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Show Current Template
The tiny developer's compass for navigating theme files.
Growing
78/100
Developers love this lightweight utility for troubleshooting templates despite some minor documentation and update annoyances.
Active installs
~150,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 100k+
Rating
5.0★
71 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+70%
Growing fast
195 → 331 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MAJORnear-100% 5★ in bursty pattern
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
Growing fast · +70% in the last year
195/day a year ago→331/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayShow Current Template is a well-regarded, niche developer utility that reliably identifies which PHP template file is in use, though it has drawn minor criticism for issuing version-bump updates with no functional changes.
What people like
- +Reliably identifies which PHP template file is being used on any given page, saving developers time when troubleshooting or editing themes.×8
- +Considered a go-to, must-have tool for WordPress theme development and client site work.×5
- +Simple, lightweight, and works without glitches.×4
Common complaints
- −Version updates have been issued with no functional changes — only a version number bump and donation URL update — wasting users' time on pointless updates.
- −Template info is not visible unless the WordPress admin toolbar is enabled for the user account; this requirement is not documented in the plugin FAQ, causing confusion.
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.95★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 5.00★
- 11%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 33% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2024-05-152025-06-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 71 total
Latest reviews · 71 analyzed
- 2025-10-25★★★★★Awesome!!!Md Abdullah Al Fahad
- 2024-11-12★★★★★Helpful for developmentmacurious
- 2024-05-12★★★★★Useful in wp development.ngwebdev
- 2022-04-25★★★★★must-have for development workshayakraut
- 2022-02-23★★★★★Very UsefulAlex F. Pradas
- 2021-08-31★★★★★useful and uncomplicatedcamillo1
- 2021-08-15★★★★★OMG so useful!rmt577
- 2021-06-27★★★★★Excellentmaxwellss
- 2021-03-14★★★★★Really useful developing toolmattalign
- 2021-02-05★★★★★This is one of my favorites!Jesse Magee
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.
362
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
371
Prior 7-day baseline
239
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
511
Mean release-day peak (30d)
364
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-2.4%
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.
33%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
2.77
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
97%
5★ share in analyzed sample
11%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.96 → 4.95★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered