Dmitry Pripa

OMG!PRESS

Development Assistant is a comprehensive toolkit designed to streamline the development process and enhance support capabilities within WordPress. Whether you’re a seasoned developer or a novice WordPress user, this plugin provides essential functionalities to manage debugging, diagnose issues, and facilitate smoother development workflows.
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Debugging Made Easy: Enable WP_DEBUG, WP_DEBUG_LOG, and WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY modes directly from the WordPress admin panel without the need to manually edit the wp-config.php file. Effortlessly toggle these settings to facilitate efficient debugging and error tracking.</li>
<li>Create Support User in One Click: Create a support user with a single click to provide temporary access to your WordPress environment. This feature simplifies the process of sharing debugging information with developers or support teams, enabling them to diagnose and resolve issues more effectively. You can control after how many days the user will be auto-deleted. After creating a user, you can quickly copy the credentials to the clipboard, or share them via email (optionally adding a message).</li>
<li>Plugin Conflict Resolution: Simplify the process of identifying and resolving plugin conflicts. Quickly compare the performance of active and inactive plugins, and temporarily disable or enable plugins to isolate issues without disrupting your entire plugin ecosystem.</li>
<li>SMTP Testing with MailHog: Seamlessly integrate MailHog for SMTP testing purposes. Verify the functionality of email delivery within your WordPress environment, ensuring reliable communication with users and clients.</li>
<li>Download Plugins: Download plugins directly from the WordPress admin panel’s plugin view. Streamline your workflow by easily obtaining plugin files for offline storage, manual installation, or testing in other environments and sandboxes. This feature facilitates seamless testing of plugins in various environments, allowing for thorough evaluation and development iterations.</li>
<li>Reset: Effortlessly undo any changes made by the plugin to restore your WordPress environment to its original state. This feature deletes all plugin settings and data from the database, resets debug constants to their pre-activation states, deletes the debug.log file (if it didn’t exist before activation), and activates any temporarily deactivated plugins.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Who Can Benefit</h4>
<ul>
<li>Power Developers: Streamline your development workflow with a comprehensive toolkit tailored for debugging and issue resolution. Enhance productivity and efficiency while tackling complex WordPress projects.</li>
<li>Novice Users: Empower yourself to diagnose and troubleshoot WordPress issues with ease. Quickly share debugging information with developers or support teams to expedite issue resolution and enhance your WordPress experience.</li>
</ul>
Development Assistant is your go-to solution for simplifying WordPress development tasks and enhancing support capabilities. Whether you’re troubleshooting intricate issues or optimizing your development workflow, this plugin equips you with the tools you need for success.

Development Assistant


It basically does what any coder would know how to do manually. But, it leaves code, when deleted, that causes errors. I'll now have to wade through my installation to find what it screwed up.


Horribly buggy!

Toolkit for debugging and customer support.

Eli Hanna

⚠️ Important: Development Environment Only
This plugin is designed for development environments like LocalWP, XAMPP, or self-hosted servers. It will not work on most managed hosting providers (WP Engine, Kinsta, SiteGround, etc.) due to security restrictions that disable the <code>exec()</code> function and limit access to PHP binaries.
How It Works
This plugin leverages <a href="https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer" rel="nofollow ugc">PHP_CodeSniffer</a> with the <a href="https://github.com/PHPCompatibility/PHPCompatibility" rel="nofollow ugc">PHPCompatibility</a> standard to perform deep static analysis of your PHP code.
Core Components:
<ol>
<li>Bundled Dependencies: Includes PHP_CodeSniffer and PHPCompatibility ruleset</li>
<li>Batch Processing: Scans files in configurable batches (10-100 files) to manage memory usage</li>
<li>Command Execution: Executes PHPCS via PHP’s <code>exec()</code> function with specific parameters</li>
<li>Server-Side State: Stores file lists in WordPress options to optimize AJAX requests</li>
<li>Progressive UI: Real-time batch results with stop/start controls</li>
</ol>
How to Use:
<ol>
<li>Navigate to Tools → PHP Compatibility Scanner</li>
<li>Review the System Check section to ensure your environment is compatible</li>
<li>Select the plugins and/or themes you want to scan by checking their boxes</li>
<li>Configure your scan options:
<ul>
<li>Target PHP Version: Choose the PHP version you want to test against (7.4 – 8.4)</li>
<li>Batch Size: Select how many files to process at once (default: 50 files)</li>
<li>Skip Vendor Directory: Keep checked to skip third-party dependencies</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Click Start Scan to begin the compatibility check</li>
<li>View results in real-time as each plugin/theme is scanned</li>
<li>Review any errors (❌) or warnings (⚠️) found in your code</li>
<li>Click on any target to expand and see detailed compatibility issues</li>
</ol>
Why It Requires Development Environments
<ul>
<li><code>exec()</code> Function: Required to run PHPCS binary – disabled on managed hosts</li>
<li>PHP Binary Access: Needs access to PHP executable – restricted on shared hosting</li>
<li>Composer Dependencies: Requires vendor directory with PHPCS installation</li>
<li>File System Access: Creates temporary files for batch processing</li>
<li>Memory/Time Limits: Long-running scans need relaxed execution limits</li>
</ul>
Supported Environments
<ul>
<li>LocalWP (recommended)</li>
<li>XAMPP/MAMP</li>
<li>Docker WordPress setups</li>
<li>Self-hosted VPS/dedicated servers</li>
<li>Development environments with shell access</li>
</ul>
Unsupported Environments
<ul>
<li>WP Engine (exec() disabled)</li>
<li>Kinsta (security restrictions)</li>
<li>SiteGround (managed hosting limitations)</li>
<li>GoDaddy Managed WordPress (function restrictions)</li>
<li>WordPress.com (no plugin uploads)</li>
<li>Most shared hosting providers</li>
</ul>
<h3>Contributing</h3>
This plugin is actively developed for WordPress development environments. Contributions are welcome, especially:
<ul>
<li>Additional PHP version compatibility rules</li>
<li>Performance optimizations</li>
<li>UI/UX improvements</li>
<li>Hosted environment compatibility solutions</li>
</ul>
<h3>Technical Details</h3>
Dependencies
<ul>
<li>PHP_CodeSniffer: ^3.13 (static analysis engine)</li>
<li>PHPCompatibility: dev-develop (compatibility ruleset)</li>
</ul>
License
GPLv2 or later – same as WordPress core.

Eli's PHP Compatibility Scanner


Good quality plugin and fast support!



Super! Thanks!


Excellent!

A comprehensive WordPress plugin that scans your plugins and themes for PHP version compatibility issues using the  PHPCompatibility ruleset.

Development Assistant vs Eli's PHP Compatibility Scanner