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Customizer
Add theme's or plugin's options to the WordPress Customizer. Build theme and plugin options accessible from WordPress front-end.
The facts
- Rating
- 5★ from 1
- Active installs
- 200+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 2 Feb 2014
- Added
- Jun 2012
- Requires WP
- 3.8
- Tested up to
- WP 3.7.41
- Downloads
- 15,464
Our analysis
AI-assistedCustomizer is a WordPress plugin designed for theme and plugin developers. It enhances the Customizer panel by allowing developers to add options directly from the front-end preview without navigating away.
The plugin supports various input types such as dropdowns, colour pickers, and image uploaders, making it easier to implement custom options for themes. It is in active development, with plans for additional features like import/export functionality and more option types in future releases.
Best for: This plugin is suitable for WordPress theme and plugin developers looking to enhance their Customizer functionality.
What it does well
- ✓Allows adding options to the Customizer panel from the front-end
- ✓Supports multiple input types like dropdowns and colour pickers
- ✓Designed specifically for theme and plugin developers
- ✓Active development with future features planned
Where it falls short
- •Currently in alpha stage with limited features
- •Last updated in February 2014, may not be compatible with newer WordPress versions
Verdict
Customizer offers useful tools for developers but is still in development and may lack stability for production use.
From the developer
amielucha's own description of Customizer, lightly tidied.
Customizer Plugin is a tool built for WordPress Theme Developers and Plugin Developers. It extends Customizer panel introduced in WP 3.4.
With Customizer Plugin you can:
- quickly add your theme’s or plugin’s options to the Customizer Panel without leaving the frontent preview
- take advantage of both serialized and non-serialized Theme Options
- add dropdowns, colour pickers, image uploaders, radio options and more
- extend your current theme to enable front-end customizations
Check this quick user guide for examples of how to configure WordPress Customizer.
Download the alpha version now and discuss the functionality or report a bug. Your feedback is appreciated.
Upcoming Features
The plugin is currently being developed to support even wider range of features and increase developers’ productivity. The final release will include:
Import / Export
Once you add your Theme Options to the Customizer’s panel you can save them to a .csv file and import into another project.
White-label mode
Future release will allow you to add controls to the front-end Customizer Panel, export them to a csv file and seamlessly integrate with your product (Theme or Plugin).
More Option Types
If the default text, image, color, radio, select and checkbox arent enough.
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