For WordPress Birmingham Kirsty Burgoigne asked which plugins people use during development.
The top 4 recommended by UK slack members match the top 4 in the table below. I use oik-bwtrace. It’s not popular but it works everywhere: front-end, admin, AJAX, REST and in batch ( WP-CLI).
Total plugins: 58411
Limit reached: 200 at 48705
| Position | Plugin | Total downloads | Active | Star Rating | Tested up to |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Regenerate Thumbnails | 17033798 | 1000000 | 4.6 | 5.7.1 |
| 193 | Query Monitor | 3197726 | 100000 | 4.9 | 5.6.3 |
| 209 | Force Regenerate Thumbnails | 2856005 | 500000 | 4.7 | 4.0.32 |
| 308 | User Switching | 2019028 | 100000 | 4.9 | 5.7.1 |
| 361 | WP Crontrol | 1715149 | 100000 | 4.9 | 5.7.1 |
| 565 | Debug Bar | 1025240 | 30000 | 4.1833333333333 | 5.5.4 |
| 777 | Regenerate Thumbnails Advanced | 690175 | 90000 | 3.9 | 5.7.1 |
| 1383 | Advanced Cron Manager | 303564 | 20000 | 4.7 | 5.6.3 |
| 1974 | Debug Bar Console | 183141 | 2000 | 5 | 3.4.2 |
| 2305 | Debug Bar Extender | 145024 | 2000 | 4.6 | 3.2.1 |
| 2585 | OTF Regenerate Thumbnails | 121268 | 10000 | 4.6 | 4.1.32 |
| 2730 | Debug This | 111409 | 5000 | 4.8 | 5.7.1 |
| 3055 | Debug Bar Cron | 93067 | 1000 | 5 | trunk |
| 3356 | Debug Objects | 80611 | 500 | 4.7 | 4.9.17 |
| 3477 | WP-Cron Control | 76782 | 5000 | 3.5 | 4.8.16 |
| 4031 | Debug Bar Actions and Filters Addon | 61300 | 1000 | 5 | 4.8.16 |
| 4054 | Debug | 60746 | 3000 | 4.6 | 5.4.5 |
| 4119 | Debug Info | 59375 | 7000 | 5 | 5.5.0 |
| 4132 | Cron GUI | 59147 | 2000 | 4.6 | 3.3.2 |
| 4398 | Debug Bar ElasticPress | 53841 | 600 | 5 | 5.7.1 |
| 4445 | WP Debugging | 52905 | 3000 | 5 | 5.7.1 |
| 4573 | An Official TraceMyIP Tracker with email alerts | 50890 | 2000 | 5 | 5.6.3 |
| 4607 | Debug Queries | 50290 | 30 | 3.8 | 4.3.25 |
| 4829 | ONet Regenerate Thumbnails | 46462 | 4000 | 4.5 | 4.5.23 |
| 4946 | WP-Cron Status Checker | 44777 | 4000 | 4.3 | 5.7.1 |
| 5519 | Debug Bar Slow Actions | 37731 | 600 | 4.8 | 4.9.17 |
| 5832 | YYDevelopment – Tag Manager – Header Body And Footer | 34662 | 8000 | 4.875 | 5.7.1 |
| 5844 | Cronjob Scheduler | 34546 | 2000 | 4.4 | 5.4.5 |
| 5905 | Timber Debug Bar | 34021 | 1000 | 0 | 5.7.1 |
| 6579 | User Switching in Admin Bar | 28308 | 2000 | 4.9 | 5.3.7 |
| 6586 | Crony Cronjob Manager | 28233 | 1000 | 4.3 | 5.7.1 |
| 6877 | Kint Debugger | 26343 | 2000 | 4.8 | 5.0.12 |
| 7170 | Debug Bar Rewrite Rules | 24464 | 1000 | 5 | 5.7.0 |
