Debug Bar Query Tracer
by Chris M. · Performance
Also makes 1 other plugin · 60+ installs across the portfolio →
A Debug Bar plugin that lets you trace what plugins are causing database queries.
42 health vs 68 average across 1,075 Performance plugins
High removal-risk signals
71/100Maintenance 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 14+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1, well behind 6.8.
- Negative reviews. Recent reviews are running negative.
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
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 5450 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
134
now · peak 134
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
14.9y ago
latest release · v0.1.2
3
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 “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2016-04-21 · 1,387 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 1 reviews to 2013-08-13The single recent reviewer gives 1 star because the plugin throws a PHP error and displays nothing, promising to revise once it's fixed.
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Franz Josef Kaiser13.1y ago
Currently the plugin doesn’t display anything as it has an error – therefore 1 star. Will edit the rating when the plugin is fixed 🙂 Warning: Missing argument 1 for Galahad_Query_Tracer_Panel::_renderData(), called in /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/zaza/wp-content/plugins/debug-bar-query-tracer/Panel.php on line 44 and defined in /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/zaza/wp-content/plugins/debug-bar-query-tracer/Panel.php on line 60 Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/zaza/wp-content/plugins/debug-bar-query-tracer/Panel.php on line 62
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.4
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
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 Super Cache 1M+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A -
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WP Fastest Cache – WordPress Cache Plugin 1M+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag B
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