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Theme Switcha - Easily Switch Themes for Development and Testing

by Jeff Starr · 7,000+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: Theme Switcha - Easily Switch Themes for Development and Testing is maintained, has no open risk signals and no unpatched vulnerabilities.

90/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for Theme Switcha - Easily Switch Themes for Development and Testing
Ownership100
Maintenance100
Security95
Support70
Reputation70

How the score works

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
specialk23 Sep 2016 to 9 Aug 2026, 44 commits

1 committer recorded. No ownership changes recorded since 3 Nov 2026.

Maintenance

Last release
3 months ago
Releases, 24 months
6
Tested up to
7.1 current
Requires PHP
5.6.20 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter for Theme Switcha - Easily Switch Themes for Development and Testing
Q1 20241
Q2 20241
Q3 20240
Q4 20241
Q1 20251
Q2 20251
Q3 20250
Q4 20251
Q1 20261
Q2 20261
Q3 20261
Q4 20260

Last release 9 Aug 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).

Support

100% of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months.

Security record

PublishedIssueCVSSAffectedFixed inDays to patch
22 Apr 2025Theme Switcha <= 3.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting6.4<= 3.43.4.10
16 Oct 2023Theme Switcha <= 3.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode6.4<= 3.33.3.11

Source: Wordfence Intelligence.

Reputation

Lifetime rating 4.4 from 63 ratings. Quarterly trends appear as new reviews arrive.

Rating distribution
5 star51
4 star1
3 star1
2 star4
1 star6

Momentum

7,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for Theme Switcha - Easily Switch Themes for Development and Testing
4 May 2026258
11 May 2026422
18 May 2026589
25 May 2026426
1 Jun 2026336
8 Jun 2026337
15 Jun 2026325
22 Jun 2026292
29 Jun 2026279
6 Jul 2026301
13 Jul 2026296
20 Jul 2026341
27 Jul 2026279
3 Aug 2026495
10 Aug 20263,434
17 Aug 2026679
24 Aug 2026586
31 Aug 2026508
7 Sep 2026395
14 Sep 2026441
21 Sep 2026460
28 Sep 2026409
5 Oct 2026387
12 Oct 2026396
19 Oct 2026809
26 Oct 2026533
2 Nov 202668

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 13% below the 27-week average.

Healthier alternatives

Same category, higher Canary Score. Never sponsored.

MCP AdapterScore 93 · 60,000+WP-SCSSScore 93 · 40,000+Show Pages IDsScore 93 · 10,000+WP ResetScore 92 · 300,000+Query MonitorScore 91 · 200,000+

Facts

Version3.4.5
AuthorJeff Starr
Added23 Sep 2016
Last updated9 Aug 2026
Active installs7,000+
Requires WordPress4.7
Tested up to7.1.4
Requires PHP5.6.20
CategoryDesign & Themes > Themes & Templates
Tagstheme, switch, preview, switcher, Theme Switcher

Other plugins by this author: Disable Gutenberg, GA Google Analytics - Connect Google Analytics to WordPress, BBQ Firewall - Fast & Powerful Firewall Security, Blackhole for Bad Bots, Disable WP REST API, User Submitted Posts - Enable Users to Submit Posts from the Front End, Disable WP Sitemaps, Head Meta Data, Disable Media Sizes, Disable Lazy Load, Simple Blog Stats, Dashboard Widgets Suite

Questions

Is Theme Switcha - Easily Switch Themes for Development and Testing still maintained?

Theme Switcha - Easily Switch Themes for Development and Testing was last updated on 9 Aug 2026. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Is Theme Switcha - Easily Switch Themes for Development and Testing safe?

Theme Switcha - Easily Switch Themes for Development and Testing has no open unpatched vulnerabilities on record. 1 vulnerability was published in the last 24 months. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Who owns Theme Switcha - Easily Switch Themes for Development and Testing?

The wordpress.org author is Jeff Starr. Recent committers: specialk, plugin-master. We have recorded no ownership change.

What can I use instead of Theme Switcha - Easily Switch Themes for Development and Testing?

Plugins in the same category with a higher Canary Score: MCP Adapter, WP-SCSS, Show Pages IDs, WP Reset, Query Monitor.

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