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Best Free WordPress Plugins for Child Theme Included

15 plugins compared · Updated August 2026 · Child Theme Included

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Choosing a WordPress plugin for child theme included comes down to a few things: whether it is still actively maintained, whether real users rate it well, and whether it does the specific job you need without dragging the rest of the site down.

We ranked 15 plugins using our WPScore, which weighs the user rating (adjusted for how many people actually rated it), how many sites run it, how recently it was updated, and which WordPress version it is tested against. 15 of them have enough public data to be scored; the rest are listed below the ranked block, clearly marked, rather than being given a number we cannot justify.

How this list is funded. Some links here earn us a commission if you buy. It costs you nothing extra, and it does not move anything up the list — the order comes from the WPScore, which is calculated from public ratings, install counts and update history. See the method.

At a glance

  1. 1. Child Theme Wizard Best overall 85/100
  2. 2. WPMasterToolKit 84/100
  3. 3. Genesis Simple Share 83/100
  4. 4. WPS Child Theme Generator 83/100
  5. 5. Generate Child Theme 81/100
  6. 6. Child Theme Check 80/100
  7. 7. Child Theme Configurator 77/100
  8. 8. Easy Custom Code 76/100
  9. 9. WP Child Theme Generator 72/100
  10. 10. Cryout Theme Switch 70/100
  11. 11. Child Theme Creator by Orbisius 64/100
  12. 12. Child Themify 51/100
  13. 13. Quick Child Theme Generator 50/100
  14. 14. Genesis Accessible 49/100
  15. 15. Child Theme Copy Settings 47/100
1 Child Theme Wizard
Best overall Free by Jay Versluis

Child Theme Wizard

Creates a child theme from any installed parent theme with just one click.

4.9★
from 36 ratings
10k+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
85

WPScore

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2 WPMasterToolKit
Free by Ludwig You

WPMasterToolKit

Duplicate post, post order, email via SMTP, code snippets, disable gutenberg, child theme generator, svg support, disable XMLRPC, and more...

5★
from 28 ratings
5k+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
84

WPScore

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3 Genesis Simple Share
Free by OsomPress

Genesis Simple Share

Genesis Simple Share allows you to easily add beautiful share buttons to your site using a Genesis child theme

4.4★
from 33 ratings
10k+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
83

WPScore

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6 Child Theme Check
Free by Torsten Landsiedel

Child Theme Check

Warns you about outdated template files in your child theme and shows a diff view of the changes between parent and child theme template.

5★
from 8 ratings
800+
active installs
Updated
May 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
80

WPScore

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7 Child Theme Configurator
Free by lilaeamedia

Child Theme Configurator

When using the Customizer is not enough - Create a child theme from your installed themes and customize styles, templates, functions and more.

4.7★
from 279 ratings
300k+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2025
Tested to
WP 6.8.8
77

WPScore

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8 Easy Custom Code
Free by Yiannis Christodoulou

Easy Custom Code

Add custom LESS, CSS, and JavaScript—plus external stylesheets and scripts—via the WP Customizer. No child theme required.

5★
from 3 ratings
100+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
76

WPScore

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10 Cryout Theme Switch
Free by CryoutCreations

Cryout Theme Switch

Quickly and easily swap between themes. Adds a theme switcher to WordPress Admin Bar with parent/child themes, filtering and favorites list.

5★
from 1 ratings
100+
active installs
Updated
Jan 2026
Tested to
WP 6.9.7
70

WPScore

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14 Genesis Accessible
Free by Gary Jones

Genesis Accessible

Genesis Accessible is a plugin for site owners who want accessibility-ready websites using the Genesis Framework, but who use child themes which don&# …

5★
from 6 ratings
400+
active installs
Updated
Jan 2020
Tested to
WP 5.3.23
49

WPScore

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