Specia Companion

64 Quality Score

Active Installs

16/30

A 54 out of 75 in popularity reflects a modest 4,000 active installs, putting it well below mainstream demo-import plugins that exceed 70,000 installs.

Update Freshness

25/25

Maintenance scores a perfect 100 out of 25, indicating the plugin was updated very recently (May 2026) and targets the latest WordPress version.

User Rating

1/15

With only a single rating at 20 out of 100, the user-rating subscore of 4 is essentially uninformative and cannot be trusted as a quality signal.

Support Health

8/15

Support health lands at 50 out of 15 from zero threads opened and zero resolved, which is technically neutral because there have been no complaints but also no evidence of an active support channel.

WP Compatibility

15/15

Compatibility hits a full 100 out of 15, supported by broad PHP and WordPress version ranges (WP 4.6 to 7.0 and PHP 7.4) that cover both legacy and current sites.

Scores higher than 14% of indexed plugins

About

Specia Companion is created for Specia Theme

Active Installs 4k+

Rating ★ 1/5

Last Updated 2026-05-25 11:39am GMT

Requires WordPress 4.6+

Tested Up To 7.0.4

Requires PHP 7.4+

Security History

1 known vulnerability, all patched

1 Medium

Most recent: April 7, 2025

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What It Does

Specia Companion is a bundled add-on plugin for the Specia WordPress theme, providing customizer options, demo content importers, and pre-built homepage sections so that users can replicate the theme's demo layouts. In practice, it registers extra Customizer controls and shortcodes that only function when the parent Specia theme is installed and active.

Who It's For

This plugin is only useful for site owners already running the Specia theme who want to import the theme's demo content and tweak its built-in homepage sections. It suits beginners setting up a small business or freelancer portfolio who specifically want the Specia look without manually configuring each widget.

Who Should Skip It

Anyone not using the Specia theme should skip this entirely, since the customizer controls and demo imports are theme-locked. Users looking for a general-purpose starter template library or Elementor-based demo importer will be better served by one of the alternatives below.

The Bottom Line

Specia Companion is a functional but narrowly scoped plugin that only delivers value inside the Specia theme ecosystem, and the 20/100 rating from a single user is too thin to trust. Maintenance and compatibility are excellent, yet weak popularity and untested support make it hard to recommend over more established demo-importer tools. Stick with it if you are committed to Specia; otherwise, the alternatives above offer broader utility for similar effort.

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Starter Templates & Sites Pack by ThemeGrill 83/100

Pick this for a much larger library of multi-theme starter sites and demo imports with 70,000+ installs.

Redirect 404 to Homepage 83/100

Pick this if you only need to redirect missing pages to the homepage, which is unrelated to theme customization.

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Pick this for Elementor-based template kits if you have moved off the Specia theme and need fresh designs.