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Code Profiler – WordPress Performance Profiling and Debugging Made Easy

By bruandet

Performance & Optimization / Performance Monitoring

Code Profiler – WordPress Performance Profiling and Debugging Made Easy Review - In-Depth Analysis

A profiler to measure the performance of your WordPress plugins and themes. It helps identify potential issues at the PHP level.

Performance Overview

WPS Score

6.8/10

User Rating

4.3/5 (based on 35+ reviews)

Active Installations

8,000+

Update Frequency

Average It is calculated using the weighted average of same category plugins.

Security Score

1 / 10 (Very Low Risk) It is calculated using the weighted average of all versions.

What It Does

Code Profiler helps you to measure the performance of your plugins and themes at the PHP level and to quickly find any potential problem in your WordPress installation.

You can profile the frontend and backend of WordPress, as well as cron events, a custom URL, send a POST payload, custom cookies, and HTTP headers to profile a contact form, a checkout process, or an AJAX action among many other possibilities.

It generates an extremely detailed and easy to read analysis in the form of charts and tables that shows not only which plugin or theme, but also which PHP script, class, method, and function is slowing down your website. It displays many useful additional information such as database queries, file I/O operations, and disk I/O usage as well.

It makes it very simple to locate any bottleneck problem in your themes or plugins in order to solve it and speed up your website. Install, activate it and you can start profiling your site right away.

Comparing to Alternatives

Code Profiler stands out in the WordPress performance profiling space by offering detailed insights into plugin and theme load times. While alternatives exist, this plugin focuses on ease of use and visual clarity.

Top alternatives

Code Profiler – WordPress Performance Profiling and Debugging Made Easy

Strengths

Provides clear visualization of plugin and theme load times
Helps identify problematic plugins effectively
Reduces time needed to analyze slow site performance
Well-coded and user-friendly interface

Weaknesses

Free version offers limited functionality
Data accuracy issues reported by some users
Challenges with profiling plugins using composer
Pro version required for detailed profiling features

User Sentiment Analysis

User feedback highlights both the plugin's usefulness and its limitations, with a mix of praise for its capabilities and criticism regarding data reliability and free version restrictions.

Positive highlights

"Excellent plugin thank you ! 🙂" - Quentin Le Duff
"Helps identify problematic plugins effectively." - Patryk Kozioł
"Very good visualization of load times." - lacoste89
"Very nice plugin and coded well!" - minimamente

Common complaints

Free version lacks essential features
Data can be unreliable leading to false positives
Issues measuring plugins using composer
Pro version needed for detailed insights

Weaknesses

Unreliable data presentation
Limited free version functionality
Inaccurate profiling for some setups

Who Should Use This?

Best for

Developers and site administrators looking for an easy-to-use tool to profile WordPress plugin and theme performance, especially those willing to invest in the pro version for detailed insights.

Not ideal for

Users seeking a fully functional free plugin or those requiring highly accurate profiling without potential data inconsistencies may find this plugin less suitable.

Pricing & Value

Free version includes

The free version provides basic profiling and visualization of plugin and theme load times but lacks detailed per-script analysis.

Pro version

Offers detailed profiling per PHP script file and advanced performance insights not available in the free version.

Final Verdict

Code Profiler is a valuable tool for WordPress users needing to identify performance bottlenecks, with strong visualization features and ease of use.

However, the free version is limited, and some users report data reliability issues, making the pro version necessary for comprehensive and accurate profiling.

Other Notable Features

Here are a few other notable features of this free Code Profiler – WordPress Performance Profiling and Debugging Made Easy plugin.

performance profiling

debugging

wordpress performance

Screenshots

FAQ

They are completely different: Code Profiler analyzes the code performance of your plugins and themes on your server, at the PHP level. Google PageSpeed and GTmetrix, instead, analyze the content of a web page from a browser’s perspective.

Contributors and developers

“Code Profiler – WordPress Performance Profiling and Debugging Made Easy” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.