Best template hierarchy plugins for WordPress
The most popular template hierarchy plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Confirm Theme Structure leads with 100+ active installs, ahead of Child Page Templates (10+). All 2 plugins tagged “template hierarchy” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 template hierarchy plugins
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Confirm Theme StructureThe most installed template hierarchy plugin, with 100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 5 months ago.
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Child Page Templates10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
All 2 plugins tagged “template hierarchy”
Confirm Theme Structure
Down in the last 7 days:98#15,561by r30985 months ago
WordPress themes consist of a variety of templates, which makes customization difficult.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Child Page Templates
Down in the last 7 days:570#46,730by j14 years ago
Allows theme authors to add page templates to their themes that will be automatically used based on the page's parent.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day