Best childtheme plugins for WordPress
The most popular childtheme plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Childify Me leads with 8K+ active installs, ahead of Quick Child Theme Generator (800+). All 3 plugins tagged “childtheme” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 childtheme plugins
- 1.
Childify MeThe most installed childtheme plugin, with 8K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 32 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
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Quick Child Theme Generator800+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.
All 3 plugins tagged “childtheme”
Childify Me
Up in the last 7 days:5#2,422by Rocco Aliberti1 year ago
Create a child-theme from the Theme Customizer.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.6(32)
- Downloads
- 24/day
Quick Child Theme Generator
Up in the last 7 days:4#7,394by Ajay Kumar3 years ago
Quick Child Theme Generator is a WordPress plugin and it is helpful for creating child themes quickly.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 6/day