Best theme creator plugins for WordPress
The most popular theme creator plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Child Theme Creator by Orbisius leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of ChildMaker AI (fewer than 10). All 3 plugins tagged “theme creator” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 theme creator plugins
- 1.
Child Theme Creator by OrbisiusThe most installed theme creator plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 44 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 2.
ChildMaker AIFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
All 3 plugins tagged “theme creator”
Child Theme Creator by Orbisius
Down in the last 7 days:5#1,697by Svetoslav Marinov1 year ago
Create Child Themes quickly and easily from any theme that you have currently installed on your site/blog.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.0(44)
- Downloads
- 66/day
ChildMaker AI
#67,929by Javier A. D. Castillo2 months ago
Create child themes quickly and easily from your WordPress admin panel — clean, simple, and safe.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day