Best queries plugins for WordPress
The most popular queries plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Advanced Queries leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of info (60+) and DP Debug Menu (20+). All 22 plugins tagged “queries” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 queries plugins
- 1.
Advanced QueriesThe most installed queries plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 40 reviews, updated 4 months ago.
- 2.info
60+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.
- 3.DP Debug Menu
20+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.
- 4.Count Shortcode
10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1.
- 5.
SQLog10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
- 6.
Seotune Search Insights10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 3 months ago.
- 7.
Admin's Debug Tool10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
- 8.WPDB Profiling
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.9.2.
- 9.
Ultimate DebugBar10+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 10.GF Stripe Extensions
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
All 22 plugins tagged “queries”

Advanced Queries
Down in the last 7 days:3#1,549by Shabti Kaplan4 months ago
An Elementor extension that allows you to easily dynamically query your posts, portfolio, and loop grid widget results without custom query IDs.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.9(40)
- Downloads
- 35/day
info
Down in the last 7 days:88#19,460by webvitalii6 years ago
Plugin shows in the admin bar the number of SQL queries, the amount of time in seconds and memory load.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
DP Debug Menu
Up in the last 7 days:138#25,586by Dan-Lucian Stefancu5 years ago
Quickly shows the template used for current page, number of queries, and execution time for PHP code.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Count Shortcode
#38,679by Federal Communications Commission15 years ago
Shortcode to count number of posts that match a given set of criteria; provides link to query to display list of matching posts
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

SQLog
Down in the last 7 days:198#40,527by xuxu.fr4 years ago
Log WordPress MySQL queries in csv file (and log file). Useful when you need to improve the performance or debug something.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Seotune Search Insights
Up in the last 7 days:5,775#40,873by SeoTune4 months ago
Search Console analytics and SEO insights in your WordPress admin. Connect with OAuth; data stored in your DB. Not affiliated with Google.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Admin's Debug Tool
#41,101by pantsonhead11 years ago
Admin-only tool for checking execution times and error output of current theme/plugins
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WPDB Profiling
#42,996by tierrainnovation17 years ago
This plugin will give you the total number of queries to the db per page, as well as the total time it took to render those queries out to the page.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Ultimate DebugBar
#43,055by Avram2 months ago
Ultimate debug bar for your Wordpress website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
GF Stripe Extensions
Down in the last 7 days:161#46,302by jamesdlow2 months ago
Add Stripe functions to Wordpress including ApplePay, analytics, query transactions, limit payments and payment recovery to Gravity Forms.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Cloud-O-Google Queries
#46,953by tmb16 years ago
Cloud-O-Google Queries is a filter to display keyword clouds based on search engine queries.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

LH Log sql queries to file
Down in the last 7 days:2,283#48,047by shawfactor4 years ago
Log all queries to a text file for development and debugging purposes
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Database Performance Monitor
Down in the last 7 days:1,486#48,462by Brad Parbs13 years ago
Outputs some database query information on page load for logged in admins. Output is located as an html comment in the footer and also in the console.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 2.3(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Unique List For Gravity Forms
#54,589by jamesdlow2 months ago
Add a unique piece of text or code to each gravity form from a predefined list. The plugin keeps track of which have been used and will only include u …
- 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

LH Log Queries and hooks
Down in the last 7 days:7,459#62,197by shawfactor4 years ago
Decisions not options for query and hook logging
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Inquirer
Up in the last 7 days:6,172#62,851by Sergio Scabuzzo4 years ago
Run queries of an arbitrary URL on websites that can take these as query parameters.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
GF Limit Payments
#63,140by jamesdlow2 months ago
End subscription payments after a certain number of payments
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Black-Desk
Down in the last 7 days:15,562#72,072by jelenacvijic2 months ago
WordPress plugin for easier data management.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day