Customizer Export/Import vs Advanced Twenty Seventeen (2026)
Detailed side-by-side comparison of two WordPress plugins, based on real-time data from WordPress.org.
Customizer Export/Import
100K+ active installs
Free
Advanced Twenty Seventeen
3.0K+ active installs
Free
Quick Verdict
As of April 2026, Customizer Export/Import has a higher user rating (4.8/5 from 114 reviews) and leads in active installations (100K+ vs 3.0K+). Both are free WordPress plugins. Customizer Export/Import has accumulated 2.8M+ total downloads while Advanced Twenty Seventeen has 45K+.
Detailed Comparison
| Metric | Customizer Export/Import | Advanced Twenty Seventeen | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.8/5 | ◄ | 4.3/5 |
| Total Reviews | 114 | ◄ | 11 |
| Active Installs | 100K+ | ◄ | 3.0K+ |
| Total Downloads | 2.8M+ | ◄ | 45K+ |
| Support Resolution | N/A | N/A | |
| Last Updated | 2 months ago | ◄ | 8 years ago |
| First Released | 2014 | 2016 | |
| Age | 12 years | 10 years | |
| WP Requires | 3.6+ | 4.7+ | |
| PHP Requires | false+ | false+ | |
| Business Model | Free | Free | |
| Latest Version | 0.9.8 | 1.3.1 |
Rating Breakdown
Customizer Export/Import
Advanced Twenty Seventeen
Download Trends
Over the past 30 days, Customizer Export/Import averaged approximately 320 daily downloads while Advanced Twenty Seventeen averaged 4.
Recent Reviews
Customizer Export/Import Reviews
It Works!
Thank you for creating this plugin. It works perfectly with every theme I use. 🙂
Huge Help
Great plugin, worked perfectly. Probably it helped me save a few hours of customization. Thanks!
Perfect Thanks you so much
Perfect, I could export my theme settings to my child theme without any problem, in 2 minutes. That’s a lot of waste time gained. Thanks you so much !Very usefull I recommand.
Advanced Twenty Seventeen Reviews
Working as intended
I have never thought this kind of plugin would exist, anyways it’s working as intended so good job I must say.
Awesome plugin
Impressive and useful bundle of customizations, no need to write a single line of code, works well. Four stars because the pluging is not tested further than v. 4.7.9 even if it always works with the
Needs to be redesigned
This plugin (attempts to) create a twenty seventeen child theme so that customization to certain template parts (e.g., footer.php) can be done. However, there are several design issues with the appro
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