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WP Developer Assistant

A plugin by a WordPress developer for WordPress developers.

By Chris Jean·Debug·Free
5(1 reviews)
·30 active installs·Updated 17 years ago
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As of April 2026, WP Developer Assistant is a WordPress debug plugin with 30 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 9.5K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.2+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2008. Last updated 17 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: WP Crontrol.

5/51 reviews
30active installs
9.5K+total downloads
18 yearssince 2008

Overview

WP Developer Assistant is a WordPress plugin developed by a WordPress developer for WordPress developers.

  • Have you ever needed to run a query when you didn’t have access to phpMyAdmin or SSH?
  • Don’t you hate it when you need to upload a plugin, theme, or other file and don’t have FTP access?
  • Have you ever wondered where that action or filter hook gets called?
  • Want to enable errors while hiding them from everyone else?
  • Wouldn’t it be great if you could output a full listing of PHP global variable values on each page so debugging would be easier?
  • Ever wanted to modify one of those serialized options?
  • Would you like to quickly see a full list of defined constants?

It’s thoughts like these that caused me to make this plugin. WP Developer Assistant is the first W…

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Ratings & Reviews

51 reviews
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Compatibility

WordPress2.2+ requiredTested up to 2.5.1
PHPfalse+ required

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Contributors

Chris JeanChris Jean
Plugin Info
Version
1.0.3
Last Updated
Jul 2, 2008
WP Requires
2.2+
Tested Up To
2.5.1
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
30
Downloads
9.5K+
Added
Jun 27, 2008
Business
Free

Tags

debugdeveloperdevelopment

Developer

C
Chris Jean
4 plugins0.1M+ total installs
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