Adds some small development tools to the admin bar.
As of April 2026, Admin Bar Tools is a WordPress debug plugin with 400 active installations and a 4.8/5 rating from 8 reviews. It has been downloaded 15K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.7+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Last updated 5 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: WP Crontrol.
The plugin adds a new tab in your admin bar with simple but useful indications and tools.
WP_MEMORY_LIMIT and WP_MAX_MEMORY_LIMIT).WP_DEBUG, SCRIPT_DEBUG, WP_DEBUG_LOG, WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY, and error reporting values.In your site front-end:
get_template_part()). Compatible with WooCommerce’s templates.$wp_query: this will open a lightbox displaying the content of $wp_query. Click the lightbox title to reload the value, click outside the lightbox to close it.In your site administration:
| WordPress | 4.7+ requiredTested up to 5.6.0 |
| PHP | 5.6+ required |
get_template_part() (new in WP 5.5), a “P” will appear at the right of the row: hovering this “P” will display these arguments.WP_MAX_MEMORY_LIMIT, SCRIPT_DEBUG, WP_DEBUG_LOG, and WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY. Also the WordPress’ version.…and 5 more changes
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