Development Assistant
by Dmitry Pripa · Chat & Support
Toolkit for debugging and customer support.
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Health
B 82/100
Few reviews
Active installs
10+
≈15 estimated
Momentum
+21%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “debug”, “manager” and “support” 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.
82 health vs 64 average across 1,174 Chat & Support plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.4%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 2.6K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Chat & Support plugin keeps 0.8%, across 628 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Chat & Support plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 2 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 2 reviews to 2024-10-15One reviewer says it's cut debugging time and made setup info easy to reach, while another says removing it left broken code behind that they now have to hunt down.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 20 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.0, the current branch or newer
3.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.06★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
32
Momentum
Losing ground
-1.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 24d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 24d
+1.7
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| development your tag | #18 | #24 | down 1 |
| debug your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| manager your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| support your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| testing your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
4 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 3 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “debug”, “manager” and “support” 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 16 Mar 2024 · 959 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 176 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #30,100 to #45,000, alongside the other plugins at 10+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
2
releases in the last 12 months
20d ago
latest release · v1.2.12 · 11 Oct 2026
15
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.
Crossed into this band 7 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 15 Mar 2024
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ rpbrown2.0y ago
Development Assistant has been a lifesaver! It’s seriously streamlined our workflow and made debugging so much easier. Having key info about our setup readily available is invaluable for both our devs and content team. Highly recommend it to any organization looking to optimize their WordPress development.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ DannyCarlton2.4y ago
It basically does what any coder would know how to do manually. But, it leaves code, when deleted, that causes errors. I’ll now have to wade through my installation to find what it screwed up.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.3
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
3 of 8 pass · checked 29 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 No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! 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 2 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 3,166 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "manager" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-03 20+ → 10+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-02 10+ → 20+ up after 26 days in tier
- 2026-03-07 20+ → 10+ down after 7 days in tier
- 2026-02-28 10+ → 20+ up after 13 days in tier
- 2026-02-15 20+ → 10+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-02-12 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-02-11 20+ → 10+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-02-10 10+ → 20+ up after 5 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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Debug Bar Rewrite Rules 700+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D -
WP PHP Console 500+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D
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