Title: Theme Preview Author: Dougal Campbell Published: October 26, 2007 Last modified: February 17, 2016 --- 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-preview.svg) # Theme Preview By [Dougal Campbell](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dougal/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/theme-preview.1.4.zip) * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/theme-preview/#description) * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/theme-preview/#reviews) * [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/theme-preview/#installation) * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/theme-preview/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/theme-preview/) ## Description By default, the only way to see how a new theme looks on your site is to activate it, making it visible to everyone who visits. With this plugin, it is possible to view how a new theme looks without activating it. ### TODO Possible future enhancements: * Add an options screen. * Allow choice of theme to preview from a known list of installed themes. * Provide persistent previews by setting a cookie. * Restrict preview ability by user Roles/Capabilities. * Child-theme friendliness. ### Notes May not work properly with child themes. This is because it will not be able to inherit from the parent theme as it normally would. ## Installation 1. Upload the `theme-preview` folder and its contents to your `wp-contents/plugins` directory. 2. Activate in the `Plugins` menu. 3. Visit your site with a special parameter added to the URL Add query variables `preview_theme` and/or `preview_css` to your query string. For example, if you have a theme named “My Theme”, which is installed in your `wp- content/themes/my-theme` directory, add the theme’s directory name to your URL like this: ``` http://example.com/index.php?preview_theme=my-theme ``` Sometimes, you create a new look for your site by just making new CSS, but you keep the existing PHP files intact. In that case, you con use the preview_css variable instead of `preview_theme`, or use them both together, like this: ``` http://example.com/index.php?preview_theme=default&preview_css=my-theme ``` ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Theme Preview” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Dougal Campbell ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dougal/) [Translate “Theme Preview” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/theme-preview) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/theme-preview/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/theme-preview/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/theme-preview/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/theme-preview/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.4 2016-02-17 * SECURITY: Eliminate directory traversal, limit themes to registered directories. #### 1.3 2015-08-26 * Fixed to work with newer versions of WordPress. #### 1.2 2010-01-14 * Tested with WordPress 3.0-alpha ## Meta * Version **1.4** * Last updated **10 years ago** * Active installations **300+** * WordPress version ** 2.6.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **4.4.34** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/theme-preview/) * Tags * [css](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/css/)[presentation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/presentation/) [preview](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/preview/)[testing](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/testing/) [themes](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/themes/) * [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/theme-preview/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 1 5-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/theme-preview/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/theme-preview/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/theme-preview/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/theme-preview/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/theme-preview/reviews/?filter=1) [Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/theme-preview/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/theme-preview/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Dougal Campbell ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dougal/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/theme-preview/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? [ Donate to this plugin ](http://dougal.gunters.org/donate)