| 7321 | Debug Bar List Script & Style Dependencies | 23667 | 600 | 5 | 4.7.20 |
| 8005 | Template Debugger | 20134 | 2000 | 5 | 5.4.5 |
| 8169 | Debug Bar Constants | 19485 | 100 | 5 | 4.9.17 |
| 8240 | Debug Bar Transients | 19215 | 200 | 5 | 4.7.20 |
| 8335 | Debug Bar Post Types | 18878 | 200 | 4 | 4.9.17 |
| 8342 | WP-Cron Dashboard | 18823 | 600 | 0 | 4.1.32 |
| 8644 | BlackBox | 17767 | 100 | 4.8 | 3.5.2 |
| 9405 | Debug Bar Shortcodes | 15290 | 100 | 5 | 4.4.24 |
| 9942 | YYDevelopment – Show Pages ID | 13856 | 4000 | 5 | 5.7.1 |
| 11083 | utopia38/U-CRON – Easy Pseudo Cron Jobbys for WordPress | 11356 | 100 | 0 | 2.5 |
| 11263 | Fast User Switching | 11040 | 2000 | 4.5 | 5.5.4 |
| 12584 | EasyCron | 9046 | 300 | 5 | 5.5.4 |
| 12707 | Debug Bar – Enable WP_DEBUG from admin dashboard | 8889 | 600 | 1.8 | 5.5.4 |
| 12919 | Kint PHP Debugger | 8625 | 300 | 5 | 5.1.9 |
| 13085 | WPX Cron Manager Light | 8430 | 200 | 4 | 5.0.12 |
| 13455 | Debug Bar Remote Requests | 8006 | 80 | 5 | 3.9.33 |
| 13871 | WP Cron Cleaner | 7575 | 500 | 3.4 | 5.7.1 |
| 14026 | Debug Bar Rewrite rules | 7416 | 100 | 0 | 5.0.12 |
| 14422 | Debug “unexpected output” During Plugin Activation | 7066 | 50 | 5 | 3.6.1 |
| 14500 | Improved Cron | 6990 | 500 | 4.3 | 4.3.25 |
| 15198 | FFF Cron Manager | 6423 | 300 | 4.4 | 3.5.2 |
| 16182 | WP Cron HTTP Auth | 5682 | 400 | 5 | 5.7.1 |
| 16499 | wp pear debug | 5485 | 10 | 0 | 4.3.25 |
| 17081 | Run External Crons | 5121 | 2000 | 5 | 3.4.2 |
| 17235 | Debug Bar Taxonomies | 5030 | 100 | 0 | 4.9.17 |
| 17528 | amr cron manager | 4871 | 500 | 5 | 5.5.4 |
| 17690 | Debug Toolkit | 4772 | 100 | 5 | 5.1.9 |
| 17701 | TFS Acronymit | 4765 | 0 | 4.5 | 4.3.25 |
| 17744 | Debug Bar Screen Info | 4744 | 90 | 5 | 4.5.23 |
| 17941 | AsynCRONous bbPress Subscriptions | 4652 | 200 | 5 | 5.4.5 |
| 18021 | Cron Jobs | 4608 | 600 | 5 | 5.7.1 |
| 18688 | Debug Bar Post Meta | 4300 | 40 | 5 | 3.4.2 |
| 18723 | Development Theme 2 | 4286 | 100 | 3.2 | 3.7.35 |
| 18780 | WordPress Debug | 4257 | 20 | 0 | 4.4.24 |
| 18861 | 4217 | 0 | 0 | 2.9.2 | |
| 18939 | Regenerate Thumbnails Reminder | 4184 | 100 | 5 | 4.0.32 |
| 18990 | Debug wp_redirect | 4159 | 80 | 4.8 | 4.8.16 |
| 19611 | Cron Logger | 3916 | 400 | 5 | 5.2.10 |
| 19613 | WooCommerce Debug Bar | 3916 | 50 | 1 | 3.4.2 |
| 20196 | Debug Bar Query Tracer | 3690 | 10 | 1 | 3.2.1 |
| 20317 | Debug Meta Data | 3645 | 100 | 5 | 5.4.0 |
