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Customizer Export/Import
Makes theme switching a breeze except when Kirki gets in the way.
HealthyDeclining
74/100
This utility reliably saves time during theme migrations but struggles with certain advanced customization frameworks.
Active installs
~150,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 100k+
Rating
4.8★
114 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-43%
Declining fast
513 → 290 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORdownloads down 43% vs a year ago
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Declining fast · -43% in the last year
513/day a year ago→290/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayCustomizer Export/Import is a well-regarded utility plugin that reliably handles theme customization transfers for most users, though it has a known limitation with Kirki-based customizations and at least one report of exports not reflecting changes under specific theme/WP combinations.
What people like
- +Reliably exports and imports theme customizer settings, saving significant manual effort when switching between parent and child themes.×7
- +Simple and quick to use — the core workflow is straightforward.×3
- +Follows WordPress coding standards.
Common complaints
- −Does not fully export Kirki-based customizations.
- −Reported issue where exported data does not reflect changes made in the Customizer, regardless of what was modified. (since 6.5.3)
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.76★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.80★
- 3%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 114 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2025-07-10★★★★★It Works!Apple.WP-Dev
- 2025-01-22★★★★★Huge Helpandreispirea1-shot
- 2024-12-17★★★★★Perfect Thanks you so muchcommarketinguniteck
- 2024-10-15★★★★★Great Pluginpaemark
- 2024-09-11★★★★★Always works great!jaapmarcus
- 2024-07-21★★★★★PerfectLobby13
- 2024-05-21★★★★★Not Working!emadfathy
- 2024-04-19★★★★★Does what I need it toChris Lovie-Tyler
- 2024-02-04★★★★★A small fixupspyrulis
- 2024-01-09★★★★★I wonder why this is not included in the coreKodo
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
254
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
253
Prior 7-day baseline
221
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
250
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+0.4%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
15%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.48
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
93%
5★ share in analyzed sample
3%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.77 → 4.76★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered