WordPress development plugins

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Query Monitor
Query Monitor
Query Monitor is the developer tools panel for WordPress and WooCommerce.
(467)
Updated 218d ago
200,000 installs20,675,399 downloads45/100 • Stale
Yoast Test Helper
Yoast Test Helper
This plugin makes testing Yoast SEO, Yoast SEO add-ons and integrations and resetting the different features a lot easier.
(12)
Updated 171d ago
60,000 installs838,005 downloads54/100 • Maintained
What The File
What The File
What The File is the best tool to find out what template parts are used to display the page you're currently viewing!
(882)
Updated 268d ago
40,000 installs600,439 downloads49/100 • Stale
Prevent Browser Caching
Prevent Browser Caching
Updates the assets version of all CSS and JS files. Shows the latest changes on the site without asking the client to clear browser cache.
(28)
Updated 197d ago
10,000 installs119,354 downloads44/100 • Stale
Stop Emails
Stop Emails
Stop all outgoing emails sent from WordPress.
(12)
Updated 306d ago
5,000 installs80,545 downloads42/100 • Stale
CodeKit – Custom Codes Editor
CodeKit – Custom Codes Editor
Your custom SASS, CSS, JS, PHP and HTML customizations in same directory.
(16)
Updated 254d ago
4,000 installs90,615 downloads42/100 • Stale
Monkeyman Rewrite Analyzer
Monkeyman Rewrite Analyzer
Making sense of the rewrite mess. Display and play with your rewrite rules.
(26)
Updated 5665d ago
2,000 installs74,750 downloads26/100 • Possibly abandoned
Debug
Debug
Debug can help you to find errors in your wordpress website via editing wp-config.php file and email notification.
(11)
Updated 957d ago
2,000 installs94,202 downloads24/100 • Possibly abandoned
Cron View
Cron View
Allows you to view all WP Cron events. Handy for development.
(7)
Updated 5311d ago
1,000 installs62,129 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
WP Secure Maintenance
WP Secure Maintenance
Want to lock your site for Maintenance or Development? Then this is the right Plugin
(5)
Updated 878d ago
1,000 installs57,360 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Display Environment Type
Display Environment Type
Displays WordPress 5.5's environment type setting in the admin bar and the "At a Glance" dashboard widget.
(4)
Updated 330d ago
1,000 installs159,141 downloads40/100 • Stale
What Template
What Template
Adds the current page's template name to the admin bar.
(3)
Updated 848d ago
1,000 installs22,955 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Developer
Developer
A plugin, which helps WordPress developers develop.
(18)
Updated 3273d ago
900 installs203,301 downloads24/100 • Possibly abandoned
UltraPress – AI Assistant, Chatbot & SEO
UltraPress – AI Assistant, Chatbot & SEO
The AI Brain for your WordPress site. Engage visitors with a smart chatbot and enhance your SEO with AI-powered tools.
(1)
Updated 415d ago
800 installs66,476 downloads28/100 • Possibly abandoned
WP Example Content
WP Example Content
Add and remove example post content to assist you in designing and developing new and current themes.
(13)
Updated 4281d ago
700 installs76,392 downloads24/100 • Possibly abandoned
Debug-Bar-Extender
Debug-Bar-Extender
Extends the debug-bar plugin with additional tabs to measure runtimes between checkpoints and lookup variable content.
(5)
Updated 5553d ago
700 installs152,653 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Black Bar
Black Bar
Black Bar is an unobtrusive Debug Bar for WordPress developers that attaches itself to the bottom of the browser window.
(9)
Updated 182d ago
600 installs40,940 downloads40/100 • Stale
WP PHP Console
WP PHP Console
An implementation of PHP Console as a WordPress plugin. Use Chrome Dev Tools to debug your WordPress installation!
(19)
Updated 2197d ago
500 installs58,564 downloads24/100 • Possibly abandoned
Ray
Ray
Easily debug WordPress sites using Ray.
(10)
Updated 340d ago
500 installs36,806 downloads42/100 • Stale
Url Rewrite Analyzer
Url Rewrite Analyzer
See clearly and understand how WordPress rewrite rules work within a simple and clean interface
(1)
Updated 161d ago
400 installs10,584 downloads52/100 • Maintained
Admin Bar Tools
Admin Bar Tools
Adds some small development tools to the admin bar.
