Plugin Detective
Plugin Detective – Troubleshooting Conflicts
by NSquared · WordPress.org page · Website
Plugin Detective has 5,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 231,840 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 14, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.0.4.
Plugin Detective at a glance
Is Plugin Detective well maintained?
Features
The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.
- Strategically activate and deactivate plugins on your site to help you find the plugin causing trouble
- Open Plugin Detective for troubleshooting on any page on your site – both in the backend and the frontend!
- Choose any subset of your active plugins as the baseline for your testing
Plugin Detective reviews and ratings
49 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.
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This makes troubleshooting fun!
I LOVE Plugin Detective! It makes troubleshooting your plugin conflicts so much fun! I teach it to all my WordPress students
christinahills -
Super handy for WordPress Plugin Conflicts Troubleshooting
This plugin makes finding plugin conflicts super easy and quick. I've used it several times to troubleshoot issues on client sites, and it worked great every time. It’s a huge time-saver, letting you avoid the hassle of deactivating and checking plugins one by one!
usman738 -
Instantly crashed my site
Critical error. Had to roll back site to uninstall.
accomplishtrain -
Te facilita muchísimo el trabajo
Cuando recibes una web con 80 plugins y de pronto resulta que hay un conflicto entre algunos de ellos, este plugin te facilita la vida de una forma enorme. A la caja de herramientas de cabeza. ¡Gracias!
Eduardo J. Cabaleiro -
Worthless.
Installed and activated, and i got a 403 error in NGINX. I was able to resolve the 403, but this led to a new issue, “Error establishing a database connection.” I spoke with a programmer, who said "this is not something we can fix as its the way the plugin is written. The database connection IS working properly, so the plugin is altering the method in some way, which is breaking it." Seems that I'm not the only one with this issue. I sure wish Support would respond with a solution.
LB39 -
Dumped me to a 403 page.
I really wanted this to work but unfortunately it just sent me to an Apache "Forbidden" page. Maybe it has a conflict with Wordfence or Solid Security.
Steve Manes
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Details
Quickly find and fix WordPress plugin conflicts, recover from fatal errors, and clear stuck maintenance mode without any coding.
The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.
Tags
- conflicts
- debug
- performance
- site health
- troubleshoot
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- Version
- 1.2.33
- Last updated
- Aug 14, 2026
- First published
- May 12, 2018
- Requires WordPress
- 6.1
- Tested up to
- 7.0.4
- Requires PHP
- 5.3
- Pricing
- Free on WordPress.org
Plugin Detective FAQ
What does Plugin Detective do?
According to its WordPress.org readme, Plugin Detective offers Strategically activate and deactivate plugins on your site to help you find the plugin causing trouble, Open Plugin Detective for troubleshooting on any page on your site – both in the backend and the frontend! and Choose any subset of your active plugins as the baseline for your testing.
How many active installs does Plugin Detective have?
WordPress.org reports 5,000+ active installs for Plugin Detective as of September 7, 2026.
Is Plugin Detective still maintained?
Yes. The last release was on August 14, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.0.4.
Is Plugin Detective free?
Plugin Detective is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.