Best debug plugins for WordPress

Debug Bar Post Meta

#28,529

by Jake Spurlock6 years ago

Adds a post meta panel for displaying all of the post meta.

WP Marvelous Debug

Down in the last 7 days:37#28,590

by Pablo Pacheco6 years ago

Edit the debugging constants from wp-config, view the log file on the Dashboard and more debugging features.

PHP Console Log

#29,056

by Marcus Viar6 years ago

Log PHP variables and arrays to the web console in your browser via JavaScript's console.log(). No browser extensions required.

WP-ngrok

Down in the last 7 days:369#29,177

by Theme.id3 years ago

Expose your local WordPress to the world. only work in your localhost

Simple Debug Info Panel

#29,324

by Senff - a11n2 months ago

Simple Debug Info Panel shows a little box on your site with helpful debugging info for developers: post/page ID, which template is being used, etc.

Debogger

Up in the last 7 days:245#29,351

by Simon Prosser16 years ago

Debugging tool for theme authors and reviewers.

Debug Printr

Down in the last 7 days:1,150#29,525

by iaps5 years ago

Provides PHP variable debugging.

Debug Toolkit

#29,593

by Tonya Mork7 years ago

Code debug made easier and more enjoyable.

edump

Down in the last 7 days:184#29,642

by edumpadmin6 years ago

Debugging Plugin with edump for WordPress.

Deprecation Checker

#30,125

by Brian Fegter14 years ago

Deprecation Checker simply scans your plugins, themes, and custom directories for deprecated functions.

Wixiweb FirePHP Queries

Down in the last 7 days:508#30,712

by Arnaud Lemercier10 years ago

Use Firebug with FirePHP to analyze the SQL queries made by Wordpress. Ideal for development and avoid performance issues.

JS Error Logger

#30,796

by JFG Media24 days ago

Logs front-end javascript errors, and displays them in a dashboard widget

0 Day Analytics

#30,809

by Golemiq1 month ago

All-in-one WordPress debug & operations toolkit: error log manager, PHP fatal tracker, cron & transient manager, mail logger, traffic analytic …

LH Clear Debug Log by Cron

Up in the last 7 days:761#31,456

by shawfactor4 years ago

A simple plugin that clears the debug log by the cron schedule when it gets too big.

System information

Down in the last 7 days:999#31,528

by philippe12 years ago

Adds a system information page that include all the details on your WordPress configuration.

FDP Debug

#32,190

by Jose Mortellaro1 month ago

It adds an action button to collect information to debug Freesoul Deactivate Plugins. If you don't use Freesoul Deactivate Plugins you don't …

Current Page Template Viewer

Down in the last 7 days:22#32,816

by Nagaoka Design20 days ago

Display current template file and directory name on screen for WordPress development.

WP Config Constants

#33,069

by Chris Taylor11 years ago

Shows you the values of constants defined in your wp-config.php file

Debug Editor

Down in the last 7 days:245#33,109

by Link7 years ago

一个开发者必备的简易调试器。安全，简洁，高效，谁用谁知道！

DebugHawk

Down in the last 7 days:2,987#33,270

by A5hleyRich5 days ago

Performance monitoring built specifically for WordPress. Track Core Web Vitals, slow database queries, external API calls and cache effectiveness.

Apermo Xdebug

#33,750

by Christoph Daum8 years ago

This plugin helps developers that use Xdebug.

LW MWP Tools

Up in the last 7 days:469#34,055

by Francis Smith8 years ago

View resource usage, access and error logs, and more on the Liquid Web Managed WordPress Hosting Platform.

API Request Monitor

Up in the last 7 days:30,376#34,234

by Huzoor Bux2 months ago

A developer-focused tool for monitoring, debugging, testing, and logging WordPress REST API requests and external API integrations.

Fatal message to Telegram

Up in the last 7 days:93#34,331

by Phil1 month ago

Sends fatal PHP errors to Telegram using an early MU-plugin loader. Ideal for monitoring production crashes.

