Child Theme Check

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1. ★★★★★ exius

   6.2y ago

   Diff works as advertised. It highlights changes to lines of code inside my child-theme files as compared to the parent theme files. Since I’m using a premium theme, I don’t have control over how the theme is written, so the @version detection feature will doubtfully be useful in this case since the parent theme isn’t using that on top of all their pages. They are however using the @since tag for almost every function. That seems complicated to track. Diff is already highlighting the differences between lines of code, so @since might not be too useful either.

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2. ★★★★★ John

   10.0y ago

   Very useful and works just fine. Many thanks for your work!

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3. ★★★★★ Sven Wagener

   10.2y ago

   This tool have been really helpful for me. Thanks a lot!

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4. ★★★★★ Li-An

   10.2y ago

   I was bored to verify if my child themes were up to date and this plugin is a great tool to see in a glimps if you have to rework your child theme.

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5. ★★★★★ websupporter

   10.4y ago

   Thank you Thorsten et.al for this very useful plugin. I think it’s a fantastic idea to check for a version header and this plugin is a good reminder of developing with a useful standard.

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6. ★★★★★ dimitris33

   10.4y ago

   Just found it, great tool, thanks for sharing

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7. ★★★★★ Alex H.

   10.5y ago

   Clear and fast overview about your changes with comparison view. I hope more theme developer would use to record the version in the files.

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8. ★★★★★ CMG

   10.8y ago

   Works flawlessy and gives after every Update of the Mothertheme the overview I need to fix some code. Thanks for a good portion of security.

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

Translated into 6 languages, 4 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

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

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

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).

• Child Theme Configurator 300K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags B
• WP Child Theme Generator 20K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags B
• Generate Child Theme 9K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B
• C Child Themify 6K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
• WPS Child Theme Generator 6K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B
• Quick Child Theme Generator 900+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D

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Child Theme Check: 800+ active installs, 5.0★ (8 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/child-theme-check