An implementation of PHP Console as a WordPress plugin. Use Chrome Dev Tools to debug your WordPress installation!
As of April 2026, WP PHP Console is a WordPress bug plugin with 600 active installations and a 4.7/5 rating from 19 reviews. It has been downloaded 58K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.6.0+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Last updated 5 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Bug Library.
PHP Console allows you to handle PHP errors & exceptions, dump variables, execute PHP code remotely and many other things using Google Chrome extension PHP Console and PHP Console server library.
This implementation of PHP Console is a handy tool to make it easier to test on the fly any WordPress specific function or class (including those introduced by your active theme and plugins!) from a terminal and inspect results, catch errors and warnings with complete call stack trace straight from the Chrome JavaScript console. In other words, besides debugging, you can execute PHP or WordPress-specific PHP code straight from the terminal and print PHP variables in Chrome Dev Tools JavaScript console along with your normal JavaScript debugging and testing. Keep everything in one place, wit…
| WordPress | 3.6.0+ requiredTested up to 5.5.18 |
| PHP | 5.6+ required |
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