DP Debug Menu
by Dan-Lucian Stefancu · Admin & Utilities
Quickly shows the template used for current page, number of queries, and execution time for PHP code.
46 health vs 63 average across 903 Admin & Utilities plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.6.17.
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 1983 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
53
now · peak 161
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
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 “40+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-18 30+ → 40+ up after 2 days in band
- 2026-06-16 40+ → 30+ down after 191 days in band
- 2025-12-07 50+ → 40+ down after 26 days in band
- 2025-11-11 60+ → 50+ down after 4 days in band
- 2025-11-07 400+ → 60+ down after 320 days in band
- 2024-12-22 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-12-21 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in band
- 2024-12-20 300+ → 400+ 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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Debug This 2K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags B - W What Template 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags C
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Admin's Debug Tool 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D -
Template Kit – Import 400K+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag D -
Admin Menu Editor 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
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