Best fatal error plugins for WordPress
The most popular fatal error plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Error Sniffing Pug leads with 100+ active installs, ahead of Custom Recovery Mode Email (100+) and Fatal Plugin Auto Deactivator (100+). All 24 plugins tagged “fatal error” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 fatal error plugins
- 1.
Error Sniffing PugThe most installed fatal error plugin, with 100+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.Custom Recovery Mode Email
100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 3.
Fatal Plugin Auto Deactivator100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 4.
Wonderful Webhook Alerts60+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
- 5.
Wonderful Fatal Circuit Breaker30+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
- 6.Offair
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 week ago.
- 7.
FatalFlow10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 months ago.
- 8.PHP Error Log Viewer & AI (MCP), Debug Log, Fatal Error Alerts
10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 1 day ago.
- 9.
Fatal message to Telegram10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
- 10.Pipe9 WSOD Debugger
Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 months ago.
All 24 plugins tagged “fatal error”

Error Sniffing Pug
Up in the last 7 days:34#13,166by Service2Client LLC2 months ago
Turns a WordPress fatal error into a plain-language diagnosis, names the plugin at fault, emails you the reason, and prepares a bug report.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Custom Recovery Mode Email
Up in the last 7 days:119#14,210by Jairo Ochoa19 days ago
Customize the recipient, sender and behavior of WordPress recovery, autoupdate and administrative emails. Multisite-aware.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Fatal Plugin Auto Deactivator
Down in the last 7 days:98#16,088by Linkon Miyan2 months ago
Automatically deactivates plugins that cause fatal errors to prevent site crashes and keep your WordPress site running smoothly.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Wonderful Webhook Alerts
Up in the last 7 days:123#19,634by wonderfulplugins1 month ago
Get real-time notifications for PHP fatal errors sent to your webhook (Slack, Discord, etc.). Never miss a critical site issue again.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Wonderful Fatal Circuit Breaker
Up in the last 7 days:146#23,758by wonderfulplugins1 month ago
Counts recurring PHP fatal errors per plugin and automatically deactivates the broken plugin before it keeps your whole site down.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Offair
Up in the last 7 days:549#29,504by nolidev9 days ago
Branded pages for the screens WordPress shows when it breaks: database connection errors, fatal PHP errors and the update notice.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

FatalFlow
#31,472by Al Amin3 months ago
Protect your WordPress website from fatal errors, database crashes, and SEO damage with an instant recovery maintenance UI.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
PHP Error Log Viewer & AI (MCP), Debug Log, Fatal Error Alerts
Down in the last 7 days:1,543#34,290by zino1 day ago
One-tap fix for a crashed WordPress site — read your debug & error log, catch the fatal error behind the white screen, get instant Telegram alerts.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Fatal message to Telegram
Up in the last 7 days:93#34,331by Phil1 month ago
Sends fatal PHP errors to Telegram using an early MU-plugin loader. Ideal for monitoring production crashes.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Pipe9 WSOD Debugger
Up in the last 7 days:17,443#50,120by Özgür Altunyurt4 months ago
Automatically detects White Screen of Death crashes, identifies the culprit plugin/theme, and provides an emergency rescue panel to recover your site.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

SOS
#53,677by apluskdesign27 days ago
Keep your visitor experience calm, branded and useful when WordPress encounters a supported fatal error.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
ZeroFatal
#54,322by Sajeeb1 month ago
Catches PHP fatal errors on your site, tells you exactly which plugin or theme caused them, and emails you immediately.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

TLloancy Stack Trace
Up in the last 7 days:4,091#55,592by Thomas Lloancy28 days ago
Logs fatal errors, memory crashes, and exceptions swallowed by other plugins, with SQL, memory, file/line, and the plugin involved.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

FailSafe
#58,562by BodhiWP2 months ago
Automatically detect & recover from plugin or theme crashes with smart error handling and instant recovery options.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

CrashAlert
#58,593by yodsira25 days ago
Fatal error alerts to Telegram, email and webhook — with plain-language explanations, culprit attribution and a recovery notice.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Erriscope
Down in the last 7 days:6,669#62,960by TinySharp3 months ago
Monitor WordPress PHP and fatal errors as grouped incidents, with recovery tracking and WooCommerce checkout and payment signals.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Preventionlabs
#63,886by preventionlabs7 days ago
Get an email when your site crashes: which plugin or theme was involved, what went wrong, and how to fix it. Plus a full check of your site.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

Culprit
Up in the last 7 days:4,263#65,265by ManicSoup3 months ago
Find the plugin or theme that broke your site. Culprit catches fatal errors and white screens and names the culprit in plain English.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

NaveenCodes Safe Mode
#68,651by Naveen Goyal1 month ago
Emergency recovery layer for WordPress fatal plugin and theme errors.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

MrQurban Emergency Rescue
Up in the last 7 days:1,042#69,568by Muhammad Qurban7 months ago
Recover from fatal errors and White Screen of Death (WSOD) by disabling plugins or themes via a secret rescue URL.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

Plug Error Handler
Down in the last 7 days:16,114#71,100by monzur2 months ago
Automatically detects and deactivates plugins that cause PHP fatal or parse errors during activation or update to prevent site crashes.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Safe Activate
Down in the last 7 days:18,251#71,569by Suman Biswas9 months ago
Detects fatal errors during plugin activation and helps admins identify and safely resolve plugin conflicts without automatic actions.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Konfyra Omni Guard
Down in the last 7 days:19,656#72,736by gsrcoimbatore2 months ago
Prevents WordPress "White Screen of Death" crashes caused by missing plugin dependencies. Scans, guards, and alerts — silently.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Sanctuary Ranger Crash Recorder
#74,397by rachelmharrisoncoaching26 days ago
Records what led up to a fatal error, alerts you, and can optionally deactivate a repeatedly crashing plugin.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day