Generate Child Theme

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2.3 (Released: May 27, 2026)

  • Bug Fixed: Security improvements — input sanitization and nonce verification hardened throughout
  • Bug Fixed: Child theme file generation now uses WordPress Filesystem API instead of file_put_contents()
  • Bug Fixed: Scripts now load in the footer; hardcoded version strings replaced with plugin version constant
  • Bug Fixed: Broken “Free Plugins” sidebar links
  • Bug Fixed: PHP 8 deprecation notice from non-static method called statically
  • Code: Strict comparisons and PHPCS compliance throughout
  • Compatibility check up to version 7.0

2.2 (Released: March 09, 2026)

  • Bug Fixed: WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.file_system_operations_mkdir
  • Bug Fixed: WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingTranslatorsComment
  • Bug Fixed: WordPress.WP.I18n.TextDomainMismatch
  • Bug Fixed: plugin_header_invalid_plugin_uri
  • Bug Fixed: outdated_tested_upto_header
  • Compatibility check up to version 7.0

2.1.1 (Released: May 13, 2025)

  • Compatibility check up to version 6.8

2.1 (Released: April 10, 2024)

  • Compatibility check up to version 6.5

2.0.1 (Released: February 21, 2024)

  • Bug Fixed: CSRF vulnerability while generating child theme (Reported by: Darius Sveikauskas https://patchstack.com)

2.0 (Released: November 15, 2023)

  • Compatibility check up to version 6.4

1.9 (Released: January 30, 2023)

  • Bug Fixed: Issue when child theme name starts from integer

1.8 (Released: November 19, 2022)

  • Compatibility check up to version 6.1

1.7 (Released: February 24, 2022)

  • Compatibility check up to version 5.9

1.6 (Released: September 18, 2021)

  • Bug Fixed: Security issue on ajax calls

1.5.3 (Released: August 05, 2021)

  • Compatibility check up to version 5.8

1.5.2 (Released: March 07, 2021)

  • Compatibility check up to version 5.7

1.5.1 (Released: Aug 19, 2020)

  • Bug Fixed: Issue in add new theme page

1.5 (Released: March 17, 2020)

  • Compatibility check up to version 5.4

1.4 (Released: November 12, 2019)

  • Compatibility check up to version 5.3

1.3 (Released: August 20, 2019)

  • Added: Option to turn off Catch Themes and Catch Plugins tabs
  • Compatibility check up to version 5.2
  • Updated: Catch Themes and Catch Plugins tabs displaying code

1.2 (Released: February 21, 2019)

  • Compatibility check up to version 5.1

1.1 (Released: December 12, 2018)

  • Added: Catch Themes and Catch Plugins tabs in Add themes and Add plugins page respectively
  • Added: Themes by Catch Themes section under Themes panel in customizer
  • Compatibility check up to version 5.0

1.0.1 (Released: May 07, 2018)

  • Compatibility check up to version 4.9.5
  • Update: Moved domain from catchplugins.com to catchplugins.com

1.0.0

  • Initial Release

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Author
Catch Themes
Version:
2.3
Last Updated
May 27, 2026
Active Installs
9000
Requires
WordPress 5.9
Tested Up To
WordPress 7.0
Requires PHP
7.4

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