Best custom template plugins for WordPress
The most popular custom template plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Custom Category Templates leads with 3K+ active installs, ahead of Custom Category Template (1K+) and Post Template (400+). All 16 plugins tagged “custom template” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 custom template plugins
- 1.
Custom Category TemplatesThe most installed custom template plugin, with 3K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 6 reviews, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 2.
Custom Category Template1K+ active installs. Rated 3.3 from 9 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.0.
- 3.
Post Template400+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 13 reviews, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
- 4.
Frontend Dashboard Templates200+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.
- 5.
Custom Taxonomy Template200+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.0.
- 6.
AMS Single Post Template Selector70+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.9.20.
- 7.
Cpt custom page template40+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.
- 8.
Posts Page30+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 9.
WP Custom Post Template Redux10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
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TaxoSelect10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
All 16 plugins tagged “custom template”
Custom Category Templates
Up in the last 7 days:22#3,848by shazdeh10 years ago
Define custom templates for category views.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- Downloads
- 15/day
Custom Category Template
Down in the last 7 days:6#5,170by Bainternet9 years ago
This plugin lets you select a specific template for a category, just like pages
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.3(9)
- Downloads
- 12/day
Post Template
#9,284by IndiaNIC14 years ago
Get the Beauty of Your Webpages in Your Posts Too
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.9(13)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Frontend Dashboard Templates
Down in the last 7 days:62#11,818by M A Vinoth Kumar6 years ago
Frontend Dashboard Template will have customised layouts with logo, varieties colors for layouts, extendable by widget and layouts.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Custom Taxonomy Template
Up in the last 7 days:59#12,681by Bainternet10 years ago
This plugin lets you select a specific template for a taxonomy term, just like pages
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
AMS Single Post Template Selector
Up in the last 7 days:10#18,699by Manoj4 years ago
This plugin allows you to choose different template for individual post.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Cpt custom page template
Down in the last 7 days:57#21,585by Ganesh Paygude5 years ago
Adding Template Options to a Wordpress Custom Post Type
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Posts Page
#23,008by ballyhoos13 years ago
When setting the 'Posts Page:' to a custom page within the 'Reading' settings of Wordpress, it will by default, ignore that page&# …
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 3.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Custom Post Template Redux
Down in the last 7 days:531#30,679by Mat Gargano10 years ago
This plugin lets you add the custom post templates in your Wordpress custom post type. You can easily apply your custom post template in custom post t …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
TaxoSelect
#31,433by runthings.dev9 months ago
Assign archive templates to categories, tags and other taxonomy terms.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Custom Newsletter Template
Down in the last 7 days:2,842#37,340by CyberNetikz10 years ago
Custom Newsletter Template Generator.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Frontend Profile Genius
Up in the last 7 days:8,403#39,050by Marion Dorsett8 years ago
Allow users to edit their profile from your branded page, or delete their account.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Generate Custom Template
#46,871by techdabang7 years ago
Generate Custom Template easily through wordpress admin area.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Template Skeleton Creator
Down in the last 7 days:1,786#71,816by Apurv Bhatt2 months ago
Template Skeleton Creator helps developers quickly generate WordPress template files using predefined options directly from the admin panel.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Hannan Shakib Dynamic Single Post Template
Down in the last 7 days:3,472#74,027by hannanshakib4 months ago
A highly professional, fully customizable dynamic override template designed specifically for Single Post, Category, Tag, and Author pages.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day