Best development-mode plugins for WordPress
The most popular development-mode plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Dead Simple Maintenance Mode leads with fewer than 10 active installs. All 1 plugins tagged “development-mode” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 1 development-mode plugins
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Dead Simple Maintenance ModeThe most installed development-mode plugin, with fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.4.14.