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Page Theme

by CyanSmoker · Uncategorized

Specify the theme (not template, that is already taken care of by Wordpress) you wish to use with each given page or blog post.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned
How scoring works →
45 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 75/100
Support 70/100

45 health vs 56 average across 16,377 Uncategorized plugins

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.

  • Long abandoned. No update in 13+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.0, well behind 6.8.

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.

39 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 2/100
Rating quality 65/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 4994 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+67% vs prior 30d
1Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

65

now · peak 81

6530d 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

Page Theme · #11549 you Display Posts · #545 Quick Bulk Post & Pa · #5050 Query Posts · #7740

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.1Stars · Aug 26

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.

325per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
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.

0

releases in the last 12 months

13.7y ago

latest release · v3.5

8

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

3.5 · 13.7y ago1.6 · 15.4y ago1.5 · 15.4y ago1.4 · 16.2y ago1.3 · 16.2y ago1.2 · 16.2y ago1.1 · 16.2y ago1.0 · 16.2y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v3.5 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
200–300 ≈250

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

Install history · since 2015-04-24 · 1,388 observations

200Installs · 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.

Details

Version
3.5
Last updated
13.7y ago
Added
2010-06-05 · 16 yrs old
Requires WP
2.6.1
Tested up to
3.5.0
Requires PHP

Recent reviews

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  1. guilamu
    7.7y ago

    Not working anymore with WordPress 5+ This topic was modified 7 years, 7 months ago by guilamu.

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  2. michaldybczak
    12.2y ago

    It works as promised, no complains. Although there is a mark that it works up to 3.5.0, it works correctly with 3.9.1 as well. At first I thought it didn’t but it was merely a matter of settings. Awesome plugin.

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  3. amir.sarya
    12.4y ago

    this option must be as default option in wordpress because it’s really necessary to define certain theme for certain category or menu. how ever this plugin is work well

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  4. whdsolutions
    12.5y ago

    Worked amazingly under 3.8 but has stopped working with the 3.8.1 update

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  5. Summer
    12.6y ago

    Loved this when it worked and have gotten rid of the category in which I could use it until I find something that works! If this plugin is updated I know many people would love it too!

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  6. WasabiBoy
    12.8y ago

    This seems to work for me over others.. Thanks

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  7. Jo Sprague
    12.8y ago

    Doesn’t allow you to assign a theme to a whole blog category. You only assign a theme to an individual page or post, not to groups of pages or whole categories. The interface for choosing a page theme is complex and buggy, and I experienced problems with child themes not loading correctly when this plugin was installed.

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  8. dmahler
    13.6y ago

    Thank you so much! This is EXACTLY what I was looking for. I used to have WP websites on one installation and then the blog on another. I decided to get everything under one install of WP but could not figure out how the heck to get the different layouts working. Your plugin is the solution. I have a template for the main website and one for the blog now and your plugin lets me choose which to use. I will be sending a donation your way shortly in expression of my thanks! Debbie

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

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

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-04-10 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in tier
  2. 2026-04-08 200+ → 300+ up after 27 days in tier
  3. 2026-03-12 300+ → 200+ down after 301 days in tier
  4. 2025-05-15 400+ → 300+ down after 272 days in tier
  5. 2024-08-16 500+ → 400+ down after 2 days in tier
  6. 2024-08-14 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
  7. 2024-08-13 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
  8. 2024-08-12 400+ → 500+ up after 14 days in tier

Competes with

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Page Theme: 200+ active installs, 4.1★ (12 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/page-theme