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Code Profiler

Code Profiler – WordPress Performance Profiling and Debugging Made Easy

by bruandet · WordPress.org page · Website

v1.9.5 Tested up to WP 7.1 PHP 7.1+

Code Profiler has 8,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 249,341 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on August 16, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Code Profiler at a glance

Active installs
8,000+
Total downloads
249,341
Downloads, last 30 days
–
available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
–
tracking since September 4, 2026

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, the current release is 7.1
One-star reviews
14%
5 of 35 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

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

All reviews
4.3 out of 5

35 reviews

5★
28
4★
0
3★
0
2★
2
1★
5

  • 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

  • Unreliable Data

    Useless - presents unreliable data which leads to false positives, huge problem with measuring plugins using composer, gives completely wrong impression of what is really going on - total waste of time.

    eugenend

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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
1.9.5
Last updated
Aug 16, 2026
First published
Dec 8, 2021
Requires WordPress
5.0
Tested up to
7.1
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 September 7, 2026.

Is Code Profiler still maintained?

Yes. The last release was on August 16, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Is Code Profiler free?

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