{"id":34500,"date":"2021-05-17T10:00:23","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T02:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/blog\/?p=34500"},"modified":"2022-09-22T18:28:44","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T10:28:44","slug":"best-wordpress-plugins-for-developers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/blog\/tips-sharing\/best-wordpress-plugins-for-developers","title":{"rendered":"Best WordPress Plugins for Developers"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"34500\" class=\"elementor elementor-34500\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-33ca7a1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"33ca7a1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6007ba8\" data-id=\"6007ba8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19010c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"19010c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There may be hundreds of different plugins that can help improve your life as a WordPress developer. Plugin can improve the quality of the website you build or help simplify certain parts of the development process.<\/p><p>If you do not want to waste time comparing through hundreds of plugins, please continue reading. Here are the ten of the best WordPress plugins available to developers today:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8628c13 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8628c13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1. WP Reset\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4d5379 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f4d5379\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"301\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/wp-reset.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-34505\" alt=\"wp reset\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/wp-reset.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/wp-reset-300x176.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0ac9bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b0ac9bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>WP Reset will help you reset the WordPress database, so you can start from scratch. The plug-in makes it easy to reset the database and start over. However, there are some other features that make it more useful for WordPress developers. As an example, once you run the plugin, it will delete all the customizations, posts, pages, and database files you have made. However, it will keep your media files intact.<\/p><p>You can even choose to keep some parts of the website while restoring other parts to their default settings.<\/p><p>Here are some other features provided by this WordPress plugin:<\/p><p>&#8211;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 You can reset the site to a clean installation in a few seconds<\/p><p>&#8211;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 It supports WP-CLI, so you can use the command line<\/p><p>&#8211;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 It has built-in tools to test and debug what aspects of the website are not working properly.<\/p><p>&#8211;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 You can automatically return your previous plugin and themes settings once the restore is complete<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-045ad2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"045ad2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2. Query Monitor\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aef35e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"aef35e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"256\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/query-monitor.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-34504\" alt=\"debugging wordpress with query monitor\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/query-monitor.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/query-monitