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- Installs
- 10+ million
- Rating
- 4.5 (7.3K)
- Updated
- 18 days ago
Theme Editor
Theme Editor allows you to edit theme files, create folder, upload files and remove any file and folder in themes and plugins.
- Active installs
- 50,000+
- #757 of 1,000
- Downloads, all time
- 948.4K
- 948,369
- Downloads, 30 days
- 6.8K
- 1.9K in the last 7
- Rating
- 4.6 / 5
- 128 reviews
- Last updated
- 7 months ago
- Mar 19, 2026
- Version
- 3.2
- 0 releases
Upkeep and compatibility
| Last updated | March 19, 2026Updated in the last year |
|---|---|
| Tested up to | WordPress 6.9.11Older than WordPress 7.1.4, the current release |
| Needs WordPress | 3.4 or newer |
| Needs PHP | 5.2.4 or newer |
| First published | April 24, 2017 |
| Support, last two months | 0 of 1 threads resolved (0%) |
Reviews
4.6 / 5 from 128 reviews
| 5 stars | 108 |
|---|---|
| 4 stars | 9 |
| 3 stars | 2 |
| 2 stars | 0 |
| 1 star | 9 |
Downloads, last 30 days
What the author says it does
Theme Editor allows you to edit theme files, create folder, upload files and remove any file and folder in themes and plugins. You can easily customize you themes and plugins directly.
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Key Features in Theme Editor Plugin
- Edit Theme and Plugin Files
- Code Editors – Supports PHP, HTML, CSS and JavaScript
- Fancy Box
- Code Mirror
- Create and remove folder in themes and plugins
- Create and remove files in themes and plugins
- upload and download files in themes and plugins
- Download whole theme and plugin.
- Create New Child Theme
- Duplicate Existing Child Theme
- Query / Selector
- Move File from Parent Theme To Child Theme
- Upload New Images and Download Images
- Change and Upload New Screenshot of Selected Theme
- View All Images of Selected Theme
Extended Features in Theme Editor Plugin
- Users Permissions
- User Role Permissions
- Email Notifications to Admin
- Edit Theme Files
- Code Editors Supports PHP, HTML, CSS and JavaScript
- Fancy Box
- Code Mirror
- Create and remove folder in themes
- Create and remove files in themes
- Upload and download files in themes
- Download whole theme.
- Edit Plugin Files
- Create and remove folder in plugins
- Create and remove files in plugins
- Upload and download files in plugins
- Download whole plugin.
- Create New Child Theme
- Duplicate Existing Child Theme
The opening of the plugin's own description. The full text, installation notes and changelog are on its WordPress.org page.
Latest changelog entry
- jquery issues fixes with WP 5.5
Screenshots
Theme Editor 
Theme Image Preview 
Upload files and folders 
Create file and folders
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Where this page's numbers come from
Read from the WordPress.org plugin API on , when WordPress 7.1.4 was the current release. WordPress.org rounds active installs into buckets. These are the directory's figures, not my verdict, and I haven't tested this plugin.