Best switch theme plugins for WordPress
The most popular switch theme plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Theme Switch in Mobile and Desktop leads with 30+ active installs, ahead of Wave Your Theme (10+) and Easy Admin Theme (10+). All 7 plugins tagged “switch theme” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 7 switch theme plugins
- 1.
Theme Switch in Mobile and DesktopThe most installed switch theme plugin, with 30+ active installs. Rated 1.7 from 6 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.Wave Your Theme
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5.
- 3.Easy Admin Theme
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago.
- 4.Arya Switch Theme
Fewer than 10 active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
- 5.
Zodan Theme SwitcherFewer than 10 active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 1 month ago.
- 6.
Unreal Themes switchingFewer than 10 active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
- 7.
York IEFewer than 10 active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 3 months ago.
All 7 plugins tagged “switch theme”

Theme Switch in Mobile and Desktop
Down in the last 7 days:268#23,848by codepeople2 months ago
"Theme Switch in Mobile and Desktop" allows to swap the active theme to another one, when your website is loaded on mobile devices or deskto …
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 1.7(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Wave Your Theme
#42,280by qiqiboy16 years ago
A cool, beautiful method that allows themes to be previewed without activation. It will generate a button on the page link, when clicked, will show th …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Easy Admin Theme
#43,265by Remi Corson14 years ago
Tested up to 3.4 Stable Tag: 1.0 With this plugin you can can specify a theme to display only for logged-in administrators.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Arya Switch Theme
#50,914by Arya Themes7 years ago
Allows users to choose and preview all WordPress themes installed without
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Zodan Theme Switcher
Up in the last 7 days:6,254#61,503by Marten Moolenaar1 month ago
Allow (certain) users(roles) to easily switch to another theme. Non-persistent, so regular users won't be bothered.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Unreal Themes switching
Up in the last 7 days:6,467#64,329by Unreal Themes6 years ago
"Unreal Themes switching" allows to swap the active theme to another one, when your website is loaded on mobile devices or desktop browsers …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

York IE
Down in the last 7 days:3,181#71,683by yorksupport3 months ago
Assign or preview a different installed theme on individual posts, pages, and custom post types without changing the site-wide active theme.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day