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Plugin Detective – Troubleshooting Conflicts

Plugin Detective helps you troubleshoot issues on your site quickly and easily to find the cause of a problem. Once the culprit is found, the problem …

By NSquared·Debug·Free
4(48 reviews)
·5.0K+ active installs·Updated 3 months ago
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As of April 2026, Plugin Detective is a WordPress debug plugin with 5.0K+ active installations and a 4/5 rating from 48 reviews. It has been downloaded 212K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.1+ and PHP 5.3+. Available on WordPress.org since 2018. Download volume is stable this week. Support resolution rate: 0%. Top alternative: WP Crontrol.

4/548 reviews
5.0K+active installs
0%resolved
8 yearssince 2018

Overview

Plugin Detective helps you troubleshoot issues on your site quickly and easily to find the cause of a problem. Once the culprit is found, the problem plugin can be quickly deactivated. You can even fix your site when it has the white screen of death (fatal error). You’ll want to have Plugin Detective installed, so if your site crashes from a conflict or bad plugin update, you can get it back up and running quickly!

Plugin Detective is your best friend when you need to:
– Troubleshoot WordPress plugin conflicts
– Remove stuck .maintenance files
– Recover your site from fatal errors caused by plugins

We’ve all been there–something’s broken on your site. You’ve looked around the web for advice about what to do and have stumbled across the typic…

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Ratings & Reviews

448 reviews
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Recent Reviews

Super handy for WordPress Plugin Conflicts Troubleshooting
by usman738·4 months ago

This plugin makes finding plugin conflicts super easy and quick. I’ve used it several times to troubleshoot issues on client sites, and it worked great every time. It’s a huge time-saver, letting you avoid the hassle of deactivating and checking plugins one by one!

Instantly crashed my site
by accomplishtrain·11 months ago

Critical error. Had to roll back site to uninstall.

  • This topic was modified 11 months, 2 weeks ago by accomplishtrain.
Te facilita muchísimo el trabajo
by Eduardo J. Cabaleiro·1 year ago

Cuando recibes una web con 80 plugins y de pronto resulta que hay un conflicto entre algunos de ellos, este plugin te facilita la vida de una forma enorme. A la caja de herramientas de cabeza. ¡Gracias!

Worthless.
by LB39·1 year ago·1 reply

Installed and activated, and i got a 403 error in NGINX. I was able to resolve the 403, but this led to a new issue, “Error establishing a database connection.” I spoke with a programmer, who said “this is not something we can fix as its the way the plugin is written. The database connection IS working properly, so the plugin is altering the method in some way, which is breaking it.”

Seems that I’m not the only one with this issue. I sure wish Support would respond with a solution.

Dumped me to a 403 page.
by Steve Manes·1 year ago·1 reply

I really wanted this to work but unfortunately it just sent me to an Apache “Forbidden” page.

Maybe it has a conflict with Wordfence or Solid Security.

  • This topic was modified 1 year, 6 months ago by Steve Manes.

Download Trends

Today: 26Yesterday: 43This week: 255Period total: 31K

Compatibility

WordPress6.1+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4
PHP5.3+ required

Version Adoption

v1.2
94.2%
v1.1
5.8%

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Plugin Info
Version
1.2.29
Last Updated
Dec 9, 2025
WP Requires
6.1+
Tested Up To
6.9.4
PHP Requires
5.3+
Active Installs
5.0K+
Downloads
212K+
Added
May 12, 2018
Business
Free

Tags

debugsupportconflictstroubleshootadministration

Developer

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NSquared
4 plugins0.1M+ total installs
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