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Theme Check

v20260901

A simple and easy way to test your theme for all the latest WordPress standards and practices. A great theme development tool!

by WordPress.org · Website

guidelinesthemeswordpress.org
Rank
#1,282 24h -1 · 7d -2
Est. installs
25,696 High confidence
Total downloads
2.6M all time
Rating
4.8 ★ 195 reviews
Official installs
20,000+ public bucket
Support threads
1 last 2 months
Support resolved
0% of threads
Tested up to
WP 7.1.3 compatibility

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Version
20260901
Requires WP
3.7
Requires PHP
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On WP.org since
2018

About Theme Check

Theme Check is a WordPress plugin by WordPress.org, first published on WordPress.org in 2018. It has 20,000+ active installations and 2,573,334 downloads in total, and ranks #1,282 in the WordPress.org plugin directory. Over the past week it slipped 2 places. Users rate it 4.8 out of 5 across 195 reviews. Version 20260901 was released 2 months ago. It is tested up to WordPress 7.1.3 and requires WordPress 3.7 or later. In the last two months, 0 of 1 support thread was marked resolved (0%). It is listed under guidelines, themes and wordpress.org. Plugins with a similar focus include Advanced Automatic Updates, Create Block Theme and Demo Importer Plus.

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