Best fatal plugins for WordPress
The most popular fatal plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP Maximum Execution Time Exceeded leads with 20K+ active installs, ahead of Fatal Error Notify (6K+) and Error Notify Slack (50+). All 4 plugins tagged “fatal” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.
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Top 3 fatal plugins
- 1.
WP Maximum Execution Time ExceededThe most installed fatal plugin, with 20K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 9 reviews, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.
- 2.
Fatal Error Notify6K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 18 reviews, updated 8 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 3.
Error Notify Slack50+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
All 4 plugins tagged “fatal”
WP Maximum Execution Time Exceeded
Down in the last 7 days:1#1,234by Johnnie5 years ago
Did you receive a message, "Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded?" Not anymore. Just Plug'n-Play. It's that easy!
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.8(9)
- Downloads
- 42/day
Fatal Error Notify
Down in the last 7 days:7#2,905by Jack Arturo8 months ago
Receive email notifications when errors occur on your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 4.8(18)
- Downloads
- 39/day
Error Notify Slack
Up in the last 7 days:58#20,353by Max2 years ago
Receive Slack notifications whenever errors occurs on your site.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 3/day