8 Best Export Plugins and Templates Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Export Plugins and Templates has 1,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 8 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 8 closest alternatives to Export Plugins and Templates
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Advanced Automatic Updates
Closest match4.7 (61) 20,000+ active installsAdds extra options to WordPress' built-in Automatic Updates feature.
Shares the plugins, themes tags on WordPress.org. About 20 times the installs, no update since June 4, 2021.
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4.7 (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.
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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.
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5.0 (26) 400+ active installsAllows you to add notes to plugins.
Shares the plugins tag on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, no update since July 16, 2015.
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4.2 (23) 200+ active installsThe essential plugin for every multisite install! Manage plugin access permissions across your entire multisite network.
Shares the plugins tag on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, no update since August 18, 2020.
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Wp Favs – Plugin Manager
4.7 (32) 3,000+ active installsWpfavs is a plugin manager tool that let's you import your plugins lists from https://wpfavs.com
Shares the plugins tag on WordPress.org. About 3 times the installs, no update since December 20, 2023.
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WPCore Plugin Manager
4.8 (32) 9,000+ active installsCreate plugin collections and install them in one click on any WordPress site.
Shares the plugins tag on WordPress.org. About 9 times the installs, no update since May 20, 2025.
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5.0 (62) 9,000+ active installsAdds a column to the Plugins page where you can add, edit, or delete notes about a plugin.
Shares the plugins tag on WordPress.org. About 9 times the installs, last updated July 23, 2026.
Switching from Export Plugins and Templates: common questions
What is the best alternative to Export Plugins and Templates?
Advanced Automatic Updates is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 20,000+ active installs with a 4.7 out of 5 rating.
Which Export Plugins and Templates alternative has the most users?
Advanced Automatic Updates, with 20,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Export Plugins and Templates alternative is rated highest?
Plugin Notes Plus, rated 5.0 out of 5 by 62 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Export Plugins and Templates 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 Export Plugins and Templates 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 Export Plugins and Templates 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
Advanced Automatic Updates is the closest match to Export Plugins and Templates by the data we track, and Advanced Automatic Updates has the widest reach with 20,000+ active installs. Plugin Notes Plus shipped the most recent release, on July 23, 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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