Title: Customizer Reset – Export & Import Author: David Vongries Published: december 4, 2019 Last modified: november 3, 2025 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/customizer-reset/assets/banner-772x250.jpg?rev=2206237) ![](https://ps.w.org/customizer-reset/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=2682561) # Customizer Reset – Export & Import By [David Vongries](https://profiles.wordpress.org/davidvongries/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/customizer-reset.1.4.1.zip) * [Details](https://pap-aw.wordpress.org/plugins/customizer-reset/#description) * [Reviews](https://pap-aw.wordpress.org/plugins/customizer-reset/#reviews) * [Installation](https://pap-aw.wordpress.org/plugins/customizer-reset/#installation) * [Development](https://pap-aw.wordpress.org/plugins/customizer-reset/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/customizer-reset/) ## Description Reset, export, and import your WordPress Customizer settings with just one click of a button. **Features:** * Reset Customizer settings * Export Customizer settings * Import Customizer settings #### Reset the WordPress Customizer You have made changes in the Customizer and want to start fresh without undoing each setting individually? We’ve got you covered! Reset the WordPress Customizer with a simple click of a button. #### Export & import Customizer settings Take a snapshot and export your Customizer settings with just a click. The Customizer Reset plugin allows you to take a snapshot and export/import your settings from directly within the WordPress Customizer. This can be useful if you want to migrate your Customizer settings to a different WordPress installation or child-theme. #### Compatible Themes This plugin should work with all WordPress themes out of the box. It was initally created as a helper plugin for the [Page Builder Framework](https://wp-pagebuilderframework.com/) theme. A fast & minimalistic WordPress theme designed for the new WordPress era. ### What’s next? If you like Customizer Reset – Export & Import, make sure to check out our other products: * **[Page Builder Framework](https://wp-pagebuilderframework.com/?utm_source=customizer_reset&utm_medium=repository&utm_campaign=wpbf)**– A fast & minimalistic WordPress theme designed for the new WordPress era. * **[Ultimate Dashboard](https://ultimatedashboard.io/?utm_source=customizer_reset&utm_medium=repository&utm_campaign=udb)**– The #1 WordPress plugin to customize your WordPress dashboard and admin area. * **[Better Admin Bar](https://betteradminbar.com/?utm_source=customizer_reset&utm_medium=repository&utm_campaign=bab)**– The plugin to make your clients enjoy WordPress. It replaces the default admin bar to provide the best possible user experience when editing & navigating a website. ## Screenshots * [[ * Reset Customizer controls ## Installation 1. Download the customizer-reset.zip file to your computer. 2. Unzip the file. 3. Upload the `customizer-reset` folder to your `/wp-content/plugins/` directory. 4. Activate the plugin through the _Plugins_ menu in WordPress. ## FAQ ### Where do I reset the WordPress Customizer? Navigate to `Appearance > Reset Customizer` or `Appearance > Customize` to launch the WordPress Customizer. Reset, export or import your settings from the bottom left corner of the Customizer screen. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3a95666edbecc5ba0424015049ca544702b65c5c6713b62b576f5f1cc9fef005? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Very useful](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-useful-3439/)󠁿 [Aditya Thok](https://profiles.wordpress.org/adityathok/) maart 2, 2024 Very useful for development, thank you very much ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/abf88151da36020c7b3ffa647b559b3dcd877c538998a569d729eb2aaf2116ca? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[The best plugin for WP Customizer](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-best-plugin-for-wp-customizer/)󠁿 [manuelvillarc](https://profiles.wordpress.org/manuelvillarc/) april 19, 2022 Thank you very much, other apps were not able to help me to export the customizer settings but this one did the job efficiently! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5a2f6034a2fb4744127a18771de1bf86a41ef0c5038be25da8a55026e16cf4cb? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[wow](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wow-872/)󠁿 [site4sale](https://profiles.wordpress.org/site4sale/) december 1, 2021 Плагин реально облегчает работу. Спасибо. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ee421d3fd85b44d745307f4aba5cdfac6c8b05237fbfe7d443b9827d164ba234? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[a must have for developers](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-must-have-for-developers-5/)󠁿 [Eduard Doloc](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rwky/) mei 4, 2021 I consider this plugin a must-have for theme developers, it helps you a lot in testing configurations and porting them to child themes. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/22d44f270d72623841dcffffd72ddc35ce2395865a4e36fe6be3078dac816e55? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Great solution](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-solution-191/)󠁿 [Hugues](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hugaud/) maart 3, 2021 Thank you David, easy way to export customiser settings. What can I say? much like everything else your produce: it just works!! 😉 ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c7ea2e6c2061ccb02e75f0517145ca08701a72c96a42f511d0d9e244de34d83b? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Awesome!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/awesome-7916/)󠁿 [Angrej Kumar](https://profiles.wordpress.org/angrejkumar/) juli 9, 2020 Thanks for such a nice plugin. Its been pain doing this customizer changes when you transfer the website. All changes gone, but with the help of such nice plugin I do it in just few steps. Advice: Please update your plugin to so people know it can be used for latest wordpress versions also. Thanks again dude. Nice work! [ Read all 8 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/customizer-reset/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Customizer Reset – Export & Import” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ David Vongries ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/davidvongries/) “Customizer Reset – Export & Import” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/customizer-reset/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Customizer Reset – Export & Import” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/customizer-reset) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/customizer-reset/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/customizer-reset/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/customizer-reset/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/customizer-reset/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.4.1 November 1, 2025 * Fixed: Updated tested up to to WordPress 6.8 #### 1.4 May 10, 2024 * Fixed: Deprecated messages * Tested up to WordPress 6.5 #### 1.3 November 30, 2023 * Tested up to WordPress 6.4 #### 1.2 February 03, 2023 * Tweak: Improved wording #### 1.1.5 April 19, 2022 * Tweak: Only display reset link in appearance menu if user can manage options #### 1.1.4 March 02, 2022 * Tested up to WordPress 5.9 * Updated description * Fixed: Typo #### 1.1.3 June 20, 2020 * Fixed: Reset button is still blue on :focus #### 1.1.2 June 3, 2020 * Tweak: Changed reset button color to red #### 1.1.1 December 16, 2019 * Fixed: Fatal error on import * Tweaked wording #### 1.1 December 16, 2019 * Added export/import functionality #### 1.0.1 December 05, 2019 * Minor tweaks & improvements #### 1.0 December 03, 2019 * Initial Release ## Meta * Version **1.4.1** * Last updated **5 months ago** * Active installations **1.000+** * WordPress version ** 4.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.8.5** * Languages * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/customizer-reset/) and [Portuguese (Brazil)](https://br.wordpress.org/plugins/customizer-reset/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/customizer-reset) * Tags * [customizer](https://pap-aw.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/customizer/)[customizer export](https://pap-aw.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/customizer-export/) [customizer import](https://pap-aw.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/customizer-import/) [customizer reset](https://pap-aw.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/customizer-reset/) [reset](https://pap-aw.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/reset/) * [Advanced View](https://pap-aw.wordpress.org/plugins/customizer-reset/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 8 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/customizer-reset/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/customizer-reset/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/customizer-reset/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/customizer-reset/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/customizer-reset/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/customizer-reset/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/customizer-reset/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ David Vongries ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/davidvongries/) ## Support Got something to say? 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