Best theme-companion plugins for WordPress
The most popular theme-companion plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Kubelio Companion leads with 500+ active installs, ahead of BZOTech Theme Core (100+) and ZMPlugin (70+). All 4 plugins tagged “theme-companion” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 theme-companion plugins
- 1.
Kubelio CompanionThe most installed theme-companion plugin, with 500+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 week ago.
- 2.
BZOTech Theme Core100+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 months ago.
- 3.
ZMPlugin70+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
- 4.
Iris Theme Kit20+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 months ago.
All 4 plugins tagged “theme-companion”

Kubelio Companion
Up in the last 7 days:333#8,799by Kubelio10 days ago
Mandatory companion plugin for Kubelio themes. Extends WooCommerce, customizer options, provides custom blocks, and a sleek setup wizard.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 12/day

BZOTech Theme Core
#14,921by BZOTech3 months ago
Provides core functionality required by all BZOTech WordPress themes.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

ZMPlugin
Down in the last 7 days:12#18,425by ZuestMedia1 month ago
The official companion plugin for ZuestMedia WordPress themes, with additional tools for privacy, analytics, SMTP, content and site administration.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Iris Theme Kit
Down in the last 7 days:223#25,311by Zephyr5 months ago
Elementor widgets and editorial tools for themes by Iris AI.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day