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Child Theme Check

by Torsten Landsiedel · Uncategorized

Warns you about outdated template files in your child theme and shows a diff view of the changes between parent and child theme template.

⚠ Few reviews
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87 Health · A
Maintenance 100
Rating quality 84
Support 70

Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,379 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-51%
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Trailing 30-day total · the growth curve wp.org stopped showing

Directory rank

Popularity rank over time · lower is better

Downloads per 1k installs · 30d

Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base

Estimated active installs

wp.org reports only “800+”. The real number sits in this band.

modeled estimate
800–900 ≈870

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

Install trend · reconstructed from 1388 daily snapshots

Details

Version
1.0.10
Last updated
2mo ago
Added
2015-09-26
Requires WP
3.6.0
Tested up to
7.0.1
Requires PHP

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-07-10 800+ → 700+ down after 340 days in band
  2. 2025-08-04 900+ → 800+ down after 1 days in band
  3. 2025-08-03 800+ → 900+ up after 8 days in band
  4. 2025-07-26 900+ → 800+ down after 3 days in band
  5. 2025-07-23 800+ → 900+ up after 29 days in band
  6. 2025-06-24 900+ → 800+ down after 116 days in band
  7. 2025-02-28 800+ → 900+ up after 1 days in band
  8. 2025-02-27 900+ → 800+ down after 3 days in band

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Child Theme Check: 800+ active installs, 5.0★ (8 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-15. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/child-theme-check