Best appearance menu plugins for WordPress
The most popular appearance menu plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Add Customizer leads with 10+ active installs, ahead of Editor Appearance Access (10+). All 2 plugins tagged “appearance menu” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 appearance menu plugins
- 1.
Add CustomizerThe most installed appearance menu plugin, with 10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.
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Editor Appearance Access10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.
All 2 plugins tagged “appearance menu”

Add Customizer
Up in the last 7 days:2,034#41,609by Kris C4 years ago
Adds the customizer link in the admin appearance menu.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Editor Appearance Access
Down in the last 7 days:2,727#47,259by byronj6 years ago
A WordPress plugin that grants the Editor user role access to menus under the Appearance menu.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day