Best debug plugins for WordPress
The most popular debug plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP Crontrol leads with 300K+ active installs, ahead of Query Monitor (200K+) and Debug Bar (20K+). All 297 plugins tagged “debug” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 debug plugins
- 1.WP Crontrol
The most installed debug plugin, with 300K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 167 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 2.Query Monitor
200K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 470 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 3.Debug Bar
20K+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 69 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 4.WP Debugging
10K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 21 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 5.
Debug Log Manager10K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 25 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 6.
My WP Customize Admin/Frontend8K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 16 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 7.
Code Profiler8K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 36 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 8.reBusted!
5K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 11 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 9.Plugin Detective
5K+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 49 reviews, updated 5 days ago.
- 10.
Dashboard Widgets Suite4K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 38 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
All 297 plugins tagged “debug”
WP Crontrol
Up in the last 7 days:1#169by Syed Balkhi25 days ago
Take control of the cron events on your WordPress website or WooCommerce store with WP Crontrol.
- Installs
- 300K+
- Rating
- 4.4(167)
- Downloads
- 6.7K/day
Query Monitor
Down in the last 7 days:1#243by John Blackbourn13 days ago
Query Monitor is the developer tools panel for WordPress and WooCommerce.
- Installs
- 200K+
- Rating
- 4.9(470)
- Downloads
- 16.8K/day
Debug Bar
Down in the last 7 days:3#1,353by WordPress.org24 days ago
Adds a debug menu to the admin bar that shows query, cache, and other helpful debugging information.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.1(69)
- Downloads
- 1.8K/day
WP Debugging
Down in the last 7 days:5#1,754by Andy Fragen2 months ago
A support/troubleshooting plugin for WordPress.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 5.0(21)
- Downloads
- 171/day

Debug Log Manager
Up in the last 7 days:5#1,833by Bowo21 days ago
Log PHP, database and JavaScript errors via WP_DEBUG with one click. Conveniently create, view, filter and clear the debug.log file.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 5.0(25)
- Downloads
- 352/day

My WP Customize Admin/Frontend
Up in the last 7 days:5#2,312by gqevu6bsiz17 days ago
Simply and easy-to-use the customize for Admin and Frontend. A lot of custom filters and actions, and included the developer tools.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.3(16)
- Downloads
- 106/day

Code Profiler
Up in the last 7 days:3#2,433by bruandet1 month ago
A profiler to measure the performance of your WordPress plugins and themes.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.3(36)
- Downloads
- 162/day
reBusted!
Down in the last 7 days:14#2,923by Simon Prosser2 years ago
Force browsers to load the most recent file if modified.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 5.0(11)
- Downloads
- 24/day
Plugin Detective
Down in the last 7 days:10#3,121by NSquared5 days ago
Quickly find and fix WordPress plugin conflicts, recover from fatal errors, and clear stuck maintenance mode without any coding.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.0(49)
- Downloads
- 118/day

Dashboard Widgets Suite
Down in the last 7 days:6#3,375by Jeff Starr7 days ago
Adds 9 awesome widgets to your WP Dashboard. Includes User Notes, Social Buttons, System Info, Debug/Error Logs, and more!
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.9(38)
- Downloads
- 64/day

which template file
Down in the last 7 days:17#3,564by gilles661 year ago
Show the name of the php file of your theme used to display the current page.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Debug
Down in the last 7 days:16#4,684by SoniNow2 months ago
Debug your WordPress site by safely toggling the built-in debug flags and getting real-time email alerts when errors occur.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.6(11)
- Downloads
- 28/day

WP Safe Mode
Down in the last 7 days:7#4,830by Marcus (aka @msykes)1 month ago
Disable plugins or switch themes for just you or the whole site for debugging, troubleshooting or accessing and restoring a broken website.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.3(8)
- Downloads
- 15/day

Debug This
Down in the last 7 days:23#4,831by Razvan Aldea1 year ago
Peek under the hood with sixty debugging reports just one click away.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.8(17)
- Downloads
- 20/day
Monkeyman Rewrite Analyzer
Down in the last 7 days:3#5,252by Jan Fabry15 years ago
Making sense of the rewrite mess. Display and play with your rewrite rules.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(26)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Meks Quick Plugin Disabler
Up in the last 7 days:1#5,290by Meks2 years ago
Temporarily disable (and restore) all currently active plugins with a single click
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Easy PHP Settings
Up in the last 7 days:37#5,489by shahadul8783 days ago
An easy way to manage common PHP INI settings and WordPress debugging constants from the WordPress admin panel.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 43/day

Cron Logger
Down in the last 7 days:66#5,537by Palasthotel GmbH1 month ago
Logs wp-cron.php runs.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.9(8)
- Downloads
- 131/day

Debug Log Viewer
Up in the last 7 days:43#5,790by Oleksandr Lysyi4 days ago
Effortlessly view, search, filter and manage your WordPress debug.log in the admin dashboard. Real-time monitoring and email alerts
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.0(3)
- Downloads
- 31/day
What Template
Down in the last 7 days:18#6,040by Brian Alexander2 years ago
Adds the current page's template name to the admin bar.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Laravel DD for WordPress
Down in the last 7 days:34#6,070by phegman8 years ago
Use Laravel's dd() (die dump) function in your Wordpress projects. Perfect for debuging custom queries!
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 22/day
WP Mail Debugger
Up in the last 7 days:77#6,183by Timothy Jacobs2 years ago
WP Mail Debugger captures and displays all emails sent through wp_mail() for debugging and troubleshooting.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 17/day

