Grade C

Show Current Template

Name: Show Current Template
Rating: 5.0 (71 reviews)
Author: JOTAKI, Taisuke

⤓ Download v0.5.4 on WordPress.org ↗

by JOTAKI, Taisukeupdated 2026-06-04🎲The Mixed Bag

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.

Loved33/40

Trustworthy11/15

Fair & Honest15/15

Maintained18/18

Momentum12/12

Composite 89, adjusted to 78 (×0.88) for a low verified rating or signs of review manipulation.

✂️

You might not need this plugin. Its core job is small enough to live in your theme's functions.php.

Show the snippet

add_action( 'admin_bar_menu', function( $wp_admin_bar ) {
    if ( ! current_user_can( 'manage_options' ) || is_admin() ) {
        return;
    }

    $template = get_single_template() ?: get_page_template() ?: get_index_template();
    $file     = $template ? basename( $template ) : 'unknown';
    $theme    = wp_get_theme()->get( 'Name' );

    $wp_admin_bar->add_node( [
        'id'    => 'current-template',
        'title' => '&#128196; ' . esc_html( $theme . ' &rsaquo; ' . $file ),
        'href'  => false,
    ] );

    global $template as $tpl;
    foreach ( get_included_files() as $f ) {
        if ( strpos( $f, get_template_directory() ) === 0 ) {
            $wp_admin_bar->add_node( [
                'parent' => 'current-template',
                'id'     => 'tpl-' . md5( $f ),
                'title'  => esc_html( str_replace( get_template_directory() . '/', '', $f ) ),
            ] );
        }
    }
}, 100 );

Keep in mind:The included-files list uses get_included_files() as an approximation; the original plugin hooks earlier to capture only theme template parts more precisely.

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Active installs

~150,000

our estimate · wp.org shows 100k+

→ on track for 200k+in ~7 months

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 trend

2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03

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 say

Show 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

5★

4★

3★

2★

1★

Latest reviews · 71 analyzed

2025-10-25★★★★★Awesome!!!Md Abdullah Al Fahad
2024-11-12★★★★★Helpful for development macurious
2024-05-12★★★★★Useful in wp development.ngwebdev
2022-04-25★★★★★must-have for development work shayakraut
2022-02-23★★★★★Very Useful Alex F. Pradas
2021-08-31★★★★★useful and uncomplicated camillo1
2021-08-15★★★★★OMG so useful!rmt577
2021-06-27★★★★★Excellent maxwellss
2021-03-14★★★★★Really useful developing tool mattalign
2021-02-05★★★★★This is one of my favorites!Jesse Magee

Releases

recent versions from WordPress.org SVN

2026-06-04v0.5.4
2025-08-09v0.5.3
2024-03-20v0.5.2
2023-08-19v0.5.0
2023-08-19v0.5.1
2021-07-01v0.4.6
2021-03-19v0.4.5
2021-03-14v0.4.4

For developers & the curious

the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary above

Download 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

—

Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo

4.96 → 4.95★

Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered