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WP Console – WordPress PHP Console powered by PsySH icon

WP Console – WordPress PHP Console powered by PsySH

An in-browser PHP console for WordPress powered by PsySH

By Edi Amin·Dump·Free
5(20 reviews)
·20K+ active installs·Updated 4 months ago
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As of April 2026, WP Console is a WordPress dump plugin with 20K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 20 reviews. It has been downloaded 1.9M+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.3.12+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2019. Downloads are down 8% this week. Top alternative: Laravel DD for WordPress.

5/520 reviews
20K+active installs
1.9M+total downloads
7 yearssince 2019

Overview

WP Console brings the renowned PsySH directly to your browser. PsySH serves as a runtime developer console, an interactive debugger, and a PHP REPL (Read-Eval-Print Loop).

To utilize WP Console, simply write your code within the code editor, then press Cmd-Enter (mac) or Ctrl-Enter (win/linux) to instantly view the output in your browser.

Moreover, you have the option to employ PsySH alongside wp-cli by executing the command wp shell. Notably, wp-cli comes with inherent compatibility for psysh. All that is required is the activation of WP Console to leverage this feature.

Features

  • Powerful code editor powered by Ace Editor.
  • Real-time autocompletion for PHP core and WordPress functions, complete with placeholders.
  • Introducing _dump as a more versatile alternative to var_dump, leveraging t…
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Ratings & Reviews

520 reviews
5 ★
20
4 ★
0
3 ★
0
2 ★
0
1 ★
0

Recent Reviews

An essential dev tool
by Barrett Golding·4 months ago

WP Console is an essential tool for quickly testing code and getting data about a site’s posts, post meta, and taxonomies. Plus, the author’s attention of bug-fixes is heroic.

Can not think of any WP site without it
by Kapil Paul·2 years ago

Thanks for this awesome plugin. this helps a lot in debugging.

Can not even think of any WP site without it.

Keep up the good work.

Perfect tool for developers.
by Abul hasan Aunshon·2 years ago

Wp console is the perfect tool for developers. Debugging sites, manipulate data on database. Almost like anything a developer can do on local setup.

Excellent!!!
by Andy Navarro·2 years ago

I love this plugin

Top tier plugin
by Radoš·2 years ago

I can’t imagine debugging without WP Console.

Download Trends

Today: 437Yesterday: 518This week: 3KPeriod total: 159K

Compatibility

WordPress5.3.12+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4
PHP7.4+ required

Version Adoption

v2.6
47.7%
v2.5
28.2%
v2.4
19.5%
Other
4.6%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

2.6.0 – November 08, 2025
* Added support for PHP 8.4.

2.5.1 – January 13, 2025
* Prevent HTML rendering in console output.

2.5.0 – November 17, 2024
* Breaking: Dropped support for PHP 5.6. The minimum PHP requirement is now 7.4.
* Refactored the dependency loading process for improved performance and maintainability.
* Fixed namespace compatibility issues for PHP 8.1+.
* Resolved deprecation warnings in recent WordPress ver…

View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Edi AminEdi Amin
Plugin Info
Version
2.6.0
Last Updated
Nov 8, 2025
WP Requires
5.3.12+
Tested Up To
6.9.4
PHP Requires
7.4+
Active Installs
20K+
Downloads
1.9M+
Added
Jun 21, 2019
Business
Free

Tags

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Developer

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Edi Amin
2 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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