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debug plugins
273 plugins in the directory carry the debug tag. This page leads with what has moved in the last 90 days, because a ranked list of the biggest ones is available anywhere.
273
plugins
601,830+
combined reach
70
released in 90 days
52%
quiet 18 months+
3
movements in 90 days
What moved
Ownership changes, closures and long-silent plugins that shipped again, over a rolling 90-day window recomputed daily. Events older than 90 days drop off as new ones arrive. The part of this category that a directory listing cannot show. Nothing here says anything about intent.
| Date | Plugin | Installs | What happened |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06 Sep 2026 | Easy PHP Settings | 1,000+ | reopened |
| 31 Aug 2026 | Easy PHP Settings | 1,000+ | closed |
| 11 Aug 2026 | Config Constants | 100+ | released after a long silence |
Most installed
The 50 most installed plugins carrying this tag, ordered by install band, which WordPress.org rounds to one significant digit. Ordering is adoption only. Nothing here is a recommendation, and no link on this page earns anything. The full directory, all categories together, is in the master list.
| Plugin | Installs | Rating | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|
| WP Crontrol Take control of the cron events on your WordPress website or WooCommerce store with WP Crontrol. | 300,000+ | 4.5★ | 8 days ago |
| Query Monitor Query Monitor is the developer tools panel for WordPress and WooCommerce. | 200,000+ | 4.9★ | 3 months ago |
| Debug Bar Adds a debug menu to the admin bar that shows query, cache, and other helpful debugging information. | 20,000+ | 4.1★ | 6 months ago |
| Debug Log Manager – Conveniently Monitor and Inspect Errors Log PHP, database and JavaScript errors via WP_DEBUG with one click. Conveniently create, view, filter and clear the debug.log file. | 10,000+ | 5.0★ | 2 months ago |
| WP Debugging A support/troubleshooting plugin for WordPress. | 10,000+ | 5.0★ | 24 days ago |
| Code Profiler – WordPress Performance Profiling and Debugging Made Easy A profiler to measure the performance of your WordPress plugins and themes. | 8,000+ | 4.3★ | 21 days ago |
| My WP Customize Admin/Frontend Simply and easy-to-use the customize for Admin and Frontend. A lot of custom filters and actions, and included the developer tools. | 8,000+ | 4.3★ | 17 days ago |
| reBusted! Force browsers to load the most recent file if modified. | 6,000+ | 5.0★ | 23 months ago · quiet |
| Plugin Detective – Troubleshooting Conflicts Quickly find and fix WordPress plugin conflicts, recover from fatal errors, and clear stuck maintenance mode without any coding. | 5,000+ | 4.0★ | 23 days ago |
| Dashboard Widgets Suite Adds 9 awesome widgets to your WP Dashboard. Includes User Notes, Social Buttons, System Info, Debug/Error Logs, and more! | 4,000+ | 4.9★ | 2 months ago |
| which template file Show the name of the php file of your theme used to display the current page. | 4,000+ | 5.0★ | 19 months ago · quiet |
| Debug Debug can help you to find errors in your wordpress website via editing wp-config.php file and email notification. | 2,000+ | 4.6★ | 2 years ago · quiet |
| Debug This Peek under the hood with sixty debugging reports just one click away. | 2,000+ | 4.8★ | 15 months ago |
| WP Safe Mode Disable plugins or switch themes for just you or the whole site for debugging, troubleshooting or accessing and restoring a broken website. | 2,000+ | 4.3★ | 3 months ago |
| Check Conflicts The plugin allows you to disable/enable plugins and/or activate a default theme for checking conflict between them only for your IP; other users won&# … | 1,000+ | 4.7★ | 2.5 years ago · quiet |
| Cron Logger Logs wp-cron.php runs. | 1,000+ | 4.9★ | 1 month ago |
| Debug Log Viewer Effortlessly view, search, filter and manage your WordPress debug.log in the admin dashboard. Real-time monitoring and email alerts | 1,000+ | 4.0★ | 13 days ago |
| Easy PHP Settings An easy way to manage common PHP INI settings and WordPress debugging constants from the WordPress admin panel. | 1,000+ | 5.0★ | 4 days ago |
| HTTP Requests Manager Limit, Debug, Optimize WP_HTTP requests. Limit by request count, page load time, reduce timeout for each request. Speed up login and admin pages. | 1,000+ | 5.0★ | 1 month ago |
| Laravel DD for WordPress Use Laravel's dd() (die dump) function in your Wordpress projects. Perfect for debuging custom queries! | 1,000+ | 5.0★ | 8.5 years ago · quiet |
| Meks Quick Plugin Disabler Temporarily disable (and restore) all currently active plugins with a single click | 1,000+ | 5.0★ | 2 years ago · quiet |
