As of April 2026, PHPGuard Lite is a WordPress WSOD plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 161 times in total. Requires WordPress 5.5+ and PHP 7.2+. Available on WordPress.org since 2026. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Top alternative: WP Geeky Troubleshooter – Troubleshoot….
PHPGuard Lite helps prevent white screens and fatal errors by allowing you to scan WordPress plugins and PHP code for syntax issues before they are activated or used.
It provides three main tools:
All scans run locally on your server. No code is executed. No data leaves your site.
The plugin uses a safe, non-executing PHP parser to detect parse errors and fatal syntax issues that would otherwise crash WordPress when a plugin or snippet is loaded.
PHPGuard Lite is fully self-contained.
All scanning is done locally on your…
| WordPress | 5.5+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.2+ required |
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