Best theme customizer plugins for WordPress
The most popular theme customizer plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Thirteen Colors leads with 200+ active installs, ahead of Storefront Pro Skins (100+) and Category Excluder from Theme Customizer (60+). All 7 plugins tagged “theme customizer” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 7 theme customizer plugins
- 1.Thirteen Colors
The most installed theme customizer plugin, with 200+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30.
- 2.
Storefront Pro Skins100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.9.0.
- 3.Category Excluder from Theme Customizer
60+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
- 4.WP Theme Customizer by phpbaba
10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1.
- 5.Customizer Framework
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
- 6.Coder Customizer Framework
10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 7.Extend Theme Customizer
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
All 7 plugins tagged “theme customizer”
Thirteen Colors
Up in the last 7 days:6#11,931by Nick Halsey10 years ago
Thirteen Colors is the easiest way to customize the colors of the Twenty Thirteen theme.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Storefront Pro Skins
Up in the last 7 days:71#13,443by pootlepress4 years ago
Storefront Pro Skins
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 4/day
Category Excluder from Theme Customizer
Up in the last 7 days:302#19,937by Abhishek Sinha13 years ago
Administrator can easily exclude the posts from specific category/categories via WordPress live preview ( Theme Customizer )
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 3.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Theme Customizer by phpbaba
Up in the last 7 days:3,102#43,863by Umar Ahmad13 years ago
Supercharge any wordpress site with WP Theme Customizer and give a premium look to your theme.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Customizer Framework
#44,930by Philip Newcomer12 years ago
A lightweight and easy-to-use framework for the WordPress Customizer.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Coder Customizer Framework
Up in the last 7 days:217#46,190by codersantosh11 years ago
Welcome coder, Use WordPress Customizer in easy and standard way to your theme
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Extend Theme Customizer
#46,945by 1shiharaT12 years ago
It is a plugin that allows you to set the theme customizer from json file.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day