5 Best CWW Companion Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
CWW Companion has 1,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 5 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 5 closest alternatives to CWW Companion
- 1
Multiple Themes
Closest match4.7 (50) 10,000+ active installsSelect different Themes for one or more WordPress Pages, Posts or other non-Admin pages. Or Site Home.
Shares the themes tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, no update since March 6, 2025.
- 2
4.2 (42) 6,000+ active installsCreate child themes with the click of a button.
Shares the themes tag on WordPress.org. About 6 times the installs, no update since January 30, 2018.
- 3
4.7 (61) 20,000+ active installsAdds extra options to WordPress' built-in Automatic Updates feature.
Shares the themes tag on WordPress.org. About 20 times the installs, no update since June 4, 2021.
- 4
4.8 (195) 20,000+ active installsA simple and easy way to test your theme for all the latest WordPress standards and practices. A great theme development tool!
Shares the themes tag on WordPress.org. About 20 times the installs, last updated 6 days ago.
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4.8 (37) 20,000+ active installsA WordPress plugin to create block themes.
Shares the themes tag on WordPress.org. About 20 times the installs, last updated June 25, 2026.
Switching from CWW Companion: common questions
What is the best alternative to CWW Companion?
Multiple Themes is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 10,000+ active installs with a 4.7 out of 5 rating.
Which CWW Companion alternative has the most users?
Advanced Automatic Updates, with 20,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which CWW Companion alternative is rated highest?
Theme Check, rated 4.8 out of 5 by 195 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these CWW Companion 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 CWW Companion 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 CWW Companion 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
Multiple Themes is the closest match to CWW Companion by the data we track, and Advanced Automatic Updates has the widest reach with 20,000+ active installs. Theme Check 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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