Best WordPress theme plugins for WordPress
The most popular WordPress theme plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WDS Themes Manager leads with fewer than 10 active installs, ahead of Nahawa Core Lite (fewer than 10) and HTML WP (fewer than 10). All 4 plugins tagged “wordpress theme” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 WordPress theme plugins
- 1.
WDS Themes ManagerThe most installed WordPress theme plugin, with fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 2.Nahawa Core Lite
Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 week ago.
- 3.
HTML WPFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.3.14.
- 4.
WP Post Type & WidgetFewer than 10 active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.7.21.
All 4 plugins tagged “wordpress theme”

WDS Themes Manager
Up in the last 7 days:2,505#50,075by webdesignsun8 years ago
WDS Themes Manager is a versatile plugin for fast and effective management of the themes on a website by setting different filters.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Nahawa Core Lite
Up in the last 7 days:8,990#61,526by sadiosan2313 days ago
Free companion plugin for the Nahawa theme with guided onboarding, two free Starter Sites and local diagnostics.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

HTML WP
Down in the last 7 days:814#65,102by Krishnendu Paul3 years ago
HTML WP Menu addon is a plugin that create wp menu from html.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Post Type & Widget
Down in the last 7 days:14,291#70,265by Joy Saha5 years ago
WP Post Type & Widget is the perfect plugin to create Custom Post Types and custom Taxonomies and custom widgets in a user friendly way, just like …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day