Best developer plugins for WordPress

PHPGuard Lite

Down in the last 7 days:191#32,016

by phpguard19 months ago

Check WordPress plugins and PHP code for syntax errors before activating or using them.

Bitlence Dev Code Tracker

Down in the last 7 days:996#32,324

by Kuldipsinh Parmar9 days ago

Track time spent in wp-admin per page/post with idle detection, a 30-day chart, streak tracker, and per-page breakdown.

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.

Emberly Popups

Down in the last 7 days:1,162#32,993

by Emberly Digital1 year ago

Lightweight, accessible popups for WordPress—made by developers, for developers.

Firebug Lite

Down in the last 7 days:184#33,015

by ppalli17 years ago

This plugin automatically add Firebug Lite to your blog for the admin (> 7).

WP Config Constants

#33,069

by Chris Taylor11 years ago

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

Toolbar Plugins Link

#33,116

by Hareesh S3 years ago

Toolbar Plugins Link customizes the Admin Toolbar and adds a shortcut to the plugins page.

Apermo Xdebug

#33,750

by Christoph Daum8 years ago

This plugin helps developers that use Xdebug.

Content Sectioner

#33,784

by Kirk Bowers10 years ago

Content Sectioner is a developer plugin that makes it easy to insert formatting markup (div and img tags) into long pieces of content.

SnapZip

Down in the last 7 days:50#34,190

by Sandeep Kumar2 months ago

Download installed WordPress plugins and themes as ZIP files directly from your dashboard.

Wicked Block Builder

#34,663

by wickedplugins1 year ago

Create your own custom blocks and patterns in as little as a few minutes!

LH Log sql queries to file

#35,298

by shawfactor4 years ago

Log all queries to a text file for development and debugging purposes

Lorem

#35,321

by Lorem Technologies7 years ago

Work with Lorem to design, build, and fix your website. Our experts are here for you 24/7. Trusted by thousands of business owners around the world.

Basic Dev Tools

Up in the last 7 days:11,592#35,414

by Rodrigo Techera11 years ago

A plugin with some Basic Tools For Development and Developers. Trying to be easier the way of develop common things in WP

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.

Source View

Up in the last 7 days:2,222#37,924

by 水野史土7 years ago

This plugin outputs a source code of the function/class you specified.

WP-Waitlist

Down in the last 7 days:32#38,946

by Meitar12 years ago

Waitlists for WordPress lets you create and manage user lists of almost any type in any post.

CGA Plugin Helper

Up in the last 7 days:7,131#39,043

by cgalves8 years ago

This plugin will assist you in the installation of plugins. Choose from a curated list, manually search for plugins and export all active plugins.

Developer project portfolio

Up in the last 7 days:4,139#39,449

by crillst10 years ago

Displays a project portfolio for visitors. Set customer, image, description, languages and platform for each project.

WPMU Database Reset

Up in the last 7 days:4,553#40,565

by shazdeh10 years ago

Clean up a single site in a WP network, by removing all posts, comments, terms and media files. A clean slate for the site.

RainyShots

Up in the last 7 days:2,034#41,662

by rainypixels15 years ago

Adds a template function — rs_shots() — that returns an array of the 15 latest Dribbble shots by a player.

Hookie for Woocommerce

Up in the last 7 days:2,052#41,784

by Mirco Babini10 years ago

Enables specific WooCommerce hooks to get shown into the page dom [Extension of Hookie (Visual Hook Reference)].

Patchwing

Down in the last 7 days:8,258#42,009

by Nafiz7 months ago

A developer tool for WordPress that provides real time server metrics, PHP configuration insights, error logging and performance monitoring.

Rollbar Logging

Up in the last 7 days:4,498#43,303

by ema-digital10 years ago

Enables JavaScript and PHP Error logging for Rollbar.

SimpleTwit

Up in the last 7 days:707#43,390

by GYatesIII12 years ago

Everything a developer or designer needs to pull in a Twitter feed. All in a slim package that won't get in the way of your creativity.