Debugger

Up in the last 7 days:252#34,370

by Modern Tribe, Inc.13 years ago

You can use this plugin to manually log data or to capture logging on WordPress actions. You can capture load time, memory, backrace, data dumps, urls …

Query Monitor bbPress & BuddyPress Conditionals

Down in the last 7 days:190#34,641

by Stephen Edgar12 years ago

Add bbPress and BuddyPress Conditionals to John Blackbourn's awesome Query Monitor

Development Assistant

#34,651

by Dmitry Pripa28 days ago

Toolkit for debugging and customer support.

Simple Log Viewer

#34,697

by Pedro Avelar3 months ago

A simple plugin to log errors in real time in a metabox in the admin panel, too integrated with WP-CLI

Show var_dump

Down in the last 7 days:129#34,724

by woodroots12 years ago

Results of "var_dump" shows in your dashboard after "Show var_dump" plugin install.

WP XHProf Profiler

Down in the last 7 days:1,062#34,733

by Artberri15 years ago

Adds PHP profiling support to your Wordpress using Facebook's XHProf Profiler.

dbug

Up in the last 7 days:5,226#35,232

by postpostmodern8 years ago

Simple error debugging and logging functions.

Debug Bar Query Count Alert

#36,039

by Matthew Boynes12 years ago

A simple add-on for the Debug Bar plugin to replace the button text with the database query count and time.

debugWP

Up in the last 7 days:6,600#36,420

by soap_media13 years ago

A Plugin for Wordpress that displays additional information to help the developer.

Hikari Krumo

Up in the last 7 days:8,673#37,182

hikari-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

WP Debug Logger

Up in the last 7 days:9,780#37,236

by Donncha O Caoimh (a11n)10 years ago

A plugin that makes it easy to log code activity to a file.

Debug Bar

Up in the last 7 days:3,288#37,568

by Jesper van Engelen12 years ago

Debug Bar extension that adds information about the sidebars and widgets on the current page. Integrates with Content Aware Sidebars plugin.

LH Javascript Error log

Up in the last 7 days:1,495#38,307

by shawfactor5 years ago

Log Javascript errors from your browser to your wordpress error log.

CM Update History

Up in the last 7 days:2,180#38,404

by Chris Malone3 years ago

A lightweight plugin that tracks plugins, themes, and WordPress Core for updates, activations, and deactivations. The log is displayed on a Dashboard …

Debug Bar Custom Info

Down in the last 7 days:505#38,543

by FitWP12 years ago

This plugin adds an extra panel to Debug Bar plugin that allows developers to output custom debug info.

What Scripts Styles Debug Bar

#39,097

by codewink11 years ago

A tiny plugin to display all enqueued scripts and style

DMValdez Cron Auditor

Up in the last 7 days:6,160#39,190

by donaldmvaldez3 months ago

See every WP-Cron job on your site in one dashboard, run or pause any of them on demand, and track how long each one actually takes to run.

wp pear debug

Up in the last 7 days:5,745#39,561

by silasco11 years ago

This plugin incorporates the pear php_debug library into wordpress.

Debug Bar Roles and Capabilities

#39,837

by Matthew Boynes12 years ago

A simple add-on for Debug Bar that tabulates all roles and capabilities

App Log

#39,975

by PRESSMAN5 years ago

A simple logger for debugging.

Output Buffer Tester

Up in the last 7 days:7,051#40,509

by Nextendweb8 years ago

This plugin helps to developers to find which plugin or theme closed their opened full page output buffers.

Another Show Hooks

#40,590

by Exlac4 years ago

Show the origin of an action or filter hook sequentially which helps a developer to debug quickly.

Bang System Logging

Up in the last 7 days:5,379#40,913

by Marcus Downing13 years ago

Enable system logging for WordPress plugin and theme development.

Ostrichcize

Up in the last 7 days:6,711#41,000

by Zack Tollman14 years ago

Hide PHP error reporting for specified plugins or the current theme.

Eazy HTML5 Elements

Up in the last 7 days:4,370#41,097

by Rob Scott8 years ago

Eazy HTML5 Elements displays most HTML elements using a shortcode. This allows theme developers to visualize how HTML elements will display.

Admin's Debug Tool

#41,101

by pantsonhead11 years ago

Admin-only tool for checking execution times and error output of current theme/plugins