| Monkeyman Rewrite Analyzer Making sense of the rewrite mess. Display and play with your rewrite rules. | 1,000+ | 5.0★ | 15 years ago · quiet |
| What Template Adds the current page's template name to the admin bar. | 1,000+ | 5.0★ | 2 years ago · quiet |
| What Template File Am I Viewing? This is a debugging plugin that displays the current php file that is loading on the front end of the website. | 1,000+ | 5.0★ | 6 years ago · quiet |
| ElasticPress Debugging Add-On Extends the Query Monitor and Debug Bar plugins for ElasticPress queries. | 800+ | 5.0★ | 4 months ago |
| Debug Bar Rewrite Rules Debug Bar Rewrite Rules adds a new panel to Debug Bar that displays information about WordPress Rewrites Rules (if used). | 700+ | 5.0★ | 2 years ago · quiet |
| Monster Widget Provides a quick and easy method of adding all core widgets to a sidebar for testing purposes. | 700+ | 5.0★ | 8.5 years ago · quiet |
| Timber Debug Bar Adds a Panel to the Debug Bar for Timber information | 600+ | — | 4.5 years ago · quiet |
| Ray Easily debug WordPress sites using Ray. | 500+ | 5.0★ | 9 months ago |
| WP PHP Console An implementation of PHP Console as a WordPress plugin. Use Chrome Dev Tools to debug your WordPress installation! | 500+ | 4.7★ | 5.5 years ago · quiet |
| Thank you page viewer for Woocommerce "Thank you page viewer for Woocommerce" shows a link to the thank you page from the order admin page. | 400+ | 5.0★ | 5.5 years ago · quiet |
| Url Rewrite Analyzer See clearly and understand how WordPress rewrite rules work within a simple and clean interface | 400+ | 3.0★ | 1 month ago |
| BugFu Console Debugger Log/Debug the PHP code in your Theme/Plugin with your Browser Console (no extension needed) | 300+ | 4.8★ | 3.5 years ago · quiet |
| Admin Bar Tools Adds some small development tools to the admin bar. | 300+ | 4.8★ | 5.5 years ago · quiet |
| WP Logger Logging vars and events for fast debug WordPress site. | 300+ | 5.0★ | 9 months ago |
| WP Mail Debugger WP Mail Debugger captures and displays all emails sent through wp_mail() for debugging and troubleshooting. | 300+ | 5.0★ | 2 years ago · quiet |
| Asset Queue Manager A tool for experienced frontend performance engineers to take control over the scripts and styles enqueued on their site. | 200+ | 4.7★ | 10 years ago · quiet |
| Debug Bar Slow Actions Easily find out which actions and filters are the slowest during a page load. | 200+ | 4.8★ | 8.5 years ago · quiet |
| Server Info for Debugging Displays server stats and WordPress system information for debugging purposes. | 200+ | — | 7 months ago |
| Config Constants Modify WP_DEBUG and other WordPress constants directly in the WordPress admin rather than manually editing them via wp-config.php! | 100+ | 5.0★ | 26 days ago |
| Debug Log View and Delete the debug log from the Tools menu. Extremely light and simple. | 100+ | 5.0★ | 10 years ago · quiet |
| Developer Debug Tools Lots of debugging and testing tools for developers. | 100+ | 5.0★ | 3 months ago |
| Debug Bar – Enable WP_DEBUG from admin dashboard [ ✅ 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐏𝐋𝐔𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐒 b𝓎 𝒫𝓊𝓋𝑜𝓍] You can easily enable WP_DEBUG using a toolbar button. READ DESCRIPTION! | 100+ | 1.8★ | 22 months ago · quiet |
| JSM Show Registered Shortcodes Simple and lightweight plugin to show all registered shortcodes under a "Registered Shortcodes" toolbar menu item. | 100+ | 5.0★ | 24 days ago |
| Mail Debug for WooCommerce Mail Debug for WooCommerce allows you to debug WordPress and WooCommerce emails. | 100+ | 5.0★ | 3.5 years ago · quiet |
| Advanced Cron Scheduler for WordPress The Advanced Cron Scheduler for WordPress plugin helps to easily replace or migrate Native WordPress Cron to the Action Scheduler Library. | 100+ | 5.0★ | 16 months ago |
| Safe Mode Makes it possible to enable safe mode for WordPress. In safe mode, plugins will not be loaded and the default theme (if installed) will be activated. | 100+ | 4.2★ | 7.5 years ago · quiet |
| Simple PHP Info Displays the phpinfo() table in the WordPress dashboard and creates a shortcode for use in posts and pages. | 100+ | — | 16 months ago |
| Simple System Status View Information about your WordPress Configuration (Defaults, Themes, Plugins) and Server Information that is useful for debugging and support. | 100+ | 5.0★ | 4 years ago · quiet |
| Site Health Manager Control which status tests and what debug information appear in your Site Health screen. | 100+ | 5.0★ | 7 years ago · quiet |
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