Apermo AdminBar Toggle

Up in the last 7 days:3,015#43,403

by Christoph Daum8 years ago

This plugin simple allows you to toggle the AdminBar on and off just with the keyboard.

Klan1 Common WP Functions

#43,664

by Alejandro Trujillo J.11 years ago

Basic functions needed by our others plugins and templates.

AIO Performance Profiler, Monitor, Optimize, Compress & Debug

Down in the last 7 days:5,310#43,689

by Smackcoders Inc.,1 year ago

Find plugins that are slowing down your site. Create performance reports, Monitor, Optimize, Compress, and debug your site.

KL Debug

Down in the last 7 days:5,639#43,869

by Kiwik4 years ago

Friendly debug bar for developer, debug variables helpers and pretty error handler interface(powered by Whoops).

Eetheart Functions

#44,429

by Eetheart11 years ago

A plugin for developers.

Developer Toolkit for WordPress

Down in the last 7 days:7,044#44,498

by Frank Corso1 year ago

A plugin for WordPress developers.

LumiCode Syntax Highlighter

#44,696

by cr8vstacks1 month ago

Beautiful syntax highlighting for WordPress: 40+ languages, copy buttons, line numbers, line wrapping, collapse and a dark or light theme.

CU Debug Tool by CodeUnion

#45,357

by hydr4x3 months ago

A professional, modular debugging toolbar for developers. Inspect SQL, Rewrite Rules, Hooks, Cron events, and Options without cluttering the frontend.

WP-Logs

Down in the last 7 days:7,785#45,981

by neiltron16 years ago

Custom event logging for Wordpress developers.

Headless

#46,082

by Palasthotel GmbH25 days ago

Adds features to use WordPress as headless CMS

Plugin All Info

Down in the last 7 days:5,039#46,287

by wpshopee8 years ago

Plugin all info provides a simple way of displaying up-to-date information about specific WordPress Plugin hosted on WP plugin repository.

Just Post Preview Widget

Up in the last 7 days:644#46,440

by Alex Prokopenko / JustCoded9 years ago

Widget to easy add any post content preview blocks with different layouts, specified in the theme.

Plugin Register

Down in the last 7 days:7,903#46,483

by Chris Taylor8 years ago

For Wordpress plugin developers: keep a register of when and where your plugins are activated.

TIVWP-DM Development Manager

Down in the last 7 days:2,893#46,604

by Gregory K. (@tivnet)12 years ago

Install and manage development plugins

My Github

#46,751

by Ratul Hasan2 years ago

A simple and nice WordPress plugin that can track your github's profile.

Sunrise

Up in the last 7 days:24#46,902

by Vova13 years ago

Plugin framework, that was designed to speed up plugin deployment and development

WP Plugin Data

#46,908

by fergbrain17 years ago

Provides abstracted data about plugins using the WordPress.org API

Hook Flowchart

#47,668

by Daniele Scasciafratte7 years ago

In every WordPress page there are many different hooks, but what is the direct relationship among them?

Developer Options

#47,675

by ChrisHurst14 years ago

Plugin for WordPress Developers to view WordPress options.

Easy Local Site

#48,276

by Simon Blackbourn6 years ago

Aid the development process on a local WordPress site by adding some handy reminders and overriding outgoing emails.

WP Page Load Stats

Down in the last 7 days:413#48,318

by Mike Jolley11 years ago

Display memory, page load time, average load time and query count in the footer of your site.

Hooktrail

#48,880

by anu77106313 days ago

See every hook that ran on a page, which plugin is behind it, how long it took, what it changed, and the queries and PHP warnings each plugin caused.

Routemark

Up in the last 7 days:1,402#49,133

by ClearanceClarence10 days ago

Browse every REST API route on your site and send test requests to it from wp-admin.

Hook Injector

Up in the last 7 days:5,582#50,203

by dharmilkumar8 months ago

Inject custom Gutenberg blocks without writing code.

Post Type Generator

#50,262

by AHMAD_R3ZA1 month ago

Create custom post types from the WordPress admin and export their registration code.