Freesoul Switch Theme: load a different theme on specific pages
by Jose Mortellaro · Uncategorized
Also makes 57 other plugins · 25.8K+ installs across the portfolio →
Freesoul Switch Themes allows you to load multiple themes on the same WordPress website.
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Health
A 85/100
Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈180 estimated
Momentum
-4%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “different” and “preview theme” to your wp.org tags. You rank #10 and #23 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 2 listed these are the slots worth spending.
85 health vs 58 average across 25,735 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.8%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 5.6K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,766 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized 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
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 30 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.7★ over 6 reviews, smoothed to 4.16★ and held back under 25 reviews
2 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.
42
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
27%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+0.3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| theme switch your tag | #2 | #8 | 0 |
| switch theme | #2 | #8 | 0 |
| different theme your tag | #4 | #21 | — |
| switch | #9 | #21 | up 3 |
| different | #10 | #21 | up 1 |
| preview theme | #23 | #19 | 0 |
| specific theme | #16 | #23 | 0 |
| specific page | #24 | #24 | down 1 |
12 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 8 listed. 4 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Add “different” and “preview theme” to your wp.org tags. You rank #10 and #23 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 2 listed these are the slots worth spending.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 192 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ 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.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
5mo ago
latest release · v1.0.7 · 21 May 2026
7
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% 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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2 months ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 200.
Install history since 16 Nov 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Anonymous User1.5y ago
The plugin idea and implementation is really good, as it doesn’t seem to exist any other plugin that switch themes “on the fly”, without requiring you to create menus and options for the second theme to work. The plugin works as expected when used to preview themes on posts or pages, but the part that changes the theme permanently for specific posts doesn’t seem to work unless you modify the code manually to correct two mistakes, and the author doesn’t seem to reply any longer on the support forums to correct them… Anyway, thank you for the plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ COTA2.8y ago
It is used to switch themes on a permanent, page-by-page basis. Other similar plugins were unstable, but this plugin is stable. I hope it will be available for a long time.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Vladimir Bender4.3y ago
As they say, everything ingenious is simple. This is a real salvation from a ton of problems with one click. If some plugin you need uses Bootstrap (like Classified Listing by RadiusTheme) and conflicts with your theme, The Freesoul Switch Theme plugin will help you. Do you really need a network? If all you want is for different collections of web pages to look very different, then you can probably achieve what you want in a single site by using a plugin to switch themes, templates, or stylesheets — Freesoul Switch Theme plugin. We are looking forward to the release of PRO for switching themes for custom pages.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ellaod6.6y ago
Really useful and great plugin, simple and easy to use, does exactly what it says and works perfectly.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Zarausto7.3y ago
Works like a charm, simple and efficient. Thanks you Jose Mortellaro!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Riccardo Bastillo7.3y ago
plugin fantastic
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.8
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more · development strings
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
2 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 "Freesoul Switch Themes allows you to load multiple themes on the same WordPress website."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 601 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 1 of 2 tags appear in the text; "theme switch" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-09-01 200+ → 100+ down after 53 days in tier
- 2026-07-10 100+ → 200+ up after 11 days in tier
- 2026-06-29 200+ → 100+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-06-26 100+ → 200+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-06-24 200+ → 100+ down after 13 days in tier
- 2026-06-11 100+ → 200+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2026-06-06 200+ → 100+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-06-03 100+ → 200+ up 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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