| 20477 | Debug MO Translations | 3593 | 10 | 5 | 5.6.3 |
| 20647 | BugFu Console Debugger | 3534 | 300 | 5 | 5.5.4 |
| 20648 | Debug Bar Post Meta | 3534 | 70 | 5 | 5.5.4 |
| 20719 | Formitable Development Kit | 3512 | 900 | 5 | 5.6.3 |
| 20972 | Mail Debug | 3426 | 10 | 0 | 2.7.1 |
| 21119 | YYDevelopment – Advanced 301 and 302 Redirect | 3382 | 400 | 5 | 5.7.1 |
| 21160 | Debug Bar Super Globals | 3370 | 40 | 5 | 3.4.2 |
| 21788 | Cron Developers Demo | 3157 | 10 | 0 | |
| 21954 | Debug Elementor | 3106 | 200 | 5 | 5.2.10 |
| 22086 | Acronyms 2 | 3073 | 100 | 4.6 | 5.6.3 |
| 22121 | Debugger Plugin | 3063 | 30 | 4.5 | 3.6.1 |
| 22142 | Simple Debug | 3056 | 10 | 3.7 | 3.5.2 |
| 22164 | Comment Location Tracker | 3048 | 60 | 0 | 3.5.2 |
| 22676 | Surbma | Jetpack Offline Mode | 2908 | 90 | 4 | 5.5.4 |
| 23017 | Local Development | 2820 | 70 | 5 | 5.7.1 |
| 23028 | Debug Bar – Sidebars & Widgets | 2818 | 10 | 0 | 3.9.33 |
| 23157 | WP Debug Logger | 2789 | 20 | 0 | 4.7.20 |
| 23280 | Debug Bar Cache Lookup | 2754 | 10 | 3 | 4.5.23 |
| 23392 | WP Mail Debugger | 2726 | 100 | 5 | 5.7.1 |
| 23410 | Debug Media | 2722 | 80 | 5 | 4.7.0 |
| 23479 | Hit an External Cron | 2710 | 10 | 0 | 4.6-alpha |
| 23757 | Debug Bar bbPress | 2642 | 10 | 5 | 3.5.2 |
| 24007 | Simple Cron | 2591 | 30 | 2.3 | 3.5.2 |
| 24224 | Debug Bar Roles and Capabilities | 2540 | 20 | 5 | 3.9.33 |
| 24234 | Debug Bar Query Count Alert | 2538 | 10 | 5 | 3.7.35 |
| 24274 | WP E-Mail Debug | 2530 | 60 | 5 | 4.3.25 |
| 24683 | Debug Bar Localization | 2447 | 30 | 5 | 4.5.23 |
| 25009 | Debug Bar Hook Log | 2382 | 10 | 4 | 4.0.32 |
| 25395 | Debug Log | 2313 | 300 | 5 | 4.5.23 |
| 25424 | Debug Robot | 2308 | 10 | 0 | 3.4.2 |
| 25661 | Mail Debug for WooCommerce | 2262 | 300 | 5 | 5.7.1 |
| 26097 | Debug Bar Plugin Activation | 2186 | 10 | 5 | 4.5.23 |
| 26285 | Checking Variables (Dev. Tool) | 2154 | 30 | 4 | 4.4.24 |
| 26314 | Regenerate Thumbnails HTML | 2149 | 60 | 5 | 4.7.20 |
| 26410 | Scrape and Debug | 2131 | 100 | 0 | 5.6.3 |
| 26492 | DP Debug Menu | 2118 | 100 | 5 | 5.6.3 |
| 26821 | Query Monitor bbPress & BuddyPress Conditionals | 2068 | 10 | 5 | 4.5.23 |
| 26929 | Debug Bar Widgets | 2051 | 20 | 0 | 5.7.1 |
| 27039 | oik bwtrace | 2033 | 40 | 5 | 5.7.1 |
| 27199 | YYDevelopment – Fast Whatsapp Chat Button | 2006 | 600 | 5 | 5.7.1 |
| 28103 | Debug Bar Custom Info | 1872 | 40 | 5 | 3.9.33 |
| 28125 | WPDelayCron | 1869 | 100 | 5 | 4.5.23 |
