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Child Theme Wizard

by Jay Versluis · 10,000+ active installs · Checked 4 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: maintained, last release 22 Jun 2026, 1 release in 24 months, no unpatched vulnerabilities.

93/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for Child Theme Wizard
Ownership100
Maintenance85
Security95
SupportNo data
ReputationNo data

How the score works

Quick answers

Is Child Theme Wizard still maintained?
Yes. Last release 22 Jun 2026, 1 release in the last 24 months. 22 Jun 2026 · wordpress.org
Who owns Child Theme Wizard, and has it changed hands?
No change recorded. Main committer versluis since Mar 2014. 4 Nov 2026 · SVN log
Was Child Theme Wizard removed from wordpress.org?
No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 4 Nov 2026. 4 Nov 2026 · wordpress.org
Is Child Theme Wizard safe?
1 known vulnerability, fixed (latest in 1.5). Not on the exploited list. 26 Jun 2026 · Wordfence Intelligence
Is the latest Child Theme Wizard update safe to install?
No ownership change before 1.5. No one-star spike after it. 22 Jun 2026 · Release history

Active signals

Facts we detected, with links to the source.

No open risk signals. Signals appear here when we detect an ownership change, closure, vulnerability or decline.

Ownership timeline

Who commits to the plugin's code on wordpress.org, over time.

Committers and their active periods
versluis19 Mar 2014 to 22 Jun 2026, 45 commits

1 committer recorded. No ownership change since 2014.

Maintenance

Last release
5 months ago
Releases, 24 months
1
Tested up to
7.0 vs 7.1
Requires PHP
7.4 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter
Releases per quarter for Child Theme Wizard
Q1 20240
Q2 20240
Q3 20240
Q4 20240
Q1 20250
Q2 20250
Q3 20250
Q4 20250
Q1 20260
Q2 20261
Q3 20260
Q4 20260

Last release 22 Jun 2026. Tested up to 7.0, 1 major version behind WordPress 7.1.

Reputation

Last 90 days: no reviews. Lifetime: 4.9.

Average rating per quarter for Child Theme Wizard
Q2 20245.0
Q2 20255.0
Q4 20255.0

Average rating stayed at 5.0 between Q2 2024 and Q4 2025.

Rating distribution
5 star35
4 star0
3 star0
2 star0
1 star1
Latest low reviews

Security record

1 vulnerability in 24 months, patched (latest fixed in 1.5).

Show 1 patched vulnerability
PublishedIssueCVSSAffectedFixed inDays to patch
26 Jun 2026Child Theme Wizard <= 1.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery4.3<= 1.41.5Patched before disclosure

Changelog mentions of security fixes: 1.5 (security, CSRF, nonce, escaping).

Sources: Wordfence Intelligence, CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, readme changelogs.

Support

Support history appears after our first snapshots of the forum counts.

Momentum

10,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for Child Theme Wizard
4 May 202645
11 May 202681
18 May 202699
25 May 2026107
1 Jun 202693
8 Jun 202697
15 Jun 202661
22 Jun 20264,971
29 Jun 20261,488
6 Jul 20261,608
13 Jul 2026774
20 Jul 2026790
27 Jul 2026696
3 Aug 2026706
10 Aug 2026621
17 Aug 2026639
24 Aug 2026739
31 Aug 2026594
7 Sep 2026566
14 Sep 2026585
21 Sep 2026475
28 Sep 2026458
5 Oct 2026423
12 Oct 2026393
19 Oct 2026513
26 Oct 2026480
2 Nov 202661

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 46% below the 27-week average.

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Facts

Version1.5
AuthorJay Versluis
Added19 Mar 2014
Last updated22 Jun 2026
Active installs10,000+
Requires WordPress5.0
Tested up to7.0.8
Requires PHP7.4
CategoryDesign & Themes > Themes & Templates
Tagscreator, starter, generator, one-click, child theme

Other plugins by this author: Show Me The Cookies, Zen Dash, Disk Space Pie Chart, P2 Header Ad

Questions

Is Child Theme Wizard still maintained?

Yes. Last release 22 Jun 2026, 1 release in the last 24 months.

Who owns Child Theme Wizard, and has it changed hands?

No change recorded. Main committer versluis since Mar 2014.

Was Child Theme Wizard removed from wordpress.org?

No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 4 Nov 2026.

Is Child Theme Wizard safe?

1 known vulnerability, fixed (latest in 1.5). Not on the exploited list.

Is the latest Child Theme Wizard update safe to install?

No ownership change before 1.5. No one-star spike after it.

Data: wordpress.org Plugins API, plugins SVN and Trac, wordpress.org reviews and support forum, Wordfence Intelligence, CISA KEV, NVD.Plugin data refreshed 4 Nov 2026.Report a data issue