WordPress plugin comparison

Development Environment Notification vs Display Environment Type

Development Environment Notification

by Alex Phelps

10+ installs5.0

Display Environment Type

by Stoil Dobreff

1K+ installs5.0

At a glance

Display Environment Type has more active installs: 1K+, against 10+ for Development Environment Notification.
On a typical day, Display Environment Type is downloaded about 211 times, Development Environment Notification about 1.
Both are rated 5.0 out of 5.
Display Environment Type was updated more recently: Dec 19, 2025, against Aug 15, 2015 for Development Environment Notification.
Display Environment Type is tested with a newer WordPress: 6.9.11, against 3.9.40 for Development Environment Notification.
Development Environment Notification has been around longer: since 2014, against 2020 for Display Environment Type.

Display Environment Type leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Development Environment Notification	Display Environment Type
Popular rank	#38,270	#5,991
Active installs	10+	1K+
Downloads, last 30 days	24	4.4K
Rating	5.0(1)	5.0(4)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	3.9.40	6.9.11
Search multiplier	×0.00	×0.42
Last release	11 years ago	10 months ago
Requires PHP	–	7.4

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