by PluginRx 5 (4 reviews)

Developer Debug Tools

Name: Developer Debug Tools
Rating: 5.0 (4 reviews)
Author: PluginRx

Lots of debugging and testing tools for developers.

Developer Debug Tools ranks #13,536 among WordPress.org plugins with 100+ active installations, is #1,120 of 5,310 in the Utilities & Tools category, a 5/5 rating from 4 reviews, and was last updated Oct 7, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1.4

v3.0.5 Current Version v3.0.5

Updated 1 month ago Last Update on 07 Oct, 2026

Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on

#1,120 of 5,310 in Utilities & Tools Top 25% by installs Downloads +63.5% this week

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Plugin Details

Version: 3.0.5
Last Updated: Oct 07, 2026
Requires WP: 6.0+
Tested Up To: 7.1.4
PHP Version: 8.0 or higher
Author: PluginRx

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Reviews: 4
Support Threads: 0
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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress developers and site administrators who need to debug and troubleshoot their sites. It provides a suite of tools for viewing logs, editing configs and meta data, monitoring site activity, and diagnosing errors directly from the WordPress admin area.

Enhanced log viewer
Config file viewers and editors
Meta Data viewer and editor
Database Table records viewer
Transients, Cookies, and Sessions management
REST API viewer and status checker
Discord Notifications for fatal errors
Heartbeat Monitor for WP Heartbeat API

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Developer Debug Tools

Yes! It is always best to back these files up when making updates to them. You can do so on the config file pages or all together with your functions.php in a zip file from the dashboard.

Yes, but you should always make a backup of your site before using functionality that makes changes to your core files or database.

The file editors have been improved to include a code/lint checker and other checks to ensure that they include certain working pieces. However, nothing is full-proof, so in the case that something happens, a backup is automatically stored in the same folders as the originals before being saved. The backups are named with the date and time from which they were replaced. For example, the wp-config.php file will have been renamed to wp-config-2022-08-22-15-25-46.php and replaced with a new file. Simply log into your FTP or File Manager (from your host), rename the current file to something else such as wp-config-BROKEN.php (just in case you need it), and then rename the version you want to revert back to as wp-config.php. If everything looks good, then you can either delete the broken file or send a copy of it to PluginRx so we can figure out what went wrong.

Click on the bug icon in the header. ;)

If you are seeing that Test Mode is Active in the header, you likely accidentally clicked on the version number. Test Mode is for our developers only. If you contact support with an issue you are having with the plugin not working the way it should be, we may have you activate Test Mode with additional instructions on what to provide so we can handle it promptly. It is of no use to you otherwise. Just click on the version number in the header again to disable it.

Some hosts will not allow you to update a user's username directly from WP. In order to do so, you'll have to update it in your database directly.

Viewable only on the front-end, there is a link on the admin bar that shows + Off. Click on it and it will add a semi-transparent bar with lines on it at the top of the page underneath the admin bar. If you click on this bar it will expand all the way down the page. Click on it again and it will minimize back to the top. You can click on the + On link from the admin bar to make it go away.

You have to enable them on the Developer Debug Tools settings first under the Admin Menu tab. Once they are enabled, an "ID" column will be added to the corresponding admin list pages. Next to the user or post's ID you will see a lightning bolt icon. Clicking on the lightning bolt will redirect you to the Metadata page on the plugin where you can view and edit all of the meta easily. Links are also added to the user profile and post edit screens. I hid the plugin, now I can't find it! You can get there directly by going to https://yourdomain.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=dev-debug-dashboard. Be sure to bookmark it next time like the instructions say to do!

If you password-protected your options.php page like you should have (included by default), then you will need to log in directly to your database and clear the password manually ({prefix}_options table > delete key ddtt_pass). We used to have a forgot password option that would email a reset link to the devs, but it's easy to intercept that email with various email logging plugins if you have access to the admin area of your site.

The SEO tool fetches your robots.txt and sitemaps over HTTP, just like a search engine would. If your staging site uses basic authentication or your host blocks requests from the server back to itself, those requests will fail. The diagnostics table shows the exact error so you can work out the cause.