Debug Bar Cron
by Zack Tollman · Uncategorized
Also makes 5 other plugins · 780+ installs across the portfolio →
Debug Bar Cron adds a new panel to Debug Bar that displays information about WP scheduled events.
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Health
D 46/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
400+
≈460 estimated
Momentum
+9%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “cron” and “debug bar” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
46 health vs 58 average across 25,768 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.3%
of downloads still active
At least 400 of 140.7K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,778 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Removal-risk signals
51/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- No tested-up-to version. The listing declares no "Tested up to" version.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 3 reviews to 2016-10-24Reviewers call it clear and genuinely useful for seeing whether scheduled events are firing, and they say it makes debugging cron on a site much easier.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 4692 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
No "Tested up to" declared, treated as a major version behind
5.0★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.15★ and held back under 25 reviews
2 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4692 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| cron your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| debug bar your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “cron” and “debug bar” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.8K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
13.9y ago
latest release · v0.1.2 · 14 Dec 2012
4
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “400+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 55% of the way through.
Install history since 6 Sep 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Steven Gliebe10.0y ago
This has been great for checking if WordPress’s scheduled events are firing. Good for checking if you need to setup a real cron job or if that real cron job is failing. Very clear presentation. This topic was modified 9 years, 9 months ago by Steven Gliebe.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Jon Christopher14.0y ago
cron can be confusing. This addition to Debug-Bar can make working with cron that much easier. Fantastic work by fantastic developers!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Jake Goldman14.0y ago
Total bias admission up front – Zack and Helen work for me at 10up, and the plug-in was at least partly inspired by some challenges with a few of our projects. That said, Debug Bar Cron sites elegantly atop the Debug Bar plug-in and provides an immediate and detailed snap shot of all scheduled events. It has been essential when debugging unusual site behavior, particularly around event scheduling.
Read on wp.org ↗
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
2 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Debug Bar Cron adds a new panel to Debug Bar that displays information about WP scheduled events."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 445 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 2 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-22 500+ → 400+ down after 271 days in tier
- 2025-08-24 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-08-23 500+ → 600+ up after 26 days in tier
- 2025-07-28 600+ → 500+ down after 292 days in tier
- 2024-10-09 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-10-08 600+ → 700+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-10-07 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-10-06 600+ → 700+ up after 2 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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WP Crontrol 300K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag B -
Query Monitor 200K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A -
Advanced Cron Manager – debug & control 30K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag B -
Missed Scheduled Posts Publisher by WPBeginner 20K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag B -
Transients Manager 20K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag C - A Action Scheduler 20K+ installs · 3.7★ · 1 shared tag B
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