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WP Console – WordPress PHP Console powered by PsySH
A handy little shell for developers who hate leaving the dashboard.
Declining
61/100
This niche developer tool provides useful debugging capabilities despite a somewhat hollow review profile.
Active installs
~25,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 20k+
Rating
5.0★
21 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-65%
Declining fast
560 → 197 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MAJORnear-100% 5★ in bursty pattern
- MINORdownloads down 65% vs a year ago
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Declining fast · -65% in the last year
560/day a year ago→197/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayWP Console is a well-regarded developer utility for running PHP code directly within WordPress, with users finding it genuinely useful for debugging and testing, though a text-disappearing bug has been noted in the latest version.
What people like
- +Useful for quickly testing, validating, and debugging PHP code within WordPress×4
- +Works reliably for executing and seeing code output, where other tools fall short
Common complaints
- −Text disappears in the latest version
Review trustMostly organic
- 5.00★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 5.00★
- 10%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- 100%5★ concentration — near-perfect across only 21 reviews — not yet a proven track record
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 21 total
Latest reviews · 21 analyzed
- 2026-04-13★★★★★A Must-Have Tool for Everyday WordPress DevelopmentAsaduzzaman Nur
- 2025-11-08★★★★★An essential dev toolBarrett Golding
- 2023-11-27★★★★★Can not think of any WP site without itKapil Paul
- 2023-11-16★★★★★Perfect tool for developers.Abul hasan Aunshon
- 2023-10-18★★★★★Excellent!!!Andy Navarro
- 2023-09-28★★★★★Top tier pluginRadoš
- 2023-08-22★★★★★Great!maven1129
- 2023-08-18★★★★★Useful toolmikatamni
- 2023-06-22★★★★★Essential Tool for DevsNasirNobin
- 2023-04-18★★★★★Must use for every developerWPBrewer
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
233
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
204
Prior 7-day baseline
184
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
361
Mean release-day peak (30d)
196
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+14.2%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
22%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.97
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
100%
5★ share in analyzed sample
10%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
5.00 → 5.00★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered