Allows admins or all visitors to switch the blog theme. Has a restricted preview mode for your clients and includes a widget.
| Author: | Nicolas Kuttler (profile at wordpress.org) |
| WordPress version required: | 2.7 |
| WordPress version tested: | 3.0.5 |
| Plugin version: | 0.9.0.3 |
| Added to WordPress repository: | 08-10-2008 |
| Last updated: | 16-07-2010
Warning! This plugin has not been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.
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| Rating, %: | 70 |
| Rated by: | 4 |
| Plugin URI: | http://www.nkuttler.de/nkthemeswitch/ |
| Total downloads: | 45 873 |
| Active installs: | 300+ |
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The plugin is great for theme development as you can tweak the template online without breaking stuff for visitors. You can also use it for presentations, to show off various templates. There is a widget and a theme cloud shortcode to make this easier.
This plugin has three basic configurations:
- Only admin: This is useful for theme developers and to preview themes on live sites.
- Only with passkey: Send your clients preview links. They won't need an account on your blog for this to work.
- Everybody: Theme switching for everybody.
Usage
The easiest way to use this plugin is to drag the widget into one of your sidebars.
There is as well the shortcode [nkthemeswitch]. Examples:
- [nkthemeswitch] This displays the theme switch cloud as text links.
- [nkthemeswitch mode="screenshot"] This displays the switch links with screenshots.
- [nkthemeswitch mode="screenshot" addname="yes"] This displays the switch links with screenshots and the theme name.
Using the switch cloud in your theme
You can call the function nkthemeswitch_cloud() from your theme to get the theme switch cloud. Example:
if ( function_exists( 'nkthemeswitch_cloud' ) ) {
echo nkthemeswitch_cloud( $target = '_blank', $passkey = false, $screenshot = false, $addname = false );
}
Parameters:
- target: link target attribute
- passkey: add the passkey to the links. This might be useful if you use passkeys.
- screenshot: display screenshots instead of name
- addname: add theme names to screenshots
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