Customizer Backup & Reset

by WPZOOM

Description

Reset theme customizations made via WordPress Customizer with enhanced safety features. Works with 99% of themes, including WPZOOM themes and popular themes like Inspiro, Divi, Astra, GeneratePress.

This plugin removes all theme modifications that are registered via Customizer API, with the added safety of backup, export, and import capabilities.

Works with themes that use theme_mod and Customizer option settings for storing modifications.

Please keep in mind that some themes uses different method to save customizer settings, let us know if this plugin isn’t compatible with your theme.

📌 What’s new in version 2.0.?

NEW: Redesigned UI & New Customizer Section
NEW: Import/Export Settings – Dual format support (JSON and DAT)
NEW: Additional CSS Support – Optional reset checkbox and included in all exports
NEW: Backup & Reset – Automatically create a backup before resetting (5 rotating backups)
NEW: Backup History – View and restore from the last 5 backups
NEW: GeneratePress Theme compatibility – Including dynamic CSS cache clearing
Improved UX with customizer section panel and inline notifications
Added translation support

Get Involved

Looking to contribute code to this plugin? Go ahead and fork the repository over at GitHub.

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Screenshots

Reset along with Save button in WordPress Customizer panel.

Faq

What type of customizer settings are reset?

Theme settings saved via the Customizer API are reset, including:

theme_mod settings
Option-based Customizer settings (for themes like Astra and GeneratePress)

Why did the plugin not reset a particular setting?

Setting is not registered correctly via Customizer API
Setting is stored outside the Customizer API (theme panel/framework options)

Is reset reversible?

Yes, if you use “Backup & Reset”! The plugin now offers a backup feature that stores your settings for 30 days. Use the “Backup & Reset” button to automatically create a backup before resetting.

If you use the regular “Reset” button without backup, the action is irreversible and you’ll need to redo all modifications from scratch.

Who built this plugin?

This handy plugin is brought to you by the team at WPZOOM.

https://www.wpzoom.com

Reviews

Broke my website

By revixi5 on March 27, 2026

I use a very basic theme (GeneratePress) with a few customizer settings. I decided to use this plugin in order to find out if a CSS color problem came from Customizer settings. I made a backup and press the reset button… my problem was still there, so I press the button to restore the backup… nothing, it didn't restore my settings… I lost all of them… now i'm stuck with a broken website that I have to start all over again.

doesn't work with Divi

By Nate Hoffelder (usersixsixsix) on May 12, 2021

that was a waste of 3 minutes

Works great. No set-up required.

By Clarus Dignus on April 12, 2020

Once installed, a "reset" button is added to the top of the customizer sidebar (to the left of the "save" button). Reliable plugin. Great convenience.

Must have for theme development and testing

By Carolina Nymark (poena) on April 4, 2020

When developing themes this plugin makes it easier to test changes to customizer options.

Didn't work with Hueman Pro Theme

By pastorjim on January 3, 2020

Nothing changed in my customized Hueman Pro Theme after reset

Worked as advertised

By shareyourvision on November 30, 2018

Needed to reset Sydney, worked as advertised

Does nothing

By davedon72 on June 9, 2018

Tried using it to reset Storefront theme but it did nothing. Perhaps it is not compatible with Storefront.

LIFE SAVER!!! THANK YOU!!!

By - (vangbe) on March 7, 2018

I been looking for something like this for weeks..

Can't open

By Meer Hadi (ruleonkanoon) on March 5, 2018

cant't open customizer again after reset

Does what it says

By Rahul Verma (rahulnever2far) on September 3, 2016

Exactly what I needed. Thank you 🙂

Changelog

2.2.0

Improved backup/export/import compatibility for option-based Customizer settings (Astra, GeneratePress, and similar themes)
Fixed restore/import behavior for nested option arrays so backed up settings are restored more reliably
Updated JSON export data handling to better reflect Customizer option settings

2.1.0

NEW: Clean up inactive theme mods – Detects and removes old customizer settings from previously active themes that can cause colors, fonts, and other options to reappear when switching themes
NEW: WPZOOM theme compatibility – Resets shared wpzoom_* customizer options that persist across WPZOOM theme switches (Theme Options panel settings are preserved)
Improved reset to remove all stale theme_mods including those from demo imports, while preserving menus, widgets, logo, and sidebars
Compatibility with WordPress 7.0

2.0.3

NEW: Added “Create Backup” button to save backups without resetting
Fixed multisite compatibility

2.0.2

Minor bug fix in WP 6.9

2.0.1

Minor bug fix

2.0.0

NEW: Redesigned UI with new customizer section panel
NEW: Import/Export – Dual format support (JSON recommended, DAT for compatibility)
NEW: Additional CSS Reset – Optional checkbox to reset Additional CSS along with theme modifications
NEW: Backup System – 5 rotating backups stored for 30 days via transients
Add compatibility with GeneratePress theme
Add translation loading support

1.1.1

Add compatibility with Astra Theme

1.1.0

Refactor code to use PHP Namespaces
Add compatibility with Divi Theme Customizer settings
Add PHP Docblocks for all functions
Add automatic deploy to wordpress.org with GitHub Action
Add PHP matrix test with GitHub Action
Add CONTRIBUTING.md
Add LICENSE.md
Add README.md
Add support for WordPress Coding Standards
Add support for PHPstan
Add icon image 128 and 256 for wordpress.org
Add GitHub templates for bug, features, and questions
Add support for Composer

1.0.1

Minor cleanup

1.0

Initial Release