Best theme preview plugins for WordPress
The most popular theme preview plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Preview Themes leads with 10+ active installs, ahead of Front End Theme Preview (10+). All 2 plugins tagged “theme preview” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 theme preview plugins
- 1.
Preview ThemesThe most installed theme preview plugin, with 10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.1.4.
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Front End Theme Preview10+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
All 2 plugins tagged “theme preview”
Preview Themes
Up in the last 7 days:216#33,358by Abinav Thakuri15 years ago
The Preview Themes plugin allows wordpress users to preview all installed themes without having to activate and deactivate them simultaneously.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Front End Theme Preview
Down in the last 7 days:3,538#47,662by Harvey J12 years ago
Allow users to preview and/or download/buy themes on the front end
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day