Customizer Export/Import vs Export Plugins and Templates (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
Export Plugins and Templates
1.0K+ 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 1.0K+). Both are free WordPress plugins. Customizer Export/Import has accumulated 2.8M+ total downloads while Export Plugins and Templates has 34K+.
Detailed Comparison
| Metric | Customizer Export/Import | Export Plugins and Templates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.8/5 | ◄ | 4.4/5 |
| Total Reviews | 114 | ◄ | 12 |
| Active Installs | 100K+ | ◄ | 1.0K+ |
| Total Downloads | 2.8M+ | ◄ | 34K+ |
| Support Resolution | N/A | N/A | |
| Last Updated | 2 months ago | ◄ | 1 year ago |
| First Released | 2014 | 2015 | |
| Age | 12 years | 11 years | |
| WP Requires | 3.6+ | 4.0+ | |
| PHP Requires | false+ | 5.6+ | |
| Business Model | Free | Free | |
| Latest Version | 0.9.8 | 1.3 |
Rating Breakdown
Customizer Export/Import
Export Plugins and Templates
Download Trends
Over the past 30 days, Customizer Export/Import averaged approximately 320 daily downloads while Export Plugins and Templates averaged 5.
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.
Export Plugins and Templates Reviews
It Works, But It’s Useless
All this plugin does is export plugin or theme folder contents. It does not export SQL data base data for the plugin or theme so essentially this plugin is useless since you can achieve the same exac
Great – but no longer supported?
This does a greaaat job of making plugin export a doddle. Upon install, the plugin adds an ‘Export’ option below Plugins in the dashboard, from which you can display a dropdown list of all the plugins
works very well
I couldn’t get FTP access from the previous developer.. By this plugin, I downloaded all plugins and template. Thank you
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