10 Best aThemes Starter Sites Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
aThemes Starter Sites has 40,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to aThemes Starter Sites
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Search & Replace
Closest match4.3 (283) 100,000+ active installsSearch & Replace data in your database with WordPress admin, replace domains/URLs of your WordPress installation.
Shares the import tag on WordPress.org. About 2.5 times the installs, no update since August 26, 2024.
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4.6 (239) 60,000+ active installsAdd From Server is designed to help ease the pain of bad web hosts, allowing you to upload files via FTP or SSH and later import them into WordPress.
Shares the import tag on WordPress.org. About 1.5 times the installs, no update since December 11, 2020.
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4.3 (32) 5,000+ active installsImports well-formed HTML files into WordPress pages.
Shares the import tag on WordPress.org. 5,000+ installs against 40,000+, no update since November 28, 2017.
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4.0 (48) 10,000+ active installsImports a Tumblr blog into a WordPress blog.
Shares the import tag on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, last updated 6 days ago.
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4.7 (335) 7,000+ active installsA plugin to migrate categories, posts, tags, images and other medias from Joomla to WordPress
Shares the import tag on WordPress.org. 7,000+ installs against 40,000+, last updated 24 days ago.
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4.7 (117) 200,000+ active installsImport and export your widgets.
Shares the import tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated May 23, 2026.
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4.8 (115) 100,000+ active installsEasily export or import your WordPress customizer settings!
Shares the import tag on WordPress.org. About 2.5 times the installs, last updated June 16, 2026.
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4.7 (86) 50,000+ active installsSimple plugin to scan "uploads" directory and bring those files into Media Library.
Shares the import tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 23 days ago.
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4.0 (113) 40,000+ active installsComplete Import & Export solution for Posts, Pages, Custom Post, Users, Taxonomies, Comments etc.
Shares the import tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated June 27, 2026.
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4.5 (22) 8,000+ active installsBulk register files on the server to the Media Library.
Shares the import tag on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, last updated 22 days ago.
Switching from aThemes Starter Sites: common questions
What is the best alternative to aThemes Starter Sites?
Search & Replace is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 100,000+ active installs with a 4.3 out of 5 rating.
Which aThemes Starter Sites alternative has the most users?
Widget Importer & Exporter, with 200,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which aThemes Starter Sites alternative is rated highest?
Customizer Export/Import, rated 4.8 out of 5 by 115 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these aThemes Starter Sites alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with aThemes Starter Sites score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against aThemes Starter Sites on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Search & Replace is the closest match to aThemes Starter Sites by the data we track, and Widget Importer & Exporter has the widest reach with 200,000+ active installs. Tumblr Importer shipped the most recent release, on September 1, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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