Theme Demo Import
Quickly import demo content, widgets and settings in one click. Made for theme authors to simplify importing demo content for their users.
3(4 reviews)
·5.0K+ active installs·Updated 1 year agoAs of April 2026, Theme Demo Import is a WordPress data plugin with 5.0K+ active installations and a 3/5 rating from 4 reviews. It has been downloaded 258K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.7+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are up 20% this week. Top alternative: Rara One Click Demo Import.
3/54 reviews
5.0K+active installs
258K+total downloads
10 yearssince 2016
Overview
Quickly import demo content, widgets and settings for your new theme. This provides a basic layout to build your website and speed up the development process.
This plugin will create a page in APPEARANCE > Import Demo Content.
If the theme you are using does not have any predefined import files, then you will be presented with three file upload inputs.
First one is required and you will have to upload a demo content XML file, for the actual demo import.
The second one is optional and will ask you for a WIE or JSON file for widgets import. You create that file using the Widget Importer & Exporter plugin.
The third one is also optional and will import the customizer settings, select the DAT file which you can generate from Customizer Export/Import plugin (the customizer settings will…
Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Elementor Page Layout Broken After Import
by cristianoronaldo69·12 months ago
When I imported my Elementor-based site data, it inserted all the JSON code into the Text Editor widget. As a result, the page doesn’t appear the same as it did in the XML file.
Site crashed after install
by josflachs·2 years ago
I installed the plugin, the site crashed immediately. Error message:
Warning: The magic method Theme_Demo_Import::__wakeup() must have public visibility in /yyy/zzz/Local Sites/mega/app/public/wp-content/plugins/theme-demo-import/inc/class-tdi-main.php on line 74
Fatal error: Cannot redeclare get_cli_args() (previously declared in /home/jos/Local Sites/mega/app/public/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-importer.php:276) in /yyy/zzz/Local Sites/mega/app/public/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-importer.php on line 326
Perfect
by wowthemesnet·3 years ago
Simple and perfect. It does what it says drama free.
Works great
by themely·9 years ago
We’ve tested this plugin extensively and packaged it with our themes, it works flawlessly.
- This topic was modified 9 years, 5 months ago by themely.
Download Trends
Today: 17Yesterday: 17This week: 121Period total: 11K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.7+ requiredTested up to 6.5.8 |
| PHP | 5.6+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.1
75.8%
v1.0
24.2%
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Changelog
1.1.1 – November 2nd, 2022
- SECURITY FIX: Prevent uploading PHP files
1.0.5 – March 29, 2019
- Removed extra $ on line 72 of class-tdi-helpers.php which was triggering a PHP 7.0+ error
1.0.2 – 10/25/2016
- Removed dependencies on 3rd party plugin
- Renamed classes for HM files
- Added license and copyright information to readme.txt file
- Upda…
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