Best inspector plugins for WordPress
The most popular inspector plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. JSM Show Post Metadata leads with 9K+ active installs, ahead of JSM Show User Metadata (3K+) and Post Meta Data Manager (1K+). All 16 plugins tagged “inspector” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 inspector plugins
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JSM Show Post MetadataThe most installed inspector plugin, with 9K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 12 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 2.
JSM Show User Metadata3K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 1 week ago.
- 3.
Post Meta Data Manager1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 15 reviews, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 4.
JSM Show Order Metadata for WooCommerce HPOS700+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 1 week ago.
- 5.
Theme Inspector400+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 11 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.
- 6.
Text Domain Inspector400+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
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JSM Show Registered Shortcodes100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 1 week ago.
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Dynamic Inspector for Elementor40+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
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JSM Show Comment Metadata30+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 1 week ago.
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Ganziq20+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
All 16 plugins tagged “inspector”
JSM Show Post Metadata
Down in the last 7 days:5#2,159by JS Morisset10 days ago
Show post metadata (aka custom fields) in a metabox when editing posts / pages - a great tool for debugging issues with post metadata.
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 5.0(12)
- Downloads
- 99/day
JSM Show User Metadata
Down in the last 7 days:20#4,173by JS Morisset10 days ago
Show user metadata in a metabox when editing users - a great tool for debugging issues with user metadata.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 63/day
Post Meta Data Manager
Down in the last 7 days:22#5,769by WpExpertPlugins7 months ago
View, modify, search, and delete post meta, user meta, and taxonomy meta right from your WordPress edit screens—all without ever touching the database …
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(15)
- Downloads
- 22/day
JSM Show Order Metadata for WooCommerce HPOS
Down in the last 7 days:6#7,821by JS Morisset10 days ago
Show WooCommerce order metadata in a metabox when editing HPOS orders - a great tool for debugging issues with HPOS order metadata.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Theme Inspector
Down in the last 7 days:4#9,516by Melissa Cabral3 years ago
A developer's inspector to illuminate the WordPress Template Hierarchy and help with building WordPress Classic themes.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.7(11)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Text Domain Inspector
Down in the last 7 days:48#9,614by laugei2 years ago
Text Domain Inspector is a plugin that helps to inspect text domains of translatable strings
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
JSM Show Registered Shortcodes
Up in the last 7 days:11#14,553by JS Morisset10 days ago
Simple and lightweight plugin to show all registered shortcodes under a "Registered Shortcodes" toolbar menu item.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 9/day
Dynamic Inspector for Elementor
Down in the last 7 days:198#21,478by Dynamic.ooo9 months ago
A powerful frontend inspector and navigator for Elementor that helps developers debug, inspect elements, and analyze performance.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
JSM Show Comment Metadata
Up in the last 7 days:309#24,666by JS Morisset10 days ago
Show comment metadata in a metabox when editing comments - a great tool for debugging issues with comment metadata.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Ganziq
Down in the last 7 days:460#25,773by Ahmed Salem3 months ago
Inspect, edit, validate, preview, import and export Elementor JSON in a safe workspace without replacing the original page.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Inherit Theme Mods
#29,188by KamataRyo10 years ago
'Inherit Theme Mods' enables to copy customizer properties from parent theme to child.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 13/day
Inspect Block Data
Up in the last 7 days:4,767#52,229by Khokan Sardar2 years ago
A block toolkit that helps you inspect block data. A developer console.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Aura Frontend Inspector
Down in the last 7 days:11,667#64,177by Pedro Matias (FroPT)4 months ago
The AI-Native accessibility and HTML debugger for WordPress. Detect issues, export ARF 1.0 reports, and get AI-assisted fixes in seconds.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
CodingBunny CSS Inspector
Down in the last 7 days:16,370#66,961by CodingBunny1 month ago
Inspect any element of your site from the frontend and copy its CSS, hover and focus states, variables and sources in one click.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
DevSniper
Down in the last 7 days:3,830#67,202by interestoffice9 months ago
Fast admin search + front-end inspector for admins to identify elements and jump to editing.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day