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Live from WordPress.org · Oct 1, 2026

Best Dev Plugins for WordPress

18 plugins are tagged “dev” on WordPress.org. We rank them by active installs and score every one on update freshness, compatibility, ratings and support — so you can pick a safe one in seconds. The most popular right now is Taxonomy Thumbnail with 3K+ active installs.

Plugins in category18
#1 by installsTaxonomy Thumbnail
Top-18 installs4K+
Avg. health (this page)32/100

18 Dev plugins

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Best Dev Plugins for WordPress
Rank Plugin Active installs Rating Updated Health
1 Taxonomy Thumbnail Taxonomy Thumbnail Add a thumbnail to your taxonomy terms. by Grégory Viguier 3K+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (10) 10 years ago 40
2 WP PHP Console WP PHP Console An implementation of PHP Console as a WordPress plugin. Use Chrome Dev Tools to debug your… by Fulvio Notarstefano 500+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 (19) 6 years ago 38
3 Gravity Forms – Tab Index Gravity Forms – Tab Index Gravity Forms Add On. Adds custom tabindex field to the "Advanced" tab for form fields. by Brett 100+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (7) 12 years ago 33
4 Custom Admin Footer Text Custom Admin Footer Text Display custom text (or links) in the admin footer. by jp2112 100+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (2) 12 years ago 32
5 Add Login Text Add Login Text Display custom text (or links) on the admin login screen. by jp2112 90+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 1 (1) 12 years ago 20
6 WP Manage Plugins WP Manage Plugins An easy way to give you more control over the plugins section of WordPress by Brad Williams 30+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (1) 17 years ago 31
7 PLX Multi-Environments PLX Multi-Environments Manage separate Development, Staging, and Production environments directly from the… by Webmaster 30+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 9 years ago 24
8 Dev Theme Dev Theme DEV Theme by Avi Bashari 20+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (1) 3 years ago 31
9 SnapShots SnapShots Quickly Create SnapShots of your development sites and restore them with a click. by EverPress 20+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.7 (3) 2 years ago 30
10 BX Essentials BX Essentials Ferramentas e configurações padrões recomendados pelo time WordPress Buildbox. by Buildbox 20+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 2 years ago 27
11 Empty Blog Empty Blog Created with developers in mind, this plugin allows you to easily delete posts, tags, and… by Daryl L. L. Houston (dllh) 20+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (1) 7 years ago 31
12 Trigger Browsersync Trigger Browsersync Integrates WordPress with Browsersync to trigger events like Reload when you edit pages and… by Patabugen 10+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 (3) 4 years ago 37
13 Theme and Plugin file Search Theme and Plugin file Search Add a search field to the theme and plugin file editor screens in wp-admin. by surror 10+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (2) 4 weeks ago 73
14 Debug Bar Hook Log Debug Bar Hook Log Logs and displays a filterable list of all hooks called during the request, with their… by Will Anderson 10+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4 (1) 12 years ago 27
15 Admin Menu Class by 010Pixel Admin Menu Class by 010Pixel Admin Menu PHP Class helps developer easily create menus and submenus in WordPress Admin… by 010pixel 10+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 8 years ago 23
16 WP Dev Dashboard WP Dev Dashboard The better tool for monitoring your plugins & themes, including support requests, download… by Mickey Kay 10+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.8 (5) 10 years ago 34
17 Development Environment Development Environment Whoops error handling, no password logins, template hints, no indexing, flush rewrites… by loonpwn <10 ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (1) 8 years ago 28
18 Block Repo Plugin Updates Block Repo Plugin Updates Blocks plugin updates for any plugin whose folder looks like a code repo. by noplanman <10 ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 7 years ago 21

Top Dev plugins, head to head

All comparisons →
Taxonomy ThumbnailTaxonomy Thumbnail vs WP PHP ConsoleWP PHP Console Taxonomy ThumbnailTaxonomy Thumbnail vs Gravity Forms – Tab IndexGravity Forms Taxonomy ThumbnailTaxonomy Thumbnail vs Custom Admin Footer TextCustom Admin Footer T… WP PHP ConsoleWP PHP Console vs Gravity Forms – Tab IndexGravity Forms WP PHP ConsoleWP PHP Console vs Custom Admin Footer TextCustom Admin Footer T… Gravity Forms – Tab IndexGravity Forms vs Custom Admin Footer TextCustom Admin Footer T…

How we rank

Popularity first, then a health check you can trust

Plugins are ordered the way WordPress.org ranks them for this category. Next to each one you’ll see its health score, so a popular-but-neglected option never sneaks into your stack.

  • 25 Update freshness
  • 20 Works with the latest WordPress
  • 25 Rating, weighted by review count
  • 15 Support threads resolved
  • 15 Active installs

Popular plugins categories

woocommerce 12Kwidget 5.1Kseo 3.5Kadmin 3Kpost 2.8Kshortcode 2.5KAI 2.3Kposts 2.2Ksecurity 2.1Kcomments 2.1Kecommerce 2Kimages 1.8Kemail 1.8Kimage 1.7Kgoogle 1.6Kanalytics 1.6Kgutenberg 1.5Kelementor 1.5Kfacebook 1.5Ktwitter 1.5Kgallery 1.5Klogin 1.5Ksidebar 1.3Kcontent 1.3Kpayment gateway 1.3Kblock 1.2Kperformance 1.2Ksocial 1.2Kpayment 1.2Kvideo 1.2Kpage 1.2Kmedia 1.1Kwidgets 1.1Kcontact form 1.1Kslider 1.1Ke-commerce 1.1Kspam 1Kchatbot 1Ksearch 996links 979

FAQ

Quick answers

Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.

Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 1, 2026

What is the most popular dev plugin for WordPress?

Taxonomy Thumbnail is the most popular dev plugin with 3K+ active installs and a 5/5 rating on WordPress.org.

How many dev plugins are on WordPress.org?

There are currently 18 plugins tagged “dev” in the official WordPress.org plugin directory.

Are these dev plugins actively maintained?

1 of the top 18 dev plugins were updated in the last 30 days. Check each plugin’s health score for update freshness, WordPress compatibility and support responsiveness.

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