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Variable Inspector

Inspect PHP variables on a central dashboard in wp-admin for convenient debugging.

By Bowo·Debug·Free
5(5 reviews)
·100 active installs·Updated 2 months ago
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As of April 2026, Variable Inspector is a WordPress debug plugin with 100 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 5 reviews. It has been downloaded 73K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.8+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2022. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Top alternative: WP Crontrol.

5/55 reviews
100active installs
73K+total downloads
4 yearssince 2022

Overview

Variable Inspector allows you to easily inspect your PHP $variables in a visually clean manner at a central dashboard in wp-admin. It aims to be an easy and useful enough dev and debug tool.

It provides a single-line code to inspect your variable (see “How to Use” below). Nothing is shown to site visitors nor being output on the frontend, and the $variable content is nicely formatted for review using var_dump(), var_export() and print_r() on the inspector dashboard in wp-admin.

It’s a real time-saver for scenarios where Xdebug or even something like Ray is not ideal or simply an overkill. For example, when coding on a non-local environment via tools like Code Snippets, WPCodeBox, Scripts Organizer or Advanced Scripts. Additionally, because it is a regular WordPress plugi…

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Ratings & Reviews

55 reviews
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Compatibility

WordPress4.8+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4
PHP5.6+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

Sponsor Variable Inspector

If this plugin has been useful for your personal project(s), paid dev work, client site(s) and or agency’s workflow, please kindly consider sponsoring from as little as USD 1 (monthly or one-time). You can also choose to upgrade to th…

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Contributors

BowoBowo
Plugin Info
Version
2.6.3
Last Updated
Jan 16, 2026
WP Requires
4.8+
Tested Up To
6.9.4
PHP Requires
5.6+
Active Installs
100
Downloads
73K+
Added
Apr 13, 2022
Business
Free

Tags

debugdeveloperphp variablesvariable dump

Developer

B
Bowo
7 plugins0.2M+ total installs
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