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Code Profiler

Code Profiler – WordPress Performance Profiling and Debugging Made Easy

by bruandet · WordPress.org page · Website

v1.9.6 Tested up to WP 7.1.3 PHP 7.1+

Code Profiler has 8,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 260,829 downloads all time. It was downloaded 9,965 times in the last 30 days. The last update was on September 23, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.1.3.

Code Profiler at a glance

Active installs
8,000+
Total downloads
260,829
Downloads, last 30 days
9,965
30-day growth
–
downloads vs the previous 30 days

Is Code Profiler well maintained?

Support threads resolved
No open threads
nothing waiting on the WordPress.org forum
WordPress compatibility
Current
tested up to WordPress 7.1.3, the current release is 7.1.3
One-star reviews
14%
5 of 36 reviews on WordPress.org

Features

The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.

  • Plugins & themes performance profiling
  • [Pro] Scripts performance profiling
  • [Pro] Methods & functions performance profiling
  • [Pro] Database queries performance
  • [Pro] Remote connections monitoring
  • [Pro] File I/O operations monitoring
  • File I/O statistics
  • Disk I/O monitoring
  • WP-CLI integration
  • Export charts in PNG image format
  • GET/POST methods, custom cookies and HTTP headers
  • [Pro] Export all tables and charts in CSV file format

Code Profiler reviews and ratings

36 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.

All reviews
4.3 out of 5

36 reviews

5★
29
4★
0
3★
0
2★
2
1★
5

  • If your testing your website page speed, you need this plugin

    This plugin is amazing. I think I've needed this plugin for year, but I only recently discovered at the begining of the year (2026). We've spent a lot of time using Google's pagespeed / Lighthouse but it only shows the external review with vague issues diagnosis. I was often told to use WP Query monitor too, whicih is good, but only measure database calls.Code Profiler has been amazing in that we can see the real resource hogs in our plugins. No suprise it's the page builder, but it means we can start restructuring our toolchain to avoid the more heavy plugins. Thank you Code Profiler, from one developer to another!

    Kudos

  • Waste of time (free version)

    Pretty much zero functionality in the free version and $90/year is too steep for my personal websites.

    tomohio

  • So good

    Excellent plugin thank you ! :)

    Quentin Le Duff (--Q--)

  • Free version is indeed useless

    Only the pro version has detailed profiling per PHP script file, so this functionality exists, but you can't be bothered to at least show the correct per plugin timings in the free version – but instead say "well, some of your plugins use composer, so this means nothing, good luck".

    ypro

  • Very nice plugin and coded well!

    Thanks for your work!

    minimamente

  • Waste of time - free version is useless

    The graph which actually shows the info that you need is only available on the Pro version. Waste of time.

    jen000

Download and install history

11,616 downloads over the last 48 days. Snapshots taken daily from WordPress.org.

Downloads per day
Code Profiler downloads per day01.3k2.5k3.8k5kSep 5Sep 28Oct 22Downloads per day
Active installs
Code Profiler active installs02.5k5k7.5k10kSep 5Sep 28Oct 22Active installs
Rating out of 5
Code Profiler rating01.32.53.85Sep 5Sep 28Oct 22Rating out of 5
Reviews
Code Profiler review count012.52537.550Sep 5Sep 28Oct 22Reviews

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Details

A profiler to measure the performance of your WordPress plugins and themes.

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Tags

  • benchmark
  • debug
  • Optimize
  • performance
  • profiler

More from bruandet

Version
1.9.6
Last updated
Sep 23, 2026
First published
Dec 8, 2021
Requires WordPress
5.0
Tested up to
7.1.3
Requires PHP
7.1
Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Code Profiler FAQ

What does Code Profiler do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, Code Profiler offers Plugins & themes performance profiling, [Pro] Scripts performance profiling, [Pro] Methods & functions performance profiling, [Pro] Database queries performance and [Pro] Remote connections monitoring.

How many active installs does Code Profiler have?

WordPress.org reports 8,000+ active installs for Code Profiler as of October 22, 2026.

Is Code Profiler still maintained?

Yes. The last release was on September 23, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.3.

Is Code Profiler free?

Code Profiler is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.