Best tracing plugins for WordPress
The most popular tracing plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. DecaLog leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of Application Insights (200+). All 2 plugins tagged “tracing” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 tracing plugins
- 1.
DecaLogThe most installed tracing plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 8 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
Application Insights200+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
All 2 plugins tagged “tracing”
DecaLog
Down in the last 7 days:22#5,289by Pierre Lannoy2 months ago
Capture and log events, metrics and traces on your site. Make WordPress observable - finally!
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.8(8)
- Downloads
- 45/day
Application Insights
Down in the last 7 days:69#11,575by JakubOleksy8 years ago
Integrates a WordPress site with Microsoft Application Insights.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day