mo ago

latest release · v3.4

34

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

3.4 · 2mo ago3.3 · 2mo ago3.2 · 2mo ago3.1 · 3mo ago3.0 · 3mo ago2.2 · 6mo ago2.1.5 · 1.3y ago2.1.4 · 2.4y ago2.1.3 · 2.8y ago2.1.2 · 3.8y ago2.1.1 · 4.6y ago2.1 · 4.6y ago2.0 · 4.8y ago1.9 · 4.8y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 34% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v2.1 41%
v3.4 34%
v2.2 9%
Older / other versions 16%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “5K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
5K–6K ≈5.5K

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,422 observations

5KInstalls · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from. A declining trend compresses what a buyer would pay.

Details

Version
3.4
Last updated
2mo ago
Added
2019-02-28 · 7 yrs old
Requires WP
5.9
Tested up to
7.0.4
Requires PHP
7.4

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗
  1. Justin Lee
    3.4y ago

    Refer to CVEs below, many users already informed issues on Catch Themes forum, but they still haven’t fixed it for years. CVE-2021-24752, CVE-2022-0440, CVE-2021-39352

    Read on wp.org ↗

Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. Version 3.4 Security: The helper that installs/activates the Essential Content Types plugin now checks user permissions and a security token before doing anything, and only accepts the two Essential Content Types plugins (Reported b 3.4
  2. Version 3.3 Added: initial Block / Full Site Editing theme support — imports Global Styles, Navigation and customized templates/parts, and remaps IDs in block content; runs automatically when a block theme is active Added: Block the 3.3
  3. Version 3.2 Bug Fixed: Large demo imports no longer stall mid-way — the importer keeps its progress for the entire run and shows a status note while images download Bug Fixed: A slow or unreachable image no longer halts the whole im 3.2
  4. Version 3.1 Bug Fixed: Customizer settings now import for themes installed in a subfolder (the import previously failed with “not suitable for current theme”) Bug Fixed: Customizer import file format check no longer passes invalid f 3.1
  5. Version 3.0 Bug Fixed: Full WordPress Plugin Check (PHPCS) compliance pass Bug Fixed: Security hardening — sanitized and validated all $_GET, $_POST, and $_FILES reads; replaced wp_redirect() with wp_safe_redirect() Bug Fixed: All a 3.0
  6. Version 2.2 Bug Fixed: WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.strip_tags_strip_tags Bug Fixed: WordPress.WP.DeprecatedParameters.Get_termsParam2Found Bug Fixed: WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.unlink_unlink Bug Fixed: WordPress.WP.I18n 2.2

Known vulnerabilities

via Wordfence Intelligence

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

  1. 2026-07-15 CVE-2026-15336 Missing Authorization Affects <= 3.3 Patched in 3.4
  2. 2022-02-07 CVE-2022-0440 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type Affects < 2.1.1 Patched in 2.1.1
  3. 2021-10-21 CVE-2021-39352 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type Affects <= 1.7 Patched in 1.8
  4. 2021-09-20 CVE-2021-24752 Missing Authorization Affects < 1.6 Patched in 1.6

Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.

CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

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

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 2 languages, 0 at 90% or more

Ukrainian 88%
Russian 37%

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-06-09 6K+ → 5K+ down after 217 days in tier
  2. 2025-11-04 7K+ → 6K+ down after 183 days in tier
  3. 2025-05-05 8K+ → 7K+ down after 214 days in tier
  4. 2024-10-03 9K+ → 8K+ down after 187 days in tier
  5. 2024-03-30 10K+ → 9K+ down

Competes with

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Catch Themes Demo Import: 5K+ active installs, 1.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/catch-themes-demo-import