Best backtrace plugins for WordPress
The most popular backtrace plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Hagakure leads with 30+ active installs, ahead of oik bwtrace (20+) and Debug Toolkit (10+). All 7 plugins tagged “backtrace” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 6 backtrace plugins
- 1.
HagakureThe most installed backtrace plugin, with 30+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 5 months ago.
- 2.
oik bwtrace20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 3.
Debug Toolkit10+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 13 reviews, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.1.28.
- 4.Hikari Krumo
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5.
- 5.Debug Bar Query Tracer
10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1.
- 6.
Notice TraceLogFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
All 7 plugins tagged “backtrace”

Hagakure
Up in the last 7 days:59#23,701by Tarosky Inc.5 months ago
A WordPress plugin to clarify meaningless errors like "Allowed memory size of xxxxxxxx bytes exhausted".
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day

oik bwtrace
Down in the last 7 days:904#27,906by bobbingwide1 year ago
Debug trace for WordPress, including ad hoc action hook and filter tracing.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Debug Toolkit
#29,339by Tonya Mork7 years ago
Code debug made easier and more enjoyable.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(13)
- Downloads
- 5/day
Hikari Krumo
Up in the last 7 days:8,673#37,182hikari-krumo16 years ago
Krumo is a debug tool able of collapsing array and object values so that it takes less space and let us see only what we really need from complex data
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Debug Bar Query Tracer
Down in the last 7 days:4,807#44,732by Chris M.15 years ago
A Debug Bar plugin that lets you trace what plugins are causing database queries.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day

Notice TraceLog
#65,022by shuliakmaster1 year ago
Easily display PHP backtraces when Notices occur. Designed for developers to quickly identify the source of early execution issues in WordPress.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day