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Possibly abandoned Tested up to 3.9.40

Debug Bar Remote Requests

An add-on for the Debug Bar plugin that will log and profile remote requests made through the HTTP API. This plugin requires the Debug Bar Plugin.

Active installs20+10+ tier
Downloads · 30d393▲ +17% vs prev. 30d
Rating5/51 reviews
Health score31/100At risk
All-time downloads27.3KSince Apr 2014
Support resolved—No recent threads
RequiresWP 3.5PHP any
Downloads · 7d42▼ -36.4% week over week
Our verdict

Consider an alternative

Debug Bar Remote Requests shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 20+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 12 years ago, and scores 31/100 on our health check.

  • Small user base (20+ active installs)
  • Very few reviews so far
  • No update in 12 years
  • Only tested up to WordPress 3.9 (latest is 7.1)

How does it stack up?

Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support

Daily downloads

122538Jul 2Aug 15Sep 29
Yesterday7
Daily average (1y)6
Peak day51Sep 1, 2026
Last 12 months2.1K

Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.

Rankings

Where Debug Bar Remote Requests stands today

WordPress.org search rankings

Live position in the plugin search, top 100
KeywordPositionCompeting pluginsCategory
api >100 10,000 Best api plugins →
debug >100 4,082 Best debug plugins →
debug bar >100 904 Best debug bar plugins →
http api >100 10,000 Best http api plugins →
remote requests >100 2,110 Best remote requests plugins →

Version adoption

Share of active sites per release.

  • 0.1100.0%

Rating breakdown

★★★★★★★★★★ 5 from 1 reviews

  • 5★100.0%
  • 4★0.00%
  • 3★0.00%
  • 2★0.00%
  • 1★0.00%

About Debug Bar Remote Requests

From the official readme · v0.1.2

Description

An add-on for the Debug Bar plugin that will log and profile remote requests made through the HTTP API. This plugin requires the Debug Bar Plugin.

This plugin will add a “Remote Requests” panel to Debug Bar that will display the:

  • Request method (GET, POST, etc)
  • URL
  • Time per request
  • Total time for all requests
  • Total number of requests

Optionally, you can add ?dbrr_full=1 to your URL to get additional information, including all request parameters and a full dump of the response with headers.

Installation

  1. Upload to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

Changelog

How can you be upgrading? This is brand new!

0.1.2

  • Improved error handling

0.1.1

  • Escaped all output
  • Added i18n functions
  • Improved efficiency when ?dbbr_full isn’t present in URL

0.1.0

  • Brand new

Full changelog on WordPress.org →

Screenshots

Example output
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FAQ

Debug Bar Remote Requests: quick answers

Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.

Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 30, 2026

Is Debug Bar Remote Requests free?

Yes. Debug Bar Remote Requests is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.

Is Debug Bar Remote Requests safe to use in 2026?

Debug Bar Remote Requests shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 20+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 12 years ago, and scores 31/100 on our health check.

How many websites use Debug Bar Remote Requests?

Debug Bar Remote Requests is active on 20+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 27,251 times since it launched in April 2014. It was downloaded 393 times in the last 30 days.

Does Debug Bar Remote Requests work with WordPress 7.1?

Debug Bar Remote Requests is officially tested up to WordPress 3.9.40, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.

When was Debug Bar Remote Requests last updated?

The latest version, 0.1.2, was released on April 23, 2014 (12 years ago).

Who makes Debug Bar Remote Requests?

Debug Bar Remote Requests is developed and maintained by Matthew Boynes.

What are the best alternatives to Debug Bar Remote Requests?

The most popular alternatives to Debug Bar Remote Requests are WP Consent API (200K+ installs), Disable REST API (80K+ installs) and Mailgun for WordPress (80K+ installs).

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