James Mehorter

Device Theme Switcher is a WordPress plugin which delivers one of your WordPress themes to handheld visitors and another theme to tablet visitors. Computer visitors are given the active theme in ‘Appearance > Themes’.
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<h3>Credits</h3>
This plugin’s device detection is powered by the MobileESP PHP library created by Anthony Hand (http://blog.mobileesp.com/).
This plugin is based on the concepts provided by Jonas Vorwerk’s (http://www.jonasvorwerk.com/) Mobile theme switcher plugin, and Jeremy Arntz’s (http://www.jeremyarntz.com/) Mobile Theme Switcher plugin.
Copyright (C) 2017 James Mehorter

Plugin Name: Device Theme Switcher

Assign separate themes for handheld and tablet devices under Appearance > Device Themes

Seth Smigelski

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.
<h3>Key Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>True Mobile Detection: Uses refined regex to separate small-screen phones from tablets (iPads/Android tablets).</li>
<li>Manual Overrides: Allow users or testers to force a view using <code>?theme=handheld</code> or <code>?theme=active</code>.</li>
<li>Persistent Choice: Option to remember a user’s manual theme choice for 30 days via cookies.</li>
<li>No Bloat: Zero front-end CSS or JS added by the plugin itself.</li>
<li>Developer Friendly: Built by a developer for developers.</li>
</ul>
<h3>How It Works</h3>
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.

Slim Mobile Theme Switcher

Serve a mobile theme to phones while keeping desktops/tablets on the primary theme. Lightweight mobile theme switcher with modern device detection.

Plugin Name: Device Theme Switcher vs Slim Mobile Theme Switcher