Best production plugins for WordPress
The most popular production plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Display Environment Type leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of Apex Digital Toolbox (40+) and Environment & Debug Bar (40+). All 16 plugins tagged “production” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 production plugins
- 1.
Display Environment TypeThe most installed production plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 10 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 2.
Apex Digital Toolbox40+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 3.
Environment & Debug Bar40+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 4.
PLX Multi-Environments20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 5.
365i Environment Indicator10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 months ago.
- 6.
WP Dev Flag10+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 7.
DX localhost10+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
- 8.
WP Git Deploy10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
- 9.
StageBarFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
- 10.
Apslo BoardFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
All 16 plugins tagged “production”
Display Environment Type
Down in the last 7 days:27#6,012by Stoil Dobreff10 months ago
Displays WordPress 5.5's environment type setting in the admin bar and the "At a Glance" dashboard widget.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 202/day
Apex Digital Toolbox
Down in the last 7 days:1,826#21,782by nwells23 days ago
Too many plugins installed to do basic things? Bring some common functions ones into one plugin to make life that little bit easier for developers.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 12/day
Environment & Debug Bar
Down in the last 7 days:18#22,946by Medium Rare2 months ago
Display your environment and debug info in the toolbar.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
PLX Multi-Environments
Down in the last 7 days:407#25,997by Webmaster9 years ago
Manage separate Development, Staging, and Production environments directly from the Wordpress Admin screen.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
365i Environment Indicator
Up in the last 7 days:1,201#30,918by Mark McNeece of 365i5 months ago
Displays a color-coded DEV, STAGING, or LIVE indicator in the admin bar to prevent accidental changes on production sites.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Dev Flag
#31,277by Poodle Plugins7 months ago
Shows a floating badge on the front end, to visually distinguish your development site from production.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
DX localhost
#32,414by Mario Peshev7 years ago
Display a yellow notice box when you're working on localhost
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Git Deploy
Down in the last 7 days:3,283#46,379by vmassuchetto12 years ago
Deploy websites using Git and the admin bar.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
StageBar
Up in the last 7 days:3,868#51,941by DeeperLook1 month ago
Know at a glance which site you are editing. The admin bar changes colour and shows a LIVE, STAGING, DEV or LOCAL badge.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Apslo Board
Up in the last 7 days:13,904#53,717by apslo7 months ago
Integrate WooCommerce orders with the Apslo Board production management system.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Shift8 Push
#54,898by shift83 years ago
This is a plugin that pushes a single post or page to an external site via the REST API
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Supply Summary for WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:7,775#61,305by Armin Jamali4 months ago
Create WooCommerce supply summaries by product and category for production, picking, and order fulfillment.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Process & Queue Manager
Down in the last 7 days:4,730#71,834by akkmarketingservices5 months ago
WooCommerce-based production queue and workflow management for tasks, departments, planning, reports, email communication, and client status visibilit …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day