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PWD Theme Switcher

by NicolasKulka · Uncategorized

Also makes 6 other plugins · 139.0K+ installs across the portfolio →

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Change theme to see your changes without saving it just for your session.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
48 Health · D
Maintenance 8/100
Rating quality 78/100
Support 70/100

48 health vs 56 average across 16,379 Uncategorized plugins

40+

Active installs

≈47 estimated

4.6K

Total downloads

since 2015

4.12★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 3 reviews

+96%

51

Downloads · 30d

category median +20%

Removal-risk signals

45/100

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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.

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.

55 / 100

Room to improve

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 17/100
WP compatibility 60/100
Rating quality 54/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 1103 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

+96% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

51

now · peak 116

5130d 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

PWD Theme Switcher · #21363 you Theme Switcher Reloa · #16345 Theme Preview · #11261 MW WP Form · #271

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.

1.3Kper 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

3.0y ago

latest release · v1.2.2

5

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.2.2 · 3.0y ago1.2.1 · 5.5y ago1.2 · 6.5y ago1.1 · 8.5y ago1.0 · 11.3y 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.

v1.2 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “40+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
40–50 ≈47

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

Install history · since 2016-11-19 · 1,370 observations

40Installs · 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.

Ratings · 3 reviews

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5★
3 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
1.2.2
Last updated
3.0y ago
Added
2015-05-28 · 11 yrs old
Requires WP
3.2
Tested up to
6.3.10
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ chwastomat
    5.4y ago

    Very good plugin. Effective and simple way to work on a new theme. Thank you!

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  2. ★★★★★ ardiyudha
    7.9y ago

    Very simple but useful Please be aware, not all themes enable WP Toolbar. May be you can use your menu as floating widget

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  3. ★★★★★ pegelf
    11.0y ago

    Finally, I found a Template Chooser which works without issues on the lates WordPress version. Would it be possible to also add a function for saving the chosen theme to the user, if logged in? That would be nice, because then, registered WordPress/Buddypress users could have individual themes for themselves.

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.3

✓ 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. 2026-06-04 50+ → 40+ down after 73 days in tier
  2. 2026-03-23 60+ → 50+ down after 40 days in tier
  3. 2026-02-11 70+ → 60+ down after 37 days in tier
  4. 2026-01-05 80+ → 70+ down after 31 days in tier
  5. 2025-12-05 90+ → 80+ down after 80 days in tier
  6. 2025-09-16 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in tier
  7. 2025-09-15 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
  8. 2025-09-14 100+ → 90+ down after 27 days in tier

Competes with

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