Debug This
by Razvan Aldea · Uncategorized
Also makes 2 other plugins · 3K+ installs across the portfolio →
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Health
C 65/100
Stale
Active installs
2K+
≈2.5K estimated
Momentum
+13%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: One page off on “debug”. #15 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
65 health vs 58 average across 25,755 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.2%
of downloads still active
At least 2K of 161.1K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,772 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.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 12 reviews to 2021-04-23Reviewers 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.
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 515 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
4.8★ over 17 reviews, smoothed to 4.28★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 515 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.
38
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
17%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+0.2
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| debug your tag | #15 | #13 | up 2 |
| debugger your tag | #14 | #11 | down 3 |
| bloginfo | #9 | #8 | 0 |
| debug bar | #14 | #14 | down 1 |
| debug log | #21 | #18 | down 3 |
| custom debug | #20 | #18 | 0 |
| debug plugins | #24 | #19 | down 2 |
| developer your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| hooks your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| query your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
23 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 7 listed. 16 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- One page off on “debug”. #15 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- One page off on “debugger”. #14 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- “developer”, “hooks” and “query” 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 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 2.7K · 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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
1.4y ago
latest release · v0.6.7 · 4 Jun 2025
8
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “2K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 15 months ago; the previous band took 18 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 22 Jul 2021
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ huntermaster5.5y ago
Very nice, even the phpinfo() colors are displayed correctly.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ milenfrom5.6y ago
Thank you for your great work!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Dash8.2y ago
Great plugin to truly get under the WordPress hood. Thanks.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ xmarijam10.1y ago
Thanks
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ evanevans33310.2y 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.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ lottasund10.4y 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.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ gollywollie11.0y 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.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ warnerta11.2y ago
This has already been a huge help to me, and I only downloaded it a couple days ago.
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 0.6.7 Update: Tested up to WP 6.7 0.6.7
- — Version 0.6.6 Fix: Fixed URL query vars 0.6.6
- — Version 0.6.5 Update: Tested up to WP 6.7 0.6.5
- — Version 0.6.4 Display bug fix Added: Sanitization and escapes 0.6.4
- — Version 0.6.3 Translation file update 0.6.3
- — Version 0.6.2 Translation ready 0.6.2
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 1 at 90% or more
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
5 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 Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
- ! 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 6 headings and 9 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 4,066 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "debugger", "hooks" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-07-27 3K+ → 2K+ down after 552 days in tier
- 2024-01-22 4K+ → 3K+ down after 539 days in tier
- 2022-08-01 5K+ → 4K+ down after 1288 days in tier
- 2019-01-21 6K+ → 5K+ down after 183 days in tier
- 2018-07-22 5K+ → 6K+ up after 390 days in tier
- 2017-06-27 4K+ → 5K+ up after 461 days in tier
- 2016-03-23 3K+ → 4K+ up after 296 days in tier
- 2015-06-01 2K+ → 3K+ up
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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Simple System Status 100+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
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