| 29020 | Get URL Cron | 1754 | 400 | 0 | 5.7.1 |
| 29095 | MultiSite System Cron | 1743 | 10 | 5 | 4.2.29 |
| 29136 | WP Development Utilities | 1738 | 0 | 0 | 2.6.3 |
| 29423 | Cron Debug Log | 1702 | 10 | 0 | 3.5.2 |
| 29464 | SM Debug Bar | 1697 | 10 | 0 | 3.3.2 |
| 30229 | DebugPress | 1598 | 60 | 5 | 5.7.1 |
| 30240 | Database Debugging Tools for Developers | 1597 | 10 | 5 | 4.7.20 |
| 30681 | Buddypress Pagetrace | 1549 | 0 | 0 | 3.1.4 |
| 30885 | Admin’s Debug Tool | 1523 | 10 | 0 | 4.2.29 |
| 30913 | Cron Tasks Viewer | 1519 | 100 | 5 | 4.0.32 |
| 31260 | Disable Admin WP Cron Notice For UpdraftPlus | 1478 | 90 | 0 | 5.7.1 |
| 31542 | debugWP | 1447 | 10 | 5 | 3.5.2 |
| 31758 | Simple Debug Info Panel | 1426 | 80 | 5 | 5.7.1 |
| 32545 | Acronym Manager | 1348 | 10 | 5 | 3.2.1 |
| 32591 | Development Mode for Jetpack | 1344 | 40 | 0 | 5.5.4 |
| 32615 | Theme Development Preview | 1342 | 20 | 3 | 4.5.23 |
| 33050 | WP Simple Debug | 1304 | 60 | 5 | 4.4.24 |
| 33180 | Find Slow Functions & Actions & Filters & Hooks | 1291 | 0 | 4 | 5.5.4 |
| 33246 | YYDevelopment – Show Pages URL List | 1285 | 100 | 3.3 | 5.7.1 |
| 33269 | Cronycle Content | 1283 | 20 | 0 | 5.6.3 |
| 33649 | Debug Log List | 1248 | 0 | 5 | 5.3.7 |
| 33835 | YYDevelopment – Advanced Related Posts | 1231 | 30 | 0 | 5.7.1 |
| 34791 | Debugging Translation | 1153 | 0 | 0 | 3.2.1 |
| 34890 | Easy Debug Info | 1146 | 10 | 5 | 4.0.32 |
| 35197 | Query monitor Twig profile | 1122 | 20 | 0 | 5.6.0 |
| 35545 | YYDevelopment – SEO Keywords Data | 1097 | 30 | 0 | 5.7.1 |
| 35927 | Debug Bar Toggle | 1069 | 10 | 5 | 3.5.2 |
| 35990 | Debug Tool | 1062 | 20 | 0 | 4.9.17 |
| 36239 | Development Debug Backtraces | 1044 | 0 | 0 | 4.2.29 |
| 36653 | Pretty Debug | 1015 | 10 | 5 | 3.5.2 |
| 36990 | Clear Debug.log Cron | 994 | 90 | 0 | 3.5.2 |
| 37213 | WP Cron Pixie | 979 | 10 | 5 | 5.5.4 |
| 37559 | Development Notice | 958 | 0 | 0 | 2.8 |
| 37672 | Frontend Debugger | 951 | 0 | 5 | 4.3.25 |
| 37742 | Debug tools | 947 | 10 | 5 | 3.7.35 |
| 37820 | Debug Bar Tracer | 943 | 0 | 0 | 3.9.33 |
| 38345 | Development Environment | 911 | 0 | 5 | 5.0.12 |
| 38371 | Manual cron | 910 | 10 | 0 | 4.4.24 |
| 38512 | Ultimate DebugBar | 902 | 10 | 5 | 5.2.10 |
| 38562 | YYDevelopment – Subscribe To Comments Checkbox | 899 | 40 | 5 | 5.7.1 |
| 38641 | YYDevelopment – Portfolio Gallery | 895 | 20 | 0 | 5.7.1 |
| 38977 | Development Environment Notification | 875 | 10 | 5 | 3.9.33 |