Check Conflicts
Up in the last 7 days:13#6,206by ioannup3 years ago
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&# …
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.7(18)
- Downloads
- 12/day

HTTP Requests Manager
Down in the last 7 days:17#6,388by veppa23 days ago
Limit, Debug, Optimize WP_HTTP requests. Limit by request count, page load time, reduce timeout for each request. Speed up login and admin pages.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 37/day

View User Metadata
Up in the last 7 days:14#6,844by Sully18 days ago
A lightweight plugin that allows you to view user metadata, export them CSV or JSON, or delete key/value pairs.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 47/day
What Template File Am I Viewing?
Down in the last 7 days:3#6,921by Toby Cryns (@themightymo)6 years ago
This is a debugging plugin that displays the current php file that is loading on the front end of the website.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 11/day

ElasticPress Debugging Add-On
Up in the last 7 days:50#7,291by 10up6 months ago
Extends the Query Monitor and Debug Bar plugins for ElasticPress queries.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 5.8K/day

Debug Bar Rewrite Rules
Down in the last 7 days:44#7,930by Oleg Butuzov2 years ago
Debug Bar Rewrite Rules adds a new panel to Debug Bar that displays information about WordPress Rewrites Rules (if used).
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Monster Widget
Down in the last 7 days:30#8,022by Automattic9 years ago
Provides a quick and easy method of adding all core widgets to a sidebar for testing purposes.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Timber Debug Bar
Down in the last 7 days:53#8,758by jarednova5 years ago
Adds a Panel to the Debug Bar for Timber information
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 22/day

WP PHP Console
Down in the last 7 days:28#9,135by Fulvio Notarstefano6 years ago
An implementation of PHP Console as a WordPress plugin. Use Chrome Dev Tools to debug your WordPress installation!
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 4.7(19)
- Downloads
- 12/day
Thank you page viewer for Woocommerce
Up in the last 7 days:24#9,268by JEVNET5 years ago
"Thank you page viewer for Woocommerce" shows a link to the thank you page from the order admin page.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Url Rewrite Analyzer
Down in the last 7 days:78#9,665by M.Code3 months ago
See clearly and understand how WordPress rewrite rules work within a simple and clean interface
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Ray
Down in the last 7 days:159#9,830by freekmurze11 months ago
Easily debug WordPress sites using Ray.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(10)
- Downloads
- 23/day
Admin Bar Tools
Down in the last 7 days:71#10,580by Grégory Viguier5 years ago
Adds some small development tools to the admin bar.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.8(8)
- Downloads
- 11/day

BugFu Console Debugger
Down in the last 7 days:104#10,861by Federico Andrioli3 years ago
Log/Debug the PHP code in your Theme/Plugin with your Browser Console (no extension needed)
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.8(17)
- Downloads
- 10/day

WP Logger
Down in the last 7 days:6#10,935by iTRON11 months ago
Logging vars and events for fast debug WordPress site.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 9/day

Server Info for Debugging
Up in the last 7 days:3#12,154by Blend Media9 months ago
Displays server stats and WordPress system information for debugging purposes.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Asset Queue Manager
Down in the last 7 days:61#12,472by NateWr10 years ago
A tool for experienced frontend performance engineers to take control over the scripts and styles enqueued on their site.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.7(14)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Variable Inspector
Down in the last 7 days:77#13,063by Bowo5 months ago
Inspect PHP variables on a central dashboard in wp-admin for convenient debugging.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 17/day
Debug Log
Up in the last 7 days:10#13,115by Andrew Klimek10 years ago
View and Delete the debug log from the Tools menu. Extremely light and simple.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Debug Bar Slow Actions
Down in the last 7 days:128#13,234by Konstantin Kovshenin8 years ago
Easily find out which actions and filters are the slowest during a page load.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.8(15)
- Downloads
- 210/day

Developer Debug Tools
Up in the last 7 days:46#13,510by PluginRx1 month ago
Lots of debugging and testing tools for developers.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Simple PHP Info
Down in the last 7 days:132#13,660by Josh Mckibbin1 year ago
Displays the phpinfo() table in the WordPress dashboard and creates a shortcode for use in posts and pages.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 4/day

Simple System Status
Up in the last 7 days:5#13,684by Leo Gopal4 years ago
View Information about your WordPress Configuration (Defaults, Themes, Plugins) and Server Information that is useful for debugging and support.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 48/day
Site Health Manager
Up in the last 7 days:7#13,982by Rami Yushuvaev7 years ago
Control which status tests and what debug information appear in your Site Health screen.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Style.css Load Last Version
Up in the last 7 days:2#14,272by Mirco Babini13 years ago
Load the Last Version of style.css everytime, whenever and ever. No side effects on performance.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 3/day

Advanced Cron Scheduler for WordPress
Down in the last 7 days:79#14,370by Sayan Datta1 year ago
The Advanced Cron Scheduler for WordPress plugin helps to easily replace or migrate Native WordPress Cron to the Action Scheduler Library.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day

JSM Show Registered Shortcodes
Up in the last 7 days:11#14,553by JS Morisset11 days ago
Simple and lightweight plugin to show all registered shortcodes under a "Registered Shortcodes" toolbar menu item.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 9/day

Debug Bar
Up in the last 7 days:107#14,710by Puvox Software2 years ago
[ ✅ 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐏𝐋𝐔𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐒 b𝓎 𝒫𝓊𝓋𝑜𝓍] You can easily enable WP_DEBUG using a toolbar button. READ DESCRIPTION!
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 1.8(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day