Show Current Template vs My WP Customize Admin/Frontend (2026)
Detailed side-by-side comparison of two WordPress plugins, based on real-time data from WordPress.org.
My WP Customize Admin/Frontend
8.0K+ active installs
Free
Quick Verdict
As of April 2026, Show Current Template has a higher user rating (5/5 from 71 reviews) and leads in active installations (100K+ vs 8.0K+). Both are free WordPress plugins. Show Current Template has accumulated 1.3M+ total downloads while My WP Customize Admin/Frontend has 114K+.
Detailed Comparison
| Metric | Show Current Template | My WP Customize Admin/Frontend | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 5/5 | ◄ | 4.3/5 |
| Total Reviews | 71 | ◄ | 16 |
| Active Installs | 100K+ | ◄ | 8.0K+ |
| Total Downloads | 1.3M+ | ◄ | 114K+ |
| Support Resolution | N/A | N/A | |
| Last Updated | 2 months ago | ◄ | 3 months ago |
| First Released | 2013 | 2017 | |
| Age | 13 years | 9 years | |
| WP Requires | 5.9+ | 4.7+ | |
| PHP Requires | 7.4+ | 5.6+ | |
| Business Model | Free | Free | |
| Latest Version | 0.5.4 | 1.27.1 |
Rating Breakdown
Show Current Template
My WP Customize Admin/Frontend
Download Trends
Over the past 30 days, Show Current Template averaged approximately 408 daily downloads while My WP Customize Admin/Frontend averaged 20.
Recent Reviews
Show Current Template Reviews
Awesome!!!
Awesome!!! It’s really a useful plugin for the developers. Must have plugin for the development mode.
Helpful for development
Supports your own theme development or template localisation on client websites.
Useful in wp development.
Thank you. This plugin is useful in WP Development. 5 stars!
My WP Customize Admin/Frontend Reviews
Posts with very long titles
Very useful for posts with very long titles. I love it!
Great Plugin – 6 von 5 stars
Thanks, great plugin. Helps a lot. Addon for user roles also.Super Plugin. Macht hervorragend was es soll, insbesondere mit dem ebenfalls kostenlosen Addon für user roles.
Perfect
Great plug in. Light weight, simple, easy to use, does a lot but doesn’t try to do too much. It knows what it’s for and it does it’s job extremely well. After trying a bunch of these, I settled on th
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