Best developer-tools plugins for WordPress

Advanced Post Manager

Down in the last 7 days:11#3,438

by Nexcess4 days ago

Turbo charge your posts admin for any custom post type with sortable filters and columns, and auto-registration of metaboxes.

Debug Log Viewer

Up in the last 7 days:43#5,790

by Oleksandr Lysyi4 days ago

Effortlessly view, search, filter and manage your WordPress debug.log in the admin dashboard. Real-time monitoring and email alerts

Post List Featured Image

Up in the last 7 days:12#7,175

by Johnny10 years ago

A plugin that adds the "Featured Image" column in admin posts and pages list.

Easy Symlinks

Down in the last 7 days:29#15,566

by Carl Alberto6 months ago

Manage symbolic links from the WordPress admin. Create and delete symlinks without CLI access, ideal for Pantheon environments.

Code Block Copy Button

Up in the last 7 days:166#16,353

by tcstix4 months ago

Add a customizable copy button to code blocks for fast, one-click copying.

PostMeta Viewer

Up in the last 7 days:303#18,115

by wpwebguru14 days ago

A powerful debugging tool for WordPress developers to inspect and analyze post meta (custom fields) across posts, pages, custom post types, taxonomy t …

SniffPress

Up in the last 7 days:155#19,310

by wpwebguru14 days ago

A powerful search tool that helps developers quickly find text strings within theme and plugin files.

Developer Debug Mode

Up in the last 7 days:16#20,337

by Glimbyte9 months ago

Toggle WordPress debug mode instantly. No wp-config.php editing needed. Features auto-save, admin bar quick toggle, and debug log viewer.

ThemePackager

Down in the last 7 days:280#20,533

by Ansar Hussain2 months ago

Export any installed WordPress theme (active or inactive) as a ZIP file directly from Appearance → Themes.

Admin Code Search

Up in the last 7 days:385#21,022

by marbak4 months ago

Search code across active plugins, themes, and MU plugins directly from the WordPress admin.

widgetIQ for Elementor

Down in the last 7 days:206#21,788

by Shakibul Islam5 months ago

See exactly which pages and posts use any Elementor widget — perfect for developers, designers, and agencies doing audits or migrations.

Featured Image Column Display

Down in the last 7 days:18#21,856

by Sawai Dheerawat7 years ago

A plugin that adds the "Featured Image" column in admin posts and pages list.

REST API Route Tester

Down in the last 7 days:380#22,455

by Nowshad Jawad1 month ago

A WordPress admin tool to quickly test REST API routes, path params, headers, body payloads, and copy requests as cURL.

Query All The Post Types

Up in the last 7 days:75#24,560

by Russell Aaron7 months ago

A developer tool displaying all registered post types w/ the benefit of exposing CPT's to AI tools and admin clients via the WordPress Abilities API.

MCP Tracker

Up in the last 7 days:40#25,757

by WPVibes6 months ago

Records and displays MCP-related REST API requests made to your WordPress site.

Ganziq

Down in the last 7 days:460#25,773

by Ahmed Salem3 months ago

Inspect, edit, validate, preview, import and export Elementor JSON in a safe workspace without replacing the original page.

Modules Insight

Down in the last 7 days:240#26,142

by Pedro Matias (FroPT)2 months ago

Audit plugins, rate PHP and WordPress upgrade risk from the WordPress.org API, and export to JSON, CSV, Excel, or a Google Sheet.

Responsive Checker & Device Preview

Down in the last 7 days:845#26,362

by FARAZFRANK1 month ago

Test mobile responsive layouts with instant device previews, multi-screen sync scroll, CSS breakpoint scanner, visual regression, and developer tools.

Project Management, Bug and Issue Tracking Plugin

Down in the last 7 days:13#26,647

by emarket-design4 months ago

Best issue tracking, bug tracking and project management plugin. Easily manage tasks, stay organized, and track progress in WordPress.

Transients

Down in the last 7 days:242#28,224

by Ariel8 months ago

Inspect, edit, and delete WordPress transients from Tools -> Transients.

LogIQ

#30,094

by akmelias7 months ago

Stop digging through raw log files. LogIQ gives WordPress developers a smart, searchable, and beautiful debug log viewer — right inside the admin.

MksDdn Collection for Postman

Down in the last 7 days:307#30,215

by Max6 months ago

Generate Postman Collection (v2.1.0) or OpenAPI 3.0 documentation for the WordPress REST API from the admin UI.

Core Version Switcher

Down in the last 7 days:2,200#32,674

by Kanani Parth9 days ago

Easily switch between WordPress core versions safely from the dashboard.

Gridly Design Overlay

Up in the last 7 days:8,549#33,746

by Gridly Design Overlay2 months ago

Adds a responsive grid overlay to help check WordPress layouts during development.

Blocks for GitHub

#34,142

by Devin Walker1 year ago

Easily display your GitHub profile, organization, repositories, and more within the WordPress Block Editor aka "Gutenberg".

