Debug This

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Directory rank vs rivals

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How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 92% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

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Reviewers say it's a quick way to see what's happening under the hood, and the only real gripe is an older one about it needing the admin bar visible on the front end.

1. ★★★★★ huntermaster

   5.4y ago

   Very nice, even the phpinfo() colors are displayed correctly.

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2. ★★★★★ milenfrom

   5.4y ago

   Thank you for your great work!

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3. ★★★★★ Dash

   8.0y ago

   Great plugin to truly get under the WordPress hood. Thanks.

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4. ★★★★★ xmarijam

   9.9y ago

   Thanks

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5. ★★★★★ evanevans333

   10.0y ago

   Our website is an active community website, and we can’t expose the Admin Bar on the front end, even for a few minutes. In order for this plugin to function, the Admin Bar must be enabled on the front end, for at least the Administrator level user. The only way we could do this, is by disabling the Hide Admin Bar plugin, and installing another plugin which hides the Admin Bar to everyone except for Administrator user. We don’t have the luxury of exposing our site for any amount of time, and we’re not going to spend the time cloning our site to a test sandbox and removing and re-adding some Admin Bar plugin that will work … JUST so we can use this DEBUG THIS plugin. I hope everyone understands. The plugin is probably great. But it’s fundamentally unusable on a seriously deployed website.

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6. ★★★★★ lottasund

   10.3y ago

   I had a rewrite rule and it was driving me insane! It took me 1 min to work it out with this plugin. Thanks a lot.

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7. ★★★★★ gollywollie

   10.8y ago

   This is extremely useful tool in saving you time to do actions that, for the most part, are not to complicated, but would take a lot time setting up. I would imagine this is something you probably designed for yourself. Thanks for sharing with everyone.

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8. ★★★★★ warnerta

   11.0y ago

   This has already been a huge help to me, and I only downloaded it a couple days ago.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 0.6.7 Update: Tested up to WP 6.7 0.6.7
2. — Version 0.6.6 Fix: Fixed URL query vars 0.6.6
3. — Version 0.6.5 Update: Tested up to WP 6.7 0.6.5
4. — Version 0.6.4 Display bug fix Added: Sanitization and escapes 0.6.4
5. — Version 0.6.3 Translation file update 0.6.3
6. — Version 0.6.2 Translation ready 0.6.2

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.1

Translated into 1 language, 1 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2025-07-27 3K+ → 2K+ down after 552 days in tier
2. 2024-01-22 4K+ → 3K+ down

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).

• CU Debug Tool by CodeUnion 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 4 shared tags B
• Debug Log Manager – Conveniently Monitor and Inspect Errors 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
• Ray 500+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags B
• A Asset Queue Manager 200+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
• Variable Inspector 100+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A
• Simple System Status 100+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D

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Debug This: 2K+ active installs, 4.8★ (17 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-28. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/debug-this