10 Best Easy PHP Settings Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Easy PHP Settings has 1,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 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 10 closest alternatives to Easy PHP Settings
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WP Debugging
Closest match5.0 (21) 10,000+ active installsA support/troubleshooting plugin for WordPress.
Shares the debug, wp-config tags on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 25 days ago.
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Plugin Detective – Troubleshooting Conflicts
4.0 (49) 5,000+ active installsQuickly find and fix WordPress plugin conflicts, recover from fatal errors, and clear stuck maintenance mode without any coding.
Shares the debug, performance tags on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated 24 days ago.
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Code Profiler – WordPress Performance Profiling and Debugging Made Easy
4.3 (35) 8,000+ active installsA profiler to measure the performance of your WordPress plugins and themes.
Shares the debug, performance tags on WordPress.org. About 8 times the installs, last updated 22 days ago.
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4.9 (469) 200,000+ active installsQuery Monitor is the developer tools panel for WordPress and WooCommerce.
Shares the debug, performance tags on WordPress.org. About 200 times the installs, last updated June 20, 2026.
- 5
5.0 (26) 1,000+ active installsMaking sense of the rewrite mess. Display and play with your rewrite rules.
Shares the debug tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since May 12, 2011.
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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 tag on WordPress.org. About 4 times the installs, last updated July 17, 2026.
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Debug Log Manager – Conveniently Monitor and Inspect Errors
5.0 (25) 10,000+ active installsLog PHP, database and JavaScript errors via WP_DEBUG with one click. Conveniently create, view, filter and clear the debug.log file.
Shares the debug tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated June 26, 2026.
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AF Companion – Starter Sites, Speed Booster & Growth Suite for Professional Publishing
4.9 (34) 10,000+ active installsOne-Click Starter Sites, Performance Optimization, and Publisher Growth Tools
Shares the performance tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 11 days ago.
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5.0 (50) 10,000+ active installsA fast persistent object cache backend for the rest of us, powered by SQLite and accelerated by APCu
Shares the performance tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 20 days ago.
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5.0 (22) 10,000+ active installsAdds smooth transitions between navigations to your WordPress site.
Shares the performance tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 12 days ago.
Switching from Easy PHP Settings: common questions
What is the best alternative to Easy PHP Settings?
WP Debugging is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 10,000+ active installs with a 5.0 out of 5 rating.
Which Easy PHP Settings alternative has the most users?
Query Monitor, with 200,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Easy PHP Settings alternative is rated highest?
SQLite Object Cache, rated 5.0 out of 5 by 50 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Easy PHP Settings 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 Easy PHP Settings 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 Easy PHP Settings 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
WP Debugging is the closest match to Easy PHP Settings by the data we track, and Query Monitor has the widest reach with 200,000+ active installs. AF Companion shipped the most recent release, on August 27, 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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