5 Best Debug Log Viewer Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Debug Log Viewer has 1,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 5 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 5 closest alternatives to Debug Log Viewer
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Debug Log Manager Tool
Closest match5.0 (22) 3,000+ active installsRead, search, and clear WordPress debug logs from wp-admin. Toggle WP_DEBUG and inspect errors without FTP.
Shares the debugging, error log tags on WordPress.org. About 3 times the installs, last updated June 23, 2026.
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4.9 (38) 4,000+ active installsAdds 9 awesome widgets to your WP Dashboard. Includes User Notes, Social Buttons, System Info, Debug/Error Logs, and more!
Shares the debug, log tags on WordPress.org. About 4 times the installs, last updated July 17, 2026.
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Freesoul Deactivate Plugins
Paid version availableFreesoul Deactivate Plugins – Disable plugins on individual WordPress pages
4.8 (104) 8,000+ active installsLoad plugins only where you need them. No bloat, no conflicts, more speed. Deactivate plugins where they don't add anything useful.
Shares the debugging tag on WordPress.org. About 8 times the installs, last updated 13 days ago.
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4.5 (27) 5,000+ active installsThis plugin keeps a log of WordPress user logins. Offers user and date filtering, and export features.
Shares the log tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated 25 days ago.
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5.0 (22) 8,000+ active installsRestores the ability to manually delete Solid Security logs from the database.
Shares the log tag on WordPress.org. About 8 times the installs, no update since October 29, 2024.
Switching from Debug Log Viewer: common questions
What is the best alternative to Debug Log Viewer?
Debug Log Manager Tool is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 3,000+ active installs with a 5.0 out of 5 rating.
Which Debug Log Viewer alternative has the most users?
Freesoul Deactivate Plugins, with 8,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Debug Log Viewer alternative is rated highest?
Freesoul Deactivate Plugins, rated 4.8 out of 5 by 104 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Debug Log Viewer alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Debug Log Viewer score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Debug Log Viewer on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Debug Log Manager Tool is the closest match to Debug Log Viewer by the data we track, and Freesoul Deactivate Plugins has the widest reach with 8,000+ active installs. Freesoul Deactivate Plugins shipped the most recent release, on August 25, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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