Best profiler plugins for WordPress
The most popular profiler plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Code Profiler leads with 8K+ active installs, ahead of Footprint (200+) and Gravity Forms (100+). All 28 plugins tagged “profiler” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 profiler plugins
- 1.
Code ProfilerThe most installed profiler plugin, with 8K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 36 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 2.
Footprint200+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 4 days ago.
- 3.
Gravity Forms100+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 7 reviews, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
- 4.
SitePulse100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 1 day ago.
- 5.
Scrutoscope70+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
- 6.
Profiler Integration for Gravity Forms50+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 8 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 7.
Paul Bunyan50+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 1 week ago.
- 8.
Pagemeter40+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 weeks ago.
- 9.
Profiling Tool For WP30+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 months ago.
- 10.
Performance Profiler10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
All 28 plugins tagged “profiler”
Code Profiler
Up in the last 7 days:3#2,433by bruandet1 month ago
A profiler to measure the performance of your WordPress plugins and themes.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.3(36)
- Downloads
- 167/day
Footprint
Up in the last 7 days:62#12,870by ByUs4 days ago
Find which plugins and theme slow down your site. Real per-component measurements on your own server, plus an optional community A-E score.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Gravity Forms
Down in the last 7 days:16#14,170by Brett12 years ago
Gravity Forms Add On. Adds custom tabindex field to the "Advanced" tab for form fields.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.1(7)
- Downloads
- 0/day
SitePulse
Up in the last 7 days:115#14,177by Nilbug1 day ago
Find and fix what slows your WordPress site. Real-time performance monitoring, plugin profiling, and external request tracking.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Scrutoscope
Down in the last 7 days:187#18,891by Kurt Payne1 month ago
Find which plugins, hooks, and queries are slowing your WordPress site. From the author of P3 Profiler.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Profiler Integration for Gravity Forms
Down in the last 7 days:197#20,568by Anthony Eden8 months ago
A Wordpress plugin to integrate your Gravity Forms with Profiler CRM.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Paul Bunyan
Up in the last 7 days:1,391#20,644by teoleonard8 days ago
Find what slows your site. Records every request, PHP error, slow query and outside call, and names the plugin, file and line to fix first.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 13/day
Pagemeter
Down in the last 7 days:50#21,404by ultrawebhosting28 days ago
An on-demand plugin speed test: see which plugins cost the most time to build a page, measure your caching, and prove every improvement.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Profiling Tool For WP
Down in the last 7 days:50#24,441by Juan Carlos Pereira Diaz5 months ago
A plugin for testing the performance of the themes, plugins and scripts of your Wordpress site.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Performance Profiler
#31,065by Takis Bouyouris10 years ago
Performance Profiler plugin silently monitors the resources consumption of your WordPress installation.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP XHProf Profiler
Down in the last 7 days:1,062#34,733by Artberri15 years ago
Adds PHP profiling support to your Wordpress using Facebook's XHProf Profiler.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
AIO Performance Profiler, Monitor, Optimize, Compress & Debug
Down in the last 7 days:5,310#43,689by Smackcoders Inc.,1 year ago
Find plugins that are slowing down your site. Create performance reports, Monitor, Optimize, Compress, and debug your site.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Speedix
Down in the last 7 days:10,252#44,805by Wp Core Tools1 month ago
Pinpoint exactly which plugins and hooks slow your site. Real-time PHP profiling with visual dashboard, health scores, and zero guesswork.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Mochyon Pulse
Down in the last 7 days:11,860#48,336by Nabha Cosley5 months ago
Performance Diagnostics for WordPress — find out exactly how much each plugin and theme is slowing down your site.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
MySQL Profiler
Down in the last 7 days:4,967#48,500by tombenner14 years ago
Displays a list of each page's SQL queries and the functions calling them that can be searched and sorted by time, type, etc.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Bloatwright
#56,646by Emtiaz Zahid1 day ago
Measures the PHP time, database queries, front-end assets, autoloaded options and cron load of every plugin on real pages.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 65/day
Checkout Profiler for WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:12,128#57,760by con3 months ago
Wondering whether your WooCommerce checkout is slow? This plugin will tell you.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Dobsie
Up in the last 7 days:4,990#58,549by tracksies1 month ago
Find out which plugin is slowing your site down, in a panel small enough to actually read. Queries, memory, autoloaded data and OPcache.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Seriema
Up in the last 7 days:4,416#59,542by Nuvirro1 month ago
Find which plugin is slowing down your site. One-click scan, plain-language results, and a speed score for every active plugin.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
TinySharp Performance Diagnostics
Up in the last 7 days:11,333#60,761by TinySharp2 months ago
Find what is slowing down WordPress with local, evidence-based performance diagnostics.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
IndiaTVDNA Performance Monitor
Up in the last 7 days:4,131#63,858by IndiaTVDNA | WordPress Plugins & Themes17 days ago
WordPress performance diagnostics with 27 Free tool screens, error investigation, slow-query analysis and opt-in monitoring.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
SPM by Marwan
Down in the last 7 days:3,160#64,304by Marwan Hatem5 months ago
Tracks load time and PHP errors for each active extension, storing logs in a custom database table.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SpeeSeek
#65,508by danialpg20 days ago
Slow site or slow wp-admin? Find the cause — autoload bloat, heavy plugins, database weight, a cache that isn't working — and a ranked fix plan.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Arvexa Performance Overlay
#70,405by balloodn1 month ago
A live on-page performance overlay for admins. Install a plugin, reload the page — and see exactly what it cost you.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
MITS Profiler
#71,740by wpaluchmits4 months ago
Lightweight WordPress performance profiler. No HTTP loopback requests — works behind Cloudflare and any proxy.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SlowFinder
#73,126by Slow Finder4 months ago
Find which plugin is slowing your site. Profiles a page load and ranks plugins by time and queries. Works behind Cloudflare bot protection.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day