Design Import/Export – Styles, Templates, Template Parts and Patterns
by UXL Themes · Content & Feeds
Also makes 4 other plugins · 1.1K+ installs across the portfolio →
Quickly and easily import and export your block based full site editing theme design: global/custom styles, templates, template parts and patterns.
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Health
B 77/100
Few reviews
Active installs
200+
≈290 estimated
Momentum
+34%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “export” and “import” for “parts” and “theme design”. “export” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “parts” sits at #18 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “import” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “theme design” sits at #21 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
77 health vs 64 average across 1,194 Content & Feeds plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.6%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 7.8K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Content & Feeds plugin keeps 0.8%, across 864 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Content & Feeds plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 1 release in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 6 reviews to 2026-02-18Reviewers keep calling it a fix for a real gap in block themes, and they say moving styles, templates and template parts between sites just works.
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 326 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 6 reviews, smoothed to 4.20★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
46
Momentum
Holding steady
-0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 20d
40%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 20d
-0.2
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| template parts your tag | #10 | #20 | 0 |
| parts | #18 | #23 | down 1 |
| global styles your tag | #22 | #22 | down 5 |
| design | #22 | #21 | down 1 |
| theme design | #21 | #21 | up 1 |
| export your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| import your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| templates your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
6 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 5 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “export” and “import” for “parts” and “theme design”. “export” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “parts” sits at #18 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “import” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “theme design” sits at #21 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- Slipping on “global styles”. Down 5 places since 2026-09-22, now #22. Check what shipped around then, and what moved above you.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 619 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
11mo ago
latest release · v2.3 · 10 Dec 2025
4
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 77% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 20 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 300.
At the current install trend, crossing 300+ in roughly 493 days.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ domguard9mo ago
Thanks for this great piece of software ! This topic was modified 5 months ago by domguard.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Cyrille Sanson1.1y ago
Finally, a way to compensate for the lack of an essential feature in FSE: the ability to save custom style settings. Thank you for making this possible while we wait for FSE to add this feature.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ henriette1231.8y ago
Saved me a lot of work this time!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Hugh Lashbrooke2.6y ago
This plugin fixes a huge hole in WordPress and allows you to easily copy your entire customised theme from one site to another. This is invaluable for moving from a local development site to a live site, for copying your work from one site to another, or simply for backing things up in an easily portable format. I used this on the current latest version of WordPress (v6.4.3) and it worked with zero issues. I was copying a highly customised version of Twenty Twenty Three with some complex templates and it worked without a hitch. I’m definitely adding this plugin to my list of default installs.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ simongarrett2.7y ago
Very good, just what I need. After a quick test it seems just what is needed to develop customisations on a staging server then quickly transfer them to a live server. Greatly eases the task of migrating a site to a new theme.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ perryrylance4.5y ago
I’m working on a theme who’s slug I had to correct, which caused loss of all the template parts. I used this plugin to export the parts from the broken theme, searched and replaced the bad slug with the new slug and then ran the import, worked absolutely perfect. Thanks folks!
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceThe 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (2.3). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Medium · 4.9 Design Import/Export <= 2.2 - Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection via XML File Import ↗2025-12-12 CVE-2025-14050 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command Affects <= 2.2 Patched in 2.3
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 HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 2 languages, 2 at 90% or more
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
4 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Quickly and easily import and export your block based full site editing theme design: global/custom styles,..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("ideal for"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 809 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "global styles" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-12 300+ → 200+ down after 90 days in tier
- 2026-07-14 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-07-13 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-07-11 200+ → 300+ up after 211 days in tier
- 2025-12-12 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-12-11 200+ → 100+ down after 6 days in tier
- 2025-12-05 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-12-04 200+ → 100+ down after 1 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).
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