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Best developer plugins for WordPress

The most popular developer plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Elementor Beta (Developer Edition) leads with 30K+ active installs, ahead of Debug Log Manager (10K+) and FakerPress (10K+). All 171 plugins tagged “developer” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 10 developer plugins

  1. 1.
    Elementor Beta (Developer Edition)

    The most installed developer plugin, with 30K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.

  2. 2.
    Debug Log Manager

    10K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 25 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.

  3. 3.
    FakerPress

    10K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 205 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.

  4. 4.
    Maintenance Redirect

    10K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 24 reviews, updated 5 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.

  5. 5.
    Maintenance Mode

    8K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 14 reviews, updated 3 months ago.

  6. 6.
    ReactPress

    2K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 18 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.

  7. 7.
    Debug This

    2K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 17 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.

  8. 8.
    Simply Show Hooks

    1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 63 reviews, updated 4 months ago.

  9. 9.
    Debug Bar Console

    1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, updated 6 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.

  10. 10.
    System Dashboard

    900+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 16 reviews, updated 5 months ago.

All 171 plugins tagged “developer”