Title: Theme Catalog Author: trex005 Published: August 20, 2015 Last modified: August 21, 2015 --- Search plugins This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/theme-catalog.svg) # Theme Catalog By [trex005](https://profiles.wordpress.org/trex005/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/theme-catalog.0.02.zip) * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/theme-catalog/#description) * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/theme-catalog/#reviews) * [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/theme-catalog/#installation) * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/theme-catalog/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/theme-catalog/) ## Description Attractive front-end theme switcher/preview allowing demo of all themes, with menu and widget handling. [Demo Site](http://themes.tapyweb.com/theme-catalog/) #### Usage Add the shortcode [theme_catalog_select] to any page or post to display an attractive list of themes available to preview #### Shortcode Attributes * **errors** (true,false,null) _default:false_ – Display only themes with errors. true to only show errors, false to only show non errors, null to show both [Read More](https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_get_themes) * **allowed** (true,false,’site’,’network’,null) _default:true_ – Display only allowed themes [Read More](https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_get_themes) * **screenshots** (true, false, null) _default:true_ – Display only themes that have screenshots. true to only show themes with screenshots, false to only show themes without screenshots, null to show both * **lazyload** (true,false,integer) _default:20_ – whether to use lazyload. true to always use lazyload, false to never use lazyload, integer to use lazyload if at least specified amount of results are found. * **display_screenshot** (true,false) _default:true_ – Display screenshots * **display_name** (true,false) _default:true_ – Display names * **display_author** (true,false) _default:true_ – Display authors * **display_version** (true,false) _default:true_ – Display versions * **display_description** (true,false) _default:true_ – Display description #### Menus Menus can be created/mapped on a per theme basis and global menus can be created which will be used in the event that the menus are not mapped for the selected theme. * **Individual Theme Menus** can be set up. To do so : 1. Turn on “Apply in admin” under `Settings -> Theme Catalog` 2. Use the page you have the selector on to switch to the desired theme. 3. Go to `Appearance -> Menus` and set up menus as you wish 4. Repeat steps 2 & 4 for all the themes you want to individually map. 5. Turn off “Apply in admin” under `Settings -> Theme Catalog` * **Global Theme Menus** can be created by creating menus named “theme_catalog_menu_1”“ theme_catalog_menu_2” etc. Menus will be populated into loaded theme in the order they are encountered. #### Widgets Widgets can only be handled on a per theme basis. To do so : 1. Turn on “Apply in admin” under `Settings -> Theme Catalog` 2. Use the page you have the selector on to switch to the desired theme. 3. Go to `Appearance -> Widgets` and set up widgets as you wish 4. Repeat steps 2 & 4 for all the themes you want to individually map. 5. Turn off “Apply in admin” under `Settings -> Theme Catalog` #### Issues iThemes Builder themes and Artisteer themes (and I’m sure there are others) bypass WordPress’ wp_nav_menu function, so can not use global menus. You must use individual menu mapping for these. ### TO DO * Add ‘include’ & ‘exclude’ attributes * Build a tool for bulk mapping theme menus. * Allow sidebars (widget areas) to be created and mapped on a per theme basis or globally ## Screenshots * [[ * A selection of themes the user can change to. ## Installation #### The Easy Way 1. Install and Activate from `Plugins->Add New` in WordPress 2. Go to Step 4 in “Manually” section #### Manually 1. Upload `theme-catalog.zip` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 2. Unzip `theme-catalog.zip` 3. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress 4. _Optionally_ set up menus for each theme, and/or global menus (more details under description) 5. _Optionally_ set up widgets for each theme 6. Place `[theme_catalog_select]` in your page or post ## FAQ My theme screenshots are not loading! Did you specify `screenshots='false'` or `display_screenshot='false'`? If not, there is a good chance your theme is not properly calling wp_footer(). To solve this problem, you need to either : * Turn off lazy loading by adding `lazyload='false'` to your shortcode * load `lazyload` in your site’s header by going to `Settings -> Theme Catalog` and change “Lazyload in header” to “yes”. What is “plugin prefix” in the settings? This allows you to change the prefix used in the shortcode, url parameters, session variables and css classes. Changing it would reset all of your visitors back to your default theme, but would also require you to edit your shortcode. Unless you are having problems you should never need to change this. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Theme Catalog” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ trex005 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/trex005/) [Translate “Theme Catalog” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/theme-catalog) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/theme-catalog/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/theme-catalog/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/theme-catalog/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/theme-catalog/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 0.02 * Fixed settings menu not showing up for non multisite admins * Use proper PHP open tag for compatability on more servers. #### 0.01 Initial release ## Meta * Version **0.02** * Last updated **11 years ago** * Active installations **10+** * WordPress version ** 4.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **4.2.39** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/theme-catalog/) * Tags * [chooser](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/chooser/)[picker](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/picker/) [selector](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/selector/)[theme](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/theme/) [themes](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/themes/) * [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/theme-catalog/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. [Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/theme-catalog/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/theme-catalog/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ trex005 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/trex005/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/theme-catalog/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? [ Donate to this plugin ](https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=4JLY4397X5CWG&lc=US&item_name=Tapy&no_note=0&cn=Message&no_shipping=1¤cy_code=USD&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF%3abtn_donateCC_LG%2egif%3aNonHosted)