Best troubleshoot plugins for WordPress
The most popular troubleshoot plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Plugin Detective leads with 5K+ active installs, ahead of Debugger & Troubleshooter (90+) and Amuga Ajax Log (20+). All 6 plugins tagged “troubleshoot” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 5 troubleshoot plugins
- 1.Plugin Detective
The most installed troubleshoot plugin, with 5K+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 49 reviews, updated 5 days ago.
- 2.
Debugger & Troubleshooter90+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 3.
Amuga Ajax Log20+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.
- 4.WP Geeky Troubleshooter
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.1.28.
- 5.
Quick DisablerFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
All 6 plugins tagged “troubleshoot”
Plugin Detective
Down in the last 7 days:10#3,121by NSquared5 days ago
Quickly find and fix WordPress plugin conflicts, recover from fatal errors, and clear stuck maintenance mode without any coding.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.0(49)
- Downloads
- 118/day

Debugger & Troubleshooter
Up in the last 7 days:111#17,045by Jhimross Olinares20 days ago
A WordPress plugin for debugging & troubleshooting. Safely simulate plugin deactivation, theme switching, and WP_DEBUG.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Amuga Ajax Log
Up in the last 7 days:450#25,822by Asheboro6 years ago
Amuga Ajax Log is a tool built for troubleshooters who need to know what is hitting admin-ajax.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Geeky Troubleshooter
Up in the last 7 days:3,102#43,876by Sandesh7 years ago
Easily Troubleshoot Your WordPress Site wihout Affecting Live Site.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Quick Disabler
#55,076by Nayon Islam1 year ago
Easily disable all active plugins—except this one—with one click. Re-enable them anytime using AJAX. Perfect for debugging and troubleshooting.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day