(8)
Updated 2126d ago
300 installs15,532 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Database Reset Pro – Clean & Reset WordPress Database
Database Reset Pro – Clean & Reset WordPress Database
DB Reset Pro is a powerful free Database reset plugin for WordPress. 1-click database reset to default settings while preserving files, media uploads, …
(3)
Updated 444d ago
300 installs2,548 downloads28/100 • Possibly abandoned
Asset Queue Manager
Asset Queue Manager
A tool for experienced frontend performance engineers to take control over the scripts and styles enqueued on their site.
(14)
Updated 3902d ago
200 installs16,082 downloads24/100 • Possibly abandoned
Simple Session Support
Simple Session Support
Provides support for the PHP session allowing data to be retained from one request to another.
(13)
Updated 4718d ago
200 installs10,210 downloads24/100 • Possibly abandoned
WP Options Editor
WP Options Editor
More easily view, edit, add, and delete all of your WP Options from the dashboard
(8)
Updated 3885d ago
200 installs8,841 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Site Maintenance
Site Maintenance
Puts the site into maintenance mode by sending a '503 Service Unavailable' status to all unauthenticated clients.
(7)
Updated 4006d ago
200 installs72,256 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Discourage Search Engines Notifier
Discourage Search Engines Notifier
Shows an admin bar icon indicating your site's search engine visibility status.
(4)
Updated 370d ago
200 installs6,266 downloads28/100 • Possibly abandoned
Debug Bar List Script & Style Dependencies
Debug Bar List Script & Style Dependencies
Debug Bar List Script & Style Dependencies is an add-on to WordPress Debug Bar
(3)
Updated 3624d ago
200 installs89,580 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Disable Version Caching – Khanakia
Disable Version Caching – Khanakia
Updates the assets version of all CSS and JS files. Shows the latest changes on the site without asking the client to clear browser cache.
(3)
Updated 2176d ago
200 installs4,050 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
WordPress Easy Custom Js And Css Plugin
WordPress Easy Custom Js And Css Plugin
Add your own custom css styles and javascript code with a powerful editor and take more control over themes and plugins appearance, apply styles and c …
(1)
Updated 897d ago
200 installs3,883 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Live Auto Refresh (Hot Reload / Live Reload for WordPress Developers)
Live Auto Refresh (Hot Reload / Live Reload for WordPress Developers)
Instantly reloads the browser when theme or plugin files are edited, or when content is saved.
(6)
Updated 157d ago
100 installs6,358 downloads52/100 • Maintained
DebugPress: Debugger in Popup
DebugPress: Debugger in Popup
Easy-to-use plugin for debugging and profiling website loading, SQL queries analysis, help with development, bug fixing, all in configurable popup.
(5)
Updated 411d ago
100 installs15,248 downloads28/100 • Possibly abandoned
Local Development
Local Development
Places development notice for plugins or themes that are in local development. Prevents updating of selected plugins and themes.
(5)
Updated 402d ago
100 installs10,394 downloads28/100 • Possibly abandoned
Tota11y WP
Tota11y WP
WP Tota11y is an accessibility visualization toolkit.
(3)
Updated 309d ago
100 installs35,372 downloads40/100 • Stale
Stage File Proxy
Stage File Proxy
Stage File Proxy Plugin for Wordpress Development. This plugin IS NOT meant for use on production websites.
(3)
Updated 3258d ago
100 installs16,750 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
CL WP Info
CL WP Info
Show us information about WordPress install, PHP, Database and Hosting Server
(3)
Updated 180d ago
100 installs6,046 downloads52/100 • Maintained
Blocs Developer
Blocs Developer
Blocs Developer allows you to connect Wordpress site content with the Blocs desktop Mac application.
(3)
Updated 417d ago
100 installs4,661 downloads28/100 • Possibly abandoned
NHR Advanced Options Table Manager & Autoload Optimizer
NHR Advanced Options Table Manager & Autoload Optimizer
Optimize WordPress with Advanced Option History, Autoload Health Checks, and Automated Cleanup. Boost performance by reducing database bloat.
(3)
Updated 185d ago
100 installs3,908 downloads40/100 • Stale
Lorem Ipsum for WP Editor
Lorem Ipsum for WP Editor
Now you can easily test your website adding Lorem Ipsum text to your posts by one click.
