Best development tool plugins for WordPress
The most popular development tool plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. ConfigPress leads with 100+ active installs, ahead of Beans Visual Hook Guide (10+) and NeksioPress (fewer than 10). All 4 plugins tagged “development tool” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 development tool plugins
- 1.
ConfigPressThe most installed development tool plugin, with 100+ active installs. Rated 3.7 from 6 reviews, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.
- 2.
Beans Visual Hook Guide10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 3.
NeksioPressFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
All 4 plugins tagged “development tool”
ConfigPress
Up in the last 7 days:87#15,200by AAM Plugin11 years ago
An easy way to manage all your website custom settings.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.7(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Beans Visual Hook Guide
Up in the last 7 days:2,653#44,054by Jeff Cleverley8 years ago
A useful companion tool for theme development with the Beans Framework. Displays all possible Markup Action Hooks made available by the Beans HTML AP …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
NeksioPress
Up in the last 7 days:1,000#62,214by Neksio Tool7 months ago
Professional WordPress reset tool for developers. Instantly clean your database with soft or nuclear reset modes.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day