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WP Console – WordPress PHP Console powered by PsySH

by Edi Amin · Uncategorized

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An in-browser PHP console for WordPress powered by PsySH

How scoring works →
89 Health · A
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 91/100
Support 70/100

89 health vs 56 average across 16,376 Uncategorized 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.

96 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Well tuned across the board

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 82/100
Listing tuning 100/100

Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+60% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

8.1K

now · peak 303.3K

8K30d downloads · Aug 26

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

WP Console · #1284 you WP Search with Algol · #2571 Order Status Control · #3264 Advanced Product Sea · #3411

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

5Stars · Aug 26

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.

399per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

Occasionally updated
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

1

releases in the last 12 months

3mo ago

latest release · v2.6.0

5

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

2.6.0 · 3mo ago2.5.1 · 1.3y ago2.5.0 · 1.8y ago2.4.1 · 2.8y ago2.4.0 · 3.1y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 58% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v2.6 58%
v2.5 21%
v2.4 17%
Older / other versions 5%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “20K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
20K–30K ≈29K

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2020-08-10 · 1,435 observations

20KInstalls · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price.

Details

Version
2.6.0
Last updated
8d ago
Added
2019-06-21 · 7 yrs old
Requires WP
5.3.12
Tested up to
7.1
Requires PHP
7.4

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗
  1. Asaduzzaman Nur
    5mo ago

    WP Console has quickly become an essential part of my daily development workflow. It simplifies many repetitive and time-consuming tasks, allowing me to focus more on building features rather than managing the environment. The interface is clean and developer-friendly, and the commands are intuitive and powerful. Whether it’s debugging, running quick scripts, or interacting with WordPress data, WP Console makes everything faster and more efficient. If you’re a WordPress developer looking to boost productivity and streamline your workflow, this plugin is definitely worth trying.

    Read on wp.org ↗
  2. Barrett Golding
    10mo ago

    WP Console is an essential tool for quickly testing code and getting data about a site’s posts, post meta, and taxonomies. Plus, the author’s attention of bug-fixes is heroic.

    Read on wp.org ↗
  3. Kapil Paul
    2.8y ago

    Thanks for this awesome plugin. this helps a lot in debugging. Can not even think of any WP site without it. Keep up the good work.

    Read on wp.org ↗
  4. Abul hasan Aunshon
    2.8y ago

    Wp console is the perfect tool for developers. Debugging sites, manipulate data on database. Almost like anything a developer can do on local setup.

    Read on wp.org ↗
  5. Andy Navarro
    2.9y ago

    I love this plugin

    Read on wp.org ↗
  6. Radoš
    2.9y ago

    I can’t imagine debugging without WP Console.

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  7. maven1129
    3.0y ago

    Thank you for building this. WPCodeBox, for example, doesnt have a way of testing output of code. They claim to, but it doesnt work. This does!

    Read on wp.org ↗
  8. mikatamni
    3.0y ago

    Useful and neat plugin.

    Read on wp.org ↗

Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. Version 2.6.0 2.5.1 – January 13, 2025 * Prevent HTML rendering in console output. 2.5.0 – November 17, 2024 * Breaking: Dropped support for PHP 5.6. The minimum PHP requirement is now 7.4. * Refactored the dependency loading process 2.6.0
  2. Version 2.3.1 2.3.0 – July 27, 2022 * Add code execution time in console output panel. * Use ace.js with custom namespace to avoid conflict with other ace.js source. * Fix snippet manager module style. * Use verticle split as default 2.3.1
  3. Version 1.0.0 1.0.0

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.3

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more

German 16%

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2024-09-15 30K+ → 20K+ down after 38 days in tier
  2. 2024-08-08 20K+ → 30K+ up after 1 days in tier
  3. 2024-08-07 30K+ → 20K+ down after 15 days in tier
  4. 2024-07-23 20K+ → 30K+ up after 10 days in tier
  5. 2024-07-13 30K+ → 20K+ down after 110 days in tier
  6. 2024-03-25 20K+ → 30K+ up after 17 days in tier
  7. 2024-03-08 10K+ → 20K+ up after 290 days in tier
  8. 2023-05-23 9K+ → 10K+ up after 1 days in tier

Competes with

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