Best development plugins for WordPress

360 Orbit Staging Guard

#65,383

by Jörg Liwa9 days ago

Keeps a staging copy from doing anything real: blocks outgoing calls, catches emails, pauses scheduled tasks, keeps search engines away.

Dev Favicon Switcher

Down in the last 7 days:2,037#65,395

by karasunouta4 months ago

Automatically switches your favicon (site icon) between production and development environments to prevent confusion.

Zodan One-time Login Link

Up in the last 7 days:164#65,513

by Marten Moolenaar1 month ago

Allow users to securely log in once without a password.

Zodan Theme Switcher

Down in the last 7 days:4,144#65,603

by Marten Moolenaar1 month ago

Allow (certain) users(roles) to easily switch to another theme. Non-persistent, so regular users won't be bothered.

Lorem Toolbox

#65,853

by erdembircan7 years ago

Plugin for auto content generation for development and testing purposes.

APPideas Email Holinator

Up in the last 7 days:5,676#66,232

by APP(ideas)2 months ago

Hold outbound email before it leaves this site, and keep a log of what was stopped.

Extension Profiles

#66,647

by David Towoju8 months ago

Create named profiles to quickly switch between different sets of active plugins per user session.

SMNTCS Theme Toggle

Down in the last 7 days:11,376#67,307

by Niels Lange1 month ago

Adds a theme switcher to the admin bar, so administrators can change the active theme from any page.

Don't Mess Up Prod

Down in the last 7 days:3,871#68,021

by Dave Kellam2 months ago

Displays an environment indicator in the admin bar.

Vinvin Force Email

Down in the last 7 days:16,536#68,582

by vinvin2711 days ago

Send every email of a test or staging site to one address, so no real customer is ever written to by mistake.

Field Helper Functions For ACF Pro

Down in the last 7 days:7,753#68,714

by Andrew Whittaker1 year ago

A collection of helper functions to make working with Advanced Custom Fields Pro in your WordPress themes even easier.

Zhu Development Tools for WordPress

Down in the last 7 days:5,314#69,069

by David Pullin5 years ago

A WordPress plugin to provide general tools to assist with WordPress development and maintenance. Each tool within this collection is pluggable, allow …

Development Environment

#69,307

by loonpwn7 years ago

Whoops error handling, no password logins, template hints, no indexing, flush rewrites, everything a developer needs for their local development envir …

Script Report

#69,622

by sapayth7 months ago

Debug and audit JavaScript and CSS loading in WordPress. Analyze dependencies, detect issues, and improve performance on any page.

Staging Shield

Down in the last 7 days:5,238#69,903

by davidshum981 month ago

Makes staging, local and cloned copies of your site harmless: no emails to real customers, no double subscription charges, no copies in Google.

BM1 Frontend Image Replace

Down in the last 7 days:5,721#70,061

by Phillip Baumgärtner2 months ago

Replace images directly from the frontend. Upload a new image, and it replaces the old one in your content.

Debanics

Down in the last 7 days:9,340#70,216

by Shafayat Hossain3 months ago

A simple plugin to toggle WP_DEBUG, WP_DEBUG_LOG, and WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY settings from the WordPress admin.

Divine Apparitions Uploads Proxy

Down in the last 7 days:4,671#70,272

by philltran4 months ago

Proxy missing media to a production origin so staging and local environments don't need a full copy of the uploads directory.

Debug Toggle

Up in the last 7 days:849#70,797

by webjive11 months ago

Manage WordPress debug settings from your dashboard. Toggle debug modes and prevent unauthorized changes.

Zodan Text Upfunker

#71,650

by Marten Moolenaar1 month ago

Funking up your texts by selecting html elements in your theme and assigning animation styles.

WPLauncher

Down in the last 7 days:22,845#72,190

by Ben Shadle7 years ago

Simple way to request development work for your website.

Webknit Environment Indicator

Down in the last 7 days:11,716#73,437

by Webknit Digital10 days ago

Never mistake a staging, development or local copy for your live site. Shows a badge in wp-admin, on the login page and on the public front end.

SandboxPress AI

#73,477

by soyeb salar23 days ago

Generate bulk dummy content for posts, products, orders, and users — powered by FakerPHP with optional AI integration.

Resonanz Email Rerouting

#73,977

by Resonanz Digital7 days ago

Reroute WordPress emails to a test address per environment so testing never mails real users. Optional logging and settings import/export.

PinSwitch User Switcher

#74,212

by Nowshad Jawad2 months ago

Pin test users and switch between WordPress accounts in one click while developing plugins.