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Child Theme Wizard · Version history

Child Theme Wizard changelog and version history

Latest version
1.5
Jun 22, 2026 (4 months ago)
Releases
6
since 2014
In the last year
1
Tested up to
WordPress 7.0.8
PHP 7.4 or later

Releases each year

  • 20141 release
  • 20151 release
  • 20171 release
  • 20191 release
  • 20221 release
  • 20261 release

20261 release

  1. Child Theme Wizard 1.5Latest

    • Security: added CSRF nonce protection to the creation form
    • Security: parent theme selection now validated server-side against installed themes
    • Security: all HTML output is now properly escaped
    • Fixed: incorrect admin URL argument that broke the “Try again” link
    • Fixed: missing closing tag
    • Fixed: thumbnail copy now uses the filesystem path instead of an HTTP URL, fixing failures on hosts with allow_url_fopen disabled
    • Fixed: uninstall.php guard order corrected per WordPress standards
    • Replaced direct PHP file functions (fopen, fwrite, fclose, mkdir, copy) with WP_Filesystem API
    • Added PHP 8.2 return type declarations
    • Removed unused ctw_testing() function
    • Form layout updated to use WordPress standard form-table markup
    • Tested with WordPress 7.0

20221 release

  1. Child Theme Wizard 1.4

    • Defined the previously undefined variable $parent_style (thanks, Marcin!)
    • Updated links to WordPress Dev Docs

20191 release

  1. Child Theme Wizard 1.3

    • Tested compatibility with WordPress 5.1
    • Updated link to Codex
    • Added version query as suggested in Codex as of 2019

20171 release

  1. Child Theme Wizard 1.2

    • Corrected a spelling mistake (thanks, Cory!)

20151 release

  1. Child Theme Wizard 1.1

    • The parent theme stylesheet is now enqueued via functions.php

20141 release

  1. Child Theme Wizard 1.0

    • Initial release

Questions about Child Theme Wizard’s releases

What is the latest version of Child Theme Wizard?

1.5, released on Jun 22, 2026 (4 months ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.0.8 and needs PHP 7.4 or later.

How often is Child Theme Wizard updated?

One release in the last year. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from September 2014.

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Release dates come from the day each version’s folder was made in Child Theme Wizard’s WordPress.org SVN repository; the notes from its readme’s changelog, as its authors wrote it.