Developer Debug Tools 3.0.0.9

Does Developer Debug Tools work with WordPress 6.9 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
5PHP deprecation warnings
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 563.29 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: insignificant.
The plugin didn't make the site noticeably slower.

Environment
WordPress version6.9
PHP version8.1.12
MySQL version10.6.10
PHP memory limit512M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 100+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/dev-debug-tools/
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Pages 7

Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?plugin_status=all&paged=1&s
Requested URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=dev-debug-tools%2Fdev-debug-tools.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=7bac3b99bd
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.585 s
Memory usage 4.5 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Developer Debug Tools

Page screenshot: Developer Debug Tools
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=dev-debug-welcome
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=dev-debug-dashboard
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.528 s
Memory usage 4.29 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Developer Debug Tools → Tools

Page screenshot: Developer Debug Tools → Tools
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=dev-debug-welcome
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=dev-debug-tools
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.376 s
Memory usage 4.26 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Developer Debug Tools → Resources

Page screenshot: Developer Debug Tools → Resources
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=dev-debug-welcome
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=dev-debug-resources
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.392 s
Memory usage 4.26 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Developer Debug Tools → Settings

Page screenshot: Developer Debug Tools → Settings
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=dev-debug-welcome
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=dev-debug-settings
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.471 s
Memory usage 4.26 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Developer Debug Tools → Changelog

Page screenshot: Developer Debug Tools → Changelog
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=dev-debug-welcome
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=dev-debug-changelog
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.378 s
Memory usage 4.26 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

Page screenshot: Test site – Just another WordPress site
URL /
Aspect front-page
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.312 s
Memory usage 4.31 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.519 s0.491 s-0.028 s3.77 MiB4.43 MiB+ 668.42 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.375 s0.338 s-0.037 s3.78 MiB4.42 MiB+ 650.9 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.864 s0.879 s+0.015 s6.3 MiB6.91 MiB+ 617.32 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.673 s0.542 s-0.131 s3.74 MiB4.31 MiB+ 586.03 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.347 s0.489 s+0.142 s3.71 MiB4.26 MiB+ 563.33 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.515 s0.394 s-0.121 s3.7 MiB4.25 MiB+ 563.12 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.432 s0.344 s-0.088 s3.71 MiB4.28 MiB+ 576.95 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.703 s0.722 s+0.019 s6.29 MiB6.89 MiB+ 615.88 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.328 s0.423 s+0.095 s3.71 MiB4.26 MiB+ 558.05 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.340 s0.515 s+0.175 s3.73 MiB4.3 MiB+ 578.45 KiB
/0.270 s0.267 s-0.003 s4.1 MiB4.31 MiB+ 217.69 KiB
Average 0.488 s0.491 s+0.003 s4.23 MiB4.78 MiB+ 563.29 KiB

Code Statistics

Note: Third-party libraries and minified JS/CSS files are excluded from these statistics where possible, so the numbers you see here may be lower than those reported by other tools.

PHP
JavaScript
CSS
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PHP70.6%18,9375,16284
JavaScript17.9%4,80471836
CSS11.4%3,0699138
Total 26,810 5,971 158

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 16,551
Total complexity 3,449
Median class complexity 31.0
Median method complexity 3.0
Most complex class Apos37\DevDebugTools\Metadata
Most complex function Apos37\DevDebugTools\Logs::render_easy_error_log()
Classes 48
Methods 630
Functions 24

Additions

Things that the plugin adds to the site. This section is not intended to be comprehensive. The test tool only looks for a few specific types of added content.

Options wp_options 3

User Metadata wp_usermeta 1

PHP Error Log 5 lines

[22-Dec-2025 19:50:40 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  strip_tags(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /wp-admin/admin-header.php on line 41
[22-Dec-2025 19:50:41 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  strip_tags(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /wp-admin/admin-header.php on line 41
[22-Dec-2025 19:50:42 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  strip_tags(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /wp-admin/admin-header.php on line 41
[22-Dec-2025 19:50:44 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  strip_tags(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /wp-admin/admin-header.php on line 41
[22-Dec-2025 19:50:45 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  strip_tags(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /wp-admin/admin-header.php on line 41
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Developer Debug Tools Admin Menus