WordPress plugin comparison

Extensions, Themes and Core Update Manager vs Theme Test Drive

Extensions, Themes and Core Update Manager

by Chetan Vaghela

Fewer than 10 installs

Theme Test Drive

by Vladimir Prelovac

7K+ installs3.9

At a glance

Theme Test Drive has more active installs: 7K+, against fewer than 10 for Extensions, Themes and Core Update Manager.
On a typical day, Theme Test Drive is downloaded about 25 times, Extensions, Themes and Core Update Manager about 1.
Extensions, Themes and Core Update Manager has no reviews yet.
Extensions, Themes and Core Update Manager was updated more recently: Jul 6, 2026, against Nov 28, 2017 for Theme Test Drive.
Extensions, Themes and Core Update Manager is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 4.3.34 for Theme Test Drive.
Theme Test Drive has been around longer: since 2008, against 2022 for Extensions, Themes and Core Update Manager.

Level: each leads on 3 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Extensions, Themes and Core Update Manager	Theme Test Drive
Popular rank	#71,413	#2,602
Active installs	Fewer than 10	7K+
Downloads, last 30 days	35	734
Rating	No ratings	3.9(50)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	7.0.8	4.3.34
Search multiplier	×0.05	×0.00
Last release	4 months ago	9 years ago
Requires PHP	7.2	–

From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.

Track your plugin against its rivals every day: rank, installs, downloads, ratings and their releases, with alerts when anything moves.