Debug Bar Slow Actions
Easily find out which actions and filters are the slowest during a page load.
4.8(15 reviews)
·200 active installs·Updated 8 years agoAs of April 2026, Debug Bar Slow Actions is a WordPress debug plugin with 200 active installations and a 4.8/5 rating from 15 reviews. It has been downloaded 129K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.8+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 8 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: WP Crontrol.
4.8/515 reviews
200active installs
129K+total downloads
12 yearssince 2014
Overview
This plugin lists the top 100 slowest actions and filters during a page request in WordPress. It helps you figure out performance bottlenecks in themes and plugins.
Requires Debug Bar.
Current limitations:
- Does not time nested actions and filters due to a core bug
- Does not time actions and filters before plugins_loaded or muplugins_loaded if placed in mu-plugins
- Does not time actions and callbacks after wp_footer at priority 1000
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Ratings & Reviews
4.815 reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.8+ requiredTested up to 4.9.29 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
0.8.4
- Fix typo in count() usage, props @josephscott
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