VRTs – Visual Regression Tests

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At the current install trend, crossing 900+ in roughly 1420 days.

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1. ★★★★★ Ren

   2.5y ago

   Being able to monitor all my sites for those strange visual changes that sometimes happen after a theme or plugin update is priceless. I’ve worked a bit with support to streamline/exclude some elements of my pages that move, like a video header or carousel or animated button, and I now have this very trustworthy tool to alert me if a site gets wonky. Beyond that, the team working on this plugin is kind and super responsive and open to feedback, which is definitely a big plus. I do have Pro, but the Free works equally as well if you don’t need to trigger manual tests (which I find useful to do after doing updates I know will cause an alert so I don’t have to wait for it the next day). Other VRT solutions I found want a bunch of money per site and that just isn’t realistic for us freelance web folks. This plugin is GREAT!!!

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2. ★★★★★ baermktg

   3.4y ago

   I absolutely love this tool and highly recommend it to any freelancers updating multiple sites on a regular basis. It provides a level of comfort because it will catch changes and errors automatically rather than waiting to hear from a client or scrolling way too many pages to assure no errors after updates.

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3. ★★★★★ asafm7

   3.5y ago

   Simple, essential and works brilliantly. Thanks for a great tool!

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4. ★★★★★ clusterchris

   3.7y ago

   DISCLAIMER: Yes I work for the company, but I have worked for many companies and I never recommended a product which I was not convinced of. And because I still have 30+ years until retirement, the time for me to move on will come and I don’t want to undermine my credibility and come in a situation where they tell me in my new company “So, you recommended this tool, it was horrible!”And I also work in support, so the last thing I want is to have for example our clients install a tool that brings me headache. Considering all this, I can only recommend this tool. It makes monitoring a website so much easier and I already don’t want to work without it anymore.But don’t believe my words, test it yourself and you will see what I mean.

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5. ★★★★★ pmachart

   3.7y ago

   tja. right now we can’t do anything with the plugin : the “add new” test button is disabled. i have tested and verified this on several wordpress installs with various sets of install plugins – including a fresh clean install. the only published version of this plugin right now is 1.0.0 which leads me to think that the four previous reviews are probably fake. one of them even has the author company name in its nickname (mykolableech) another one has only one other plugin review, and that is on another bleech plugin (skil3e) the other two reviews are by very recent accounts : both created just before posting the review. come on guys, this plugin has very promising features and huge potential. the product page on your website is very exciting. i have been waiting for the release for a long time… i even had a pagescreen monitor on your website to make sure i didn’t miss it ! (such irony) you can do better than this ! i’ll edit this review if anything changes.

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6. ★★★★★ harunbasic

   3.7y ago

   Very easy to use plugin to monitor your website for visual bugs. Disclaimer: I work at the company who built this.

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7. ★★★★★ dr.mykola

   3.7y ago

   It’s very convenient to track visual bugs or editor’s errors and prevent them from getting to the production site. Disclaimer: I work at the company that built this plugin and we use it for our clients websites, it does its job well. This topic was modified 3 years, 7 months ago by dr.mykola. This topic was modified 3 years, 7 months ago by dr.mykola.

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8. ★★★★★ Buzz030

   3.7y ago

   It is easy to use, very helpful and such a time saver. This topic was modified 3 years, 7 months ago by Buzz030.

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

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Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-08-19 1K+ → 800+ down after 15 days in tier
2. 2026-08-04 900+ → 1K+ up after 196 days in tier
3. 2026-01-20 800+ → 900+ up after 1 days in tier
4. 2026-01-19 900+ → 800+ down after 4 days in tier
5. 2026-01-15 800+ → 900+ up after 28 days in tier
6. 2025-12-18 900+ → 800+ down after 1 days in tier
7. 2025-12-17 800+ → 900+ up after 27 days in tier
8. 2025-11-20 900+ → 800+ down after 2 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).

• Black Studio TinyMCE Widget 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A
• Hotjar 70K+ installs · 3.3★ · 1 shared tag D
• TinyMCE Custom Styles 7K+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag D
• D Disable Visual Editor WYSIWYG 1K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag D
• F Front-end Editor 500+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D
• R Rewrite Rule Testing 300+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag D

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VRTs – Visual Regression Tests: 800+ active installs, 4.6★ (9 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-28. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/visual-regression-tests