| 39076 | wolkenkraft.com Krumo Debug Plugin | 870 | 10 | 0 | 3.7.35 |
| 39588 | DeMomentSomTres Debug | 842 | 0 | 0 | 5.1.9 |
| 39621 | G Debugger | 840 | 0 | 5 | 5.0.12 |
| 39646 | YYDevelopment – Comments Alert Notification | 839 | 20 | 0 | 5.7.1 |
| 39820 | Scripts Styles Debug Bar | 830 | 10 | 0 | 4.1.32 |
| 39840 | Debug Log Parser | 829 | 10 | 3 | 3.9.33 |
| 39963 | WP Live Debug | 823 | 10 | 0 | 4.9.17 |
| 40156 | YYDevelopment – Back To The Top Button | 813 | 100 | 5 | 5.7.1 |
| 40557 | TIVWP-DM Development Manager | 793 | 10 | 0 | 4.0.32 |
| 40581 | KB_DEBUG | 792 | 0 | 0 | 3.2.1 |
| 40735 | Untrace Derferreing Service | 785 | 0 | 0 | 3.6.1 |
| 40915 | IDS View | 775 | 0 | 0 | 4.2.29 |
| 41036 | UM User Switching | 769 | 0 | 0 | 4.9.17 |
| 41299 | Attrace | 756 | 10 | 0 | 5.5.4 |
| 41489 | Apermo Xdebug | 748 | 0 | 5 | 4.9.17 |
| 42131 | JK Development Console | 717 | 10 | 5 | 4.0.32 |
| 42243 | YYDevelopment – Accessibility | 711 | 50 | 0 | 5.6.3 |
| 42346 | WP Cron Viewer and Manager | 707 | 10 | 0 | 4.9.17 |
| 42410 | Xdebug Output Handler | 705 | 0 | 0 | 3.5-alpha-21751 |
| 42862 | YYDevelopment – Page & Post Notes | 684 | 80 | 0 | 5.7.1 |
| 43042 | Debug Status Display Footer | 676 | 70 | 5 | 5.4.5 |
| 43907 | Taylor’s Debug Toggle | 636 | 10 | 1 | 4.1.32 |
| 43919 | YYDevelopment – Mobile Contact Line | 635 | 100 | 0 | 5.7.1 |
| 44150 | YYDevelopment – Phone Button | 625 | 100 | 0 | 5.7.1 |
| 44637 | Change WP Cron Request URL | 604 | 10 | 0 | 5.5.4 |
| 45108 | Cron Tasks Viewer | 583 | 40 | 0 | 5.2.10 |
| 45362 | WPMS Cron List | 573 | 0 | 0 | 4.1.32 |
| 45431 | Template File Name Debugger | 570 | 0 | 0 | 4.3.25 |
| 45605 | Debug Assistant | 562 | 50 | 0 | 5.1.9 |
| 45713 | DeMomentSomTres Debug Text Domain | 558 | 0 | 5 | 5.1.9 |
| 45851 | Arrested Development | 552 | 0 | 0 | 4.1.32 |
| 46013 | StaticPress Auto Builder | 544 | 10 | 0 | 4.9.17 |
| 46049 | Spot view Cron Job | 543 | 10 | 5 | |
| 46068 | Debug User/Post/Options Meta Data | 542 | 10 | 5 | 4.5.23 |
| 46216 | Admin Enable Debug DZS | 536 | 10 | 5 | 4.9.17 |
| 46977 | Debug Editor | 505 | 10 | 0 | 5.3.7 |
| 46978 | SEO Debug Bar | 505 | 0 | 5 | 4.8.16 |
| 47027 | Consolari Debug Logger | 503 | 0 | 0 | 4.1.32 |
| 48089 | WP Cron per Action | 460 | 10 | 0 | 4.6.20 |
| 48513 | Query Monitor GiveWP | 444 | 0 | 0 | 4.9.17 |
| 48530 | Octrace Support | 443 | 10 | 5 | 5.7.1 |
| 48705 | Attendance Register | 436 | 30 | 5 | 5.6.3 |
| 200 | TOTALS | 30990578 |