Best switch plugins for WordPress
The most popular switch plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Manage Notification E-mails leads with 100K+ active installs, ahead of View Admin As (9K+) and Theme Switcha (7K+). All 36 plugins tagged “switch” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 switch plugins
- 1.
Manage Notification E-mailsThe most installed switch plugin, with 100K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 56 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 2.
View Admin As9K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 49 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 3.
Theme Switcha7K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 63 reviews, updated 3 days ago.
- 4.
Sticky Posts5K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 18 reviews, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
- 5.Flag Icons
3K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 20 reviews, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
- 6.Menu Swapper
2K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 43 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 7.
Taxonomy Switcher2K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 24 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
- 8.Fast User Switching
1K+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 9 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
- 9.
Maintenance Switch800+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 12 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 10.Fast Page Switch
300+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 21 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.
All 36 plugins tagged “switch”

Manage Notification E-mails
#412by 3D Virge1 month ago
Enable and disable email notifications that WordPress sends to the admin and user. Works perfectly with many other plugins!
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.8(56)
- Downloads
- 683/day

View Admin As
Down in the last 7 days:2#2,290by Jory Hogeveen19 days ago
View the WordPress admin as a different role or visitor, switch between users, temporarily change your capabilities, set screen settings for roles.
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 4.9(49)
- Downloads
- 74/day

Theme Switcha
Up in the last 7 days:4#2,555by Jeff Starr3 days ago
Easily switch between themes for development and testing.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.4(63)
- Downloads
- 81/day

Sticky Posts
Up in the last 7 days:2#2,926by Markus Wiesenhofer4 years ago
This plugin adds a sticky post switch functionality to the admin list post/custom post type pages.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.4(18)
- Downloads
- 37/day
Flag Icons
Down in the last 7 days:26#3,840by Vasilis Triantafyllou4 years ago
Flags Icons Language Switcher.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.9(20)
- Downloads
- 14/day
Menu Swapper
Up in the last 7 days:2#4,256by sevenspark1 year ago
The Menu Swapper allows you to register custom theme locations and easily swap menus on individual Pages or Posts.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.7(43)
- Downloads
- 16/day

Taxonomy Switcher
Down in the last 7 days:16#4,481by webdevstudios3 months ago
Switch the taxonomy for all terms or only child terms of a specified parent term.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(24)
- Downloads
- 42/day
Fast User Switching
Down in the last 7 days:21#5,270by Tikweb Management1 year ago
Fast user switching between users and roles directly from the admin bar - switch from a list or search for users/roles by id, username, email, etc.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.1(9)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Maintenance Switch
Up in the last 7 days:79#7,341by Fugu Design2 months ago
Customize easily and switch in one-click to (native) maintenance mode from your backend or frontend.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 5.0(12)
- Downloads
- 24/day
Fast Page Switch
Up in the last 7 days:19#10,580by Marc Wiest6 years ago
Save time switching between posts of any post-type in wp-admin.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.8(21)
- Downloads
- 6/day

LIQUID RWD Plus
Down in the last 7 days:16#10,693by lqd3 months ago
Switch to desktop view on smartphones.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Localize WordPress
Up in the last 7 days:17#12,527by S15 years ago
Easily switch to any localization from GlotPress
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Switch Core
Down in the last 7 days:17#16,906by ThemesGrove7 years ago
More customize option included with that.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Cryout Theme Switch
Down in the last 7 days:56#16,947by CryoutCreations25 days ago
Quickly and easily swap between themes. Adds a theme switcher to WordPress Admin Bar with parent/child themes, filtering and favorites list.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 7/day
Conditional Themes
#19,735by Nashwan D7 years ago
A simple API to switch the themes on certain conditions.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 4.9(9)
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Maintenance Switch
Down in the last 7 days:2#23,847by Mitch9 years ago
A light-weight tool to turn on maintenance mode with just one click.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Switcher
Down in the last 7 days:160#24,429by Kostya Tereshchuk24 days ago
One toolbar button that switches between the admin page and the public page you viewed last.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Switch Pages
#25,186by brijeshk895 years ago
Switch Pages is a plugin which allows you to switch between pages/posts from within the Edit page without having to go to the Pages tab and searching …
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Switch
#25,737by Switchreclamebureau4 years ago
Simple cookie notice plugin, adds a little bit of html to the footer that can be styled as a cookie banner.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day

Page Switcher
Up in the last 7 days:43#28,369by michelve7 years ago
Easily change or switch the current page to other pages from the wordpress editor.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 2/day
Toggle Anything
Up in the last 7 days:583#29,487by nickpagz2 years ago
A customizable toggle switch used to control visibility of other blocks on the page.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

hiWeb Theme Switcher
Down in the last 7 days:617#32,285by Den Media10 years ago
Changing the theme on selected pages and posts
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Daily logo
Up in the last 7 days:1,572#32,671by Andrea Landonio4 years ago
Daily logo is a simple and flexible plugin which allow users to display a different header/logo in their site every day.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Toggle Content Block
#32,973by Bunty2 months ago
Easily switch between two distinct content sections (Left & Right) using a toggle button or switch interface.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple On/Off Switch
Up in the last 7 days:9,051#36,232by mattbeekler13 years ago
Adds a dashboard widget with a on/off switch that returns "on" or "off" value with a shortcode. Shortcode is [simpleswitch]
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
A.T. Many themes
Up in the last 7 days:11,381#36,939by Alexey Tomorovich9 years ago
This plugin help you to change theme for mobile, specific pages, posts, categories. It can be useful for creating mobile application, landing page, A/ …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Switch Last Posts Widget
Up in the last 7 days:3,559#38,296by LordPretender13 years ago
A widget which displays the latest posts according the current category.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Multisite Dashboard Switcher
Up in the last 7 days:7,129#40,359by sjlevy2 years ago
The Multisite Dashboard Switcher is a plugin written for WordPress that allows multisite administrators to easily switch between Dashboards.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Move User Roles
Down in the last 7 days:5,055#42,643by Alsvin Tech2 years ago
Move User Roles WordPress plugin allow site admin to change users roles easily. Move site users from one user role to another user role in two steps.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Multisite Admin Bar Switcher
#43,144by flynsarmy6 years ago
Require PHP 5.3
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Multisite Switcher
Down in the last 7 days:4,397#44,769by cedbv16 years ago
In a multisite configuration, add a dropdown menu in administration to let you switch between sites admin.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Wp Switch User
Down in the last 7 days:165#46,310by Acewebx1 year ago
Activate the plugin to automatically create a 'Switch To' link in the list of action links for each user.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Ghostonix Connector for Switch Payments
Up in the last 7 days:20,777#51,787by ghostonix4 months ago
WooCommerce connector for accepting Switch / HyperPay hosted card payments using your own merchant credentials.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Word Switch
#55,177by Mrinal Haque9 months ago
A lightweight WordPress plugin that adds word-switching functionality to Gutenberg editor's
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day

MB Topbar
Down in the last 7 days:20,158#72,678by Tihi3217 years ago
This is a theme demo bar that allow developers / designers to showcase their designs / websites.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day