Adds a theme switcher/ theme demo bar to the bottom of your site to allow users to switch the theme they see on your site.
As of April 2026, JP Theme Switcher Bar is a WordPress demo plugin with 10 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 3.0K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.8+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 11 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Starter Templates & Sites Pack by….
Use this plugin to create a demo site for your themes, or use it to allow users to customize the presentation of your site.
The JP Theme Bar Plugin adds a theme switching bar to the bottom of your site, perfect for theme preview sites. The settings page for the plugin lets the end user choose which themes to add, as well as set the colors for the theme bar. You can see it in action on this site.
New in version 0.0.3 -> Themes will update theme mods when changing themes allowing for individual theme settings to be previewed properly.
This plugin is based on the IJM Theme Switcher Bar v2.0 by Iain J McCallum
IMPORTANT- The plugin Theme Test Drive by Vladimir Prelovac must be installed and activated in order for the theme switching to work.
| WordPress | 3.8+ requiredTested up to 4.0.38 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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