Theme Tester
by Donncha O Caoimh (a11n) · Uncategorized
Also makes 9 other plugins · 21.5K+ installs across the portfolio →
Test a theme on your blog without showing your visitors
47 health vs 56 average across 16,375 Uncategorized plugins
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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.
Room to improve
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 1012 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
66
now · peak 161
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
No release in a yearHow 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
2.8y ago
latest release · v0.3
3
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 “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2015-09-06 · 1,379 observations
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
Est. acquisition value
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. The recent download trend is too spiky to read.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ asesorenergetico12.3y ago
Any plan to upgrade the plugin?
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ legendofchin9712.6y ago
Not Recommended.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Md Jahidul Islam12.7y ago
This plugin is really very helpful to test my new theme on a live site without any interfere of normal visitor. I have been using this from years.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ldjautobody12.8y ago
Has this plugin been tested with WordPress 3.7 or 3.7.1? Sounds like a great plugin and I’d love to try it, but need to know if it’s compatible with the latest versions. Thanks for any help! LDJ Auto Body, Denise
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ sweetmasya13.0y ago
the theme is great i believe. but in my dashboard with WordPress v 3.6.1 seems not nicely work. please check. my great appreciation for this developing theme tester
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-31 200+ → 300+ up after 24 days in tier
- 2026-08-07 300+ → 200+ down after 494 days in tier
- 2025-03-31 400+ → 300+ down after 410 days in tier
- 2024-02-15 500+ → 400+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2024-02-13 400+ → 500+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2024-02-09 500+ → 400+ down after 322 days in tier
- 2023-03-24 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-03-23 500+ → 600+ 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).
- T Theme to Browser (T2B) Control 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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Hello Plus 80K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag B -
YITH WooCommerce Catalog Mode 60K+ installs · 3.7★ · 1 shared tag B -
Visual CSS Style Editor 30K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B - A Advanced Automatic Updates 20K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag D
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