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Better Plugins Plugin

This plugin makes your life easier by providing tools for filtering, comparing, and reporting plugins.

By Russell Heimlich·Admin·Free
5(2 reviews)
·10 active installs·Updated 10 years ago
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As of April 2026, Better Plugins Plugin is a WordPress admin plugin with 10 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 3.2K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Last updated 10 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Loginizer.

5/52 reviews
10active installs
3.2K+total downloads
11 yearssince 2015

Overview

Quickly Find the Plugin You’re Looking For on the Plugins Screen

When you have dozens of plugins it can be a pain to find the specific one you’re looking for in a long list. Now you can just start typing and the list of plugins will be filtered showing only the plugin names that match your search.

Compare the Active Plugins Between Two Sites

Have you ever wanted to compare which plugins are active between two sites? It used to take a lot of brain power. Now after installing this plugin on both sites simply copy and paste a line of text to see hwich plugins need to be activated to make the two sites match.

If you’re on a multisite network just select the name of the site you want to compare from the drop down.

See Which Plugins Are Active on Each Site in a Multisite Netw…

Read full description on WordPress.org

Screenshots

Ratings & Reviews

52 reviews
5 ★
2
4 ★
0
3 ★
0
2 ★
0
1 ★
0

Compatibility

WordPress3.0.1+ requiredTested up to 4.3.34
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.0

  • Updated the readme.txt file
  • Added plugin images and screenshots
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Russell HeimlichRussell Heimlich
Plugin Info
Version
1.0.1
Last Updated
Sep 5, 2015
WP Requires
3.0.1+
Tested Up To
4.3.34
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
10
Downloads
3.2K+
Added
Sep 2, 2015
Business
Free

Tags

admintoolspluginsfilteringmanagement

Developer

R
Russell Heimlich
1 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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