(3)
Updated 4521d ago
100 installs3,788 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
The Permalinker
The Permalinker
Use short codes to dynamically link to your WordPress pages and posts. All you need is the ID. This can come in handy when developing content for Word …
(2)
Updated 701d ago
100 installs12,816 downloads28/100 • Possibly abandoned
Discourage Search Engines – Dashboard notification
Discourage Search Engines – Dashboard notification
Show a dashboard notification to remind you that 'Discourage Search Engines' is still enabled in the settings.
(2)
Updated 495d ago
100 installs5,570 downloads28/100 • Possibly abandoned
Enqueueror
Enqueueror
Supercharged CSS & JS Coding for WordPress
(2)
Updated 848d ago
100 installs4,660 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Alpaca Issue Tracker
Alpaca Issue Tracker
A lightweight issue tracker built entirely inside WordPress, designed for developers and agencies managing client projects.
(2)
Updated 152d ago
100 installs1,496 downloads52/100 • Maintained
一介資男(Mxp.TW) 開發工具箱
一介資男(Mxp.TW) 開發工具箱
此外掛為 Chun (Mxp.TW) 開發常用外掛整理之批次安裝工具
(1)
Updated 150d ago
100 installs26,437 downloads52/100 • Maintained
VarDumper
VarDumper
A plugin to include var-dump package to use dump() function while developing or debugging.
(1)
Updated 3981d ago
100 installs2,826 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
WordPress Plugin Framework Reloaded
WordPress Plugin Framework Reloaded
Allows other plugins to use Wordpress Plugin Framework Reloaded. Made for plugin developers.
(0)
Updated 4553d ago
100 installs16,239 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
BEAPI – Maintenance Mode
BEAPI – Maintenance Mode
Puts your WordPress site into maintenance mode by sending a 'Error 503: Access Denied/Forbidden' status to all unauthenticated clients.
(0)
Updated 2784d ago
100 installs4,861 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
WP Query Console
WP Query Console
Test Various WordPress Queries
(2)
Updated 3165d ago
90 installs7,823 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Find Function/Class
Find Function/Class
Search the file and row (on WordPress) that contain a PHP function or class with a click!
(2)
Updated 3195d ago
90 installs4,748 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Zodan Mini Admin Menu
Zodan Mini Admin Menu
This mini menu is super comfy: not the big default admin bar, but just a tiny button. Great when you are developing (or maintaining) websites.
(3)
Updated 177d ago
80 installs71,223 downloads52/100 • Maintained
Show Template
Show Template
Prints an html comment in the footer of every page letting you know which template file of your theme was used for the display.
(1)
Updated 5907d ago
80 installs7,969 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Display post meta, term meta, comment meta, and user meta
Display post meta, term meta, comment meta, and user meta
Displays metadata in a metabox on the creation/editing pages for posts (any CPT), terms (any taxonomy), and users. The metadata is shown in a human-re …
(0)
Updated 728d ago
80 installs3,012 downloads26/100 • Possibly abandoned
Test Email Redirector
Test Email Redirector
Redirects all outgoing WordPress emails to a specified test address for development and testing purposes.
(0)
Updated 471d ago
80 installs898 downloads26/100 • Possibly abandoned
Apermo AdminBar
Apermo AdminBar
This plugin allows you to add links between a development, staging and live version of your website, and adds them to the AdminBar.
(2)
Updated 3622d ago
70 installs3,257 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
List All Pages
List All Pages
List all pages on a WordPress site for easy browsing and editing.
(5)
Updated 4950d ago
60 installs5,209 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
302 Moved Temporarily
302 Moved Temporarily
Need to redirect your visitors temporarily? This plugin will redirect any unauthenticated users to another url and still allow logged in users to use …
(3)
Updated 4929d ago
60 installs11,976 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Media Placeholders
Media Placeholders
Redirect requests to non-existent uploaded images to a placeholder service like placehold.it or placekitten.com. For use during development.
(2)
Updated 4281d ago
60 installs3,622 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Wowholic CORE
Wowholic CORE
CORE makes you faster and more efficient when developing custom WordPress sites.
(0)
Updated 346d ago
60 installs2,514 downloads38/100 • Stale
Simple Frontend Template Display
Simple Frontend Template Display
Adds an admin toolbar menu item that displays the current page template.
(0)
Updated 4006d ago
50 installs3,506 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
WordPress Console
WordPress Console
An interactive console for WordPress developers
(3)
Updated 5079d ago
40 installs8,708 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned