Theme Preview

Allows you test how a theme looks on your site without activating it.

By Dougal Campbell

5.0 (1 ratings)
Version 1.4 Active Installs 300+ Updated 10 years ago 18 years old

Description

By default, the only way to see how a new theme looks on your site is to
activate it, making it visible to everyone who visits. With this plugin, it
is possible to view how a new theme looks without activating it.

TODO

Possible future enhancements:

  • Add an options screen.
  • Allow choice of theme to preview from a known list of installed themes.
  • Provide persistent previews by setting a cookie.
  • Restrict preview ability by user Roles/Capabilities.
  • Child-theme friendliness.

Notes

May not work properly with child themes. This is because it will not be able
to inherit from the parent theme as it normally would.

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