Descripción
Slim Mobile Theme Switcher is a developer-friendly, lightweight solution for sites that need a dedicated mobile experience without the overhead of a heavy mobile plugin. This plugin targets mobile handhelds, ensuring tablet users may still enjoy your full desktop-grade layout.
Key Features
- True Mobile Detection: Uses refined regex to separate small-screen phones from tablets (iPads/Android tablets).
- Manual Overrides: Allow users or testers to force a view using
?theme=handheldor?theme=active. - Persistent Choice: Option to remember a user’s manual theme choice for 30 days via cookies.
- No Bloat: Zero front-end CSS or JS added by the plugin itself.
- Developer Friendly: Built by a developer for developers.
How It Works
The plugin uses a precise, two-step detection process to ensure the best user experience:
1. Exclude Tablets: High-resolution devices (iPads, Android tablets, Kindle Fire) are served the Desktop Theme to take advantage of their screen size.
2. Detect Phones: Handheld mobile devices (iPhone, Android Mobile) are served the Mobile Theme.
3. Manual Choice: If a user manually switches via URL, their choice is honored for 30 days via cookies.
Capturas de pantalla
The settings page where you can choose your mobile and desktop themes.
Instalación
- Upload the
slim-mobile-theme-switcherfolder to the/wp-content/plugins/directory. - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
- Go to Settings > Mobile Theme Switcher to select your mobile and desktop themes.
FAQ
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How do I add a “View Full Site” link?
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You can add a link to your mobile theme’s footer:
<a href="?theme=active">View Full Site</a> -
What should I configure in my caching plugin?
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For best results, exclude the
themequery parameter from your cache. If your host supports it, enable “Vary by User-Agent” or “Mobile Caching”. -
Why isn’t my theme switching?
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The most common cause is Page Caching. If your host (like WP Engine or Kinsta) or a plugin (like WP Rocket) caches the desktop version of a page, it may serve that cached HTML to mobile users regardless of this plugin. Please ensure “Mobile Caching” or “User-Agent Vary” is enabled in your caching setup.
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Does this work with tablets?
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By default, tablets (iPads, etc.) are served the Desktop Theme. This is a deliberate design choice to ensure high-resolution tablet screens receive the most robust version of your site.
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How do I link to the mobile version manually?
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Simply add
?theme=handheldto any URL on your site. To go back to the default/desktop view, use?theme=active.
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Historial de cambios
1.0.0
- Initial release.