Theme Development Preview
by Roland Barker 3 (2 reviews)

Theme Development Preview

Allows specific users to preview and configure a theme without affecting the current theme of the site.

Theme Development Preview ranks #39,950 among WordPress.org plugins with 10+ active installations, a 3/5 rating from 2 reviews, and was last updated May 19, 2016. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 4.5.33 (Current: 7.1.2)
v1.2 Current Version v1.2
Updated 10 years ago Last Update on 19 May, 2016
Refreshed 7 hours ago Last Refreshed on
Top 50% by installs No update in over a year
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Rank
#39,950
-3216 this week
Active Installs
10+
No change
KW Avg Position
N/A
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Downloads
2.4K
+2 today
Support Resolved
0%
No change
Rating
60%
Review 3 out of 5
3 (2 reviews)

Next Milestone 20

Total Progress 20%
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26,688
Ranks to Climb
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Growth Needed
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Active Installs
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Rank Changes

33,167 36,954 40,742 44,529 48,316 16-09-2026 17-09-2026 18-09-2026 19-09-2026 20-09-2026 21-09-2026 22-09-2026 23-09-2026
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Active Installs Growth

Active Installs 0,000,000+
Growth +0.0%
Peak 0,000,000

Downloads Growth

0 10 16-09-2026 17-09-2026 18-09-2026 19-09-2026 20-09-2026 21-09-2026 22-09-2026 23-09-2026
0 10 08-09-2026 09-09-2026 10-09-2026 11-09-2026 12-09-2026 13-09-2026 14-09-2026 15-09-2026 16-09-2026 17-09-2026 18-09-2026 19-09-2026 20-09-2026 21-09-2026 22-09-2026 23-09-2026
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Reviews & Ratings

3.0
2 reviews
Overall 60%
5
1 (50%)
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2
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Plugin Details

Version
1.2
Last Updated
May 19, 2016
Requires WP
4.1+
Tested Up To
4.5.33
PHP Version
N/A
Author
Roland Barker

Support & Rating

Rating
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Reviews
2
Support Threads
0
Resolved
0%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Theme Development Preview

Only administrators can change what theme is getting previewed and who can see it.
No, only one theme can be previewed at a time.
Currently, this plugin only shows a preview theme to logged-in users that have been enabled in the settings.
No, this plugin is not a "theme switcher" it is a tool for theme designers and developers to preview and configure a new theme behind the scenes.
Any theme that uses the standard WordPress methods for saving configurations will have their configurations saved separately from the main theme. Some theme developers may have used alternative methods for saving settings, and this plugin may not work with such themes.
You can change theme templates in the preview theme, but you cannot make changes that are stored in the page content, such as with "Visual Composer" and other similar page layout tools that work with shortcodes. If you do make such changes, they will show up in the main theme. The preview theme's page/post/CPT content is the same as the main theme, so you cannot make content changes to live pages behind the scenes.
Yes, menu and widget configurations are separate in the preview theme. The same menus and widgets will be available, except any widgets that are created by the theme.
The ones that are theme-specific are separate for the previewed theme, but any settings that are under the control of plugins can\'t be switched, they will be the same for the main theme and the previewed theme.

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