Development Assistant
by Dmitry Pripa · Chat & Support
Toolkit for debugging and customer support.
71 health vs 73 average across 139 Chat & Support plugins
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
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2024-03-16 · 853 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
37
now · peak 176
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
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2024-03-15 · 851 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-04-03 20+ → 10+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-04-02 10+ → 20+ up after 26 days in band
- 2026-03-07 20+ → 10+ down after 7 days in band
- 2026-02-28 10+ → 20+ up after 13 days in band
- 2026-02-15 20+ → 10+ down after 3 days in band
- 2026-02-12 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-02-11 20+ → 10+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-02-10 10+ → 20+ up after 5 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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- W What Template 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags C
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Debug Bar Rewrite Rules 800+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags C -
WP PHP Console 500+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/development-assistant" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Development Assistant — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Development Assistant: 10+ active installs, 3.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/development-assistant