Structure Viewer

Down in the last 7 days:49#34,233

by Blincks17 days ago

Give AI the full picture of any plugin or theme: one-click AI context packs, code search, a built-in MCP server and secret redaction.

CauseTrail

Down in the last 7 days:443#41,951

by Andy Brazil1 month ago

Connect your WordPress website to CauseTrail for monitoring, diagnostics, and a clearer view of what happened.

Calculate Page Execution Time

Up in the last 7 days:1,603#43,962

by Milap5 months ago

Track page execution time easily. Just activate and view page source to see the loading time at the bottom. No configuration needed for WordPress.

Voxycure Framework

#46,331

by Voxycure Infotech2 months ago

Build custom Gutenberg blocks, fields, content types, taxonomies, reusable components, and option pages.

Visual Block Inspector

Down in the last 7 days:8,664#46,562

by Raúl Fernández9 months ago

Automatic color-coded outlines and labels for Gutenberg blocks. See your page structure instantly while editing.

Advanced REST API DevTools

Up in the last 7 days:656#46,853

by Tejas Gajjar7 months ago

Postman-inspired REST API explorer, tester, debugger, profiler & logger — fully inside WordPress admin.

Esumo Field Renamer for ACF

#49,892

by Esumo1 month ago

Rename a simple ACF field while keeping its values. Preview data and theme references, detect conflicts, and keep a guarded rollback journal.

User ID

Up in the last 7 days:17,149#52,106

by Aditya Shah2 months ago

A powerful WordPress user manager to impersonate users, track activity logs, debug meta, and find user IDs. The ultimate user support toolkit.

FileOps Monitor

Up in the last 7 days:12,484#52,150

by iamgsbala1 month ago

Find added, modified and deleted WordPress files with a local SHA-256 baseline and manual scans.

Depenova Impact Map

Up in the last 7 days:20,935#52,387

by wpimpactmap1 month ago

See what your WordPress components affect before you update, disable or remove them.

Noshi-Kanamer

Up in the last 7 days:15,765#52,451

by Nokaze Hayato1 month ago

WordPress pre-launch checklist & client handoff toolkit. Catches what AI (or you) leave behind: WP_DEBUG, noindex, admin username. Proof included.

Re{code} Cron Viewer

#55,381

by re{code}commerce9 months ago

A lightweight WordPress plugin to view and debug all scheduled WP-Cron tasks.

Invizo Advanced Reset Suite

Up in the last 7 days:7,642#55,591

by Invizo5 months ago

Reset WordPress with typed confirmations, database snapshots, and focused cleanup tools for development and staging sites.

Quick Edit Post by ID (Admin Bar)

Up in the last 7 days:17,736#55,753

by Gaelan Lloyd3 months ago

Instantly open the edit screen for any post, page, or custom post type by ID, right from the WordPress admin bar.

Myrk Feature Flags

#55,885

by Bjorn Holine20 days ago

WordPress feature flags and feature toggles with progressive rollout, per-environment control, user targeting, and circuit breaker protection.

Debug Suite

Down in the last 7 days:7,447#57,384

by Md Kamruzzaman22 days ago

Debug WordPress from the admin bar: a live PHP console, a searchable debug log viewer, email logging and generated REST API docs.

AnyWareX Debug Switch

Down in the last 7 days:2,638#57,625

by AnyWareX27 days ago

A compact WordPress debugging control and debug.log viewer.

Menulookin Admin Menu Debugger

#57,932

by samiur66881 month ago

Inspect WordPress admin submenu menu slugs and identify their actual hook suffixes through a simple developer debugging interface.

DownUp

Up in the last 7 days:13,676#58,038

by Deepak Rajpal17 days ago

Force a clean reinstall or update of a plugin or theme — even one that's already up to date — via WordPress's own normal Update Now.

Atomic Framework Forge for Elementor

Down in the last 7 days:8,601#58,066

by Jim Roberts2 months ago

Take control of your design variables in Elementor's new V4 Atomic framework. Manage Colors, Fonts, and Numbers in a professional workspace.

ResetForge for Multisite

Up in the last 7 days:13,365#58,664

by Elevoire1 month ago

A scope-aware, safety-first, developer-focused reset and cleanup platform built specifically for WordPress Multisite networks.

TypeForge CPT and Meta Builder

Up in the last 7 days:3,840#59,310

by Darshit Rajyaguru5 months ago

Lightweight, fast custom post type, taxonomy, and meta field builder for WordPress. Perfect for developers.

Upaccn PHP Upgrade Risk Audit

#60,161

by ModelGain.com1 month ago

Choose a target PHP version and see which installed plugin or theme may block the upgrade. Local, read-only, and no shell access required.

Copy Post and Page ID

Up in the last 7 days:11,288#61,011

by matempbit9 months ago

Easily view and copy Post ID and Page ID directly from the WordPress admin dashboard with a single click.

Doohickey's Dev Tools

#62,027

by mosaiclifecreative8 months ago

Essential web development utilities right in your WordPress dashboard — CSS generators, color tools, code formatters, and more.