Zodan Theme Switcher

When we are developing themes, we quite often like to switch between the old (active) and the new (to develop) version of a theme. Sometimes without other people noticing. This plugin does exactly that.

What does it do?

It lets users with certain roles see another (than the currently active) theme, by * Selecting a theme from the list of installed themes * Selecting which user roles are permitted to switch themes and * Optionally, selecting user roles that can use a ‘switch theme/back’ button on the front-end

This plugin is under active development. Any feature requests are welcome at plugins@zodan.nl !

Install the Theme Switcher from within WordPress

1. 01Visit the plugins page within your dashboard and select ‘Add New’;
2. 02Search for ‘Zodan Theme Switcher’;
3. 03Activate the plugin from your Plugins page;
4. 04Go to ‘after activation’ below.

Install manually

1. 05Unzip the Theme Switcher zip file
2. 06Upload the unzipped folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory;
3. 07Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress;
4. 08Go to ‘after activation’ below.

After activation

1. 09On the Plugins page in WordPress you will see a ‘settings’ link below the plugin name;
2. 10On the Theme Switcher settings page: ** Select the theme you want to be able to switch to ** Select the roles with the permission to switch
3. 11Save your settings and you’re done!

Does it work in a multisite environment?

Yep. It does.

The Switch theme button on the front-end is not showing, can you help?

Hm. It could be that you are using a theme that does not call wp_footer() (which is the hook it is linked to). In that case, you can use the custom hook/action for this. Just add the following php code (make sure it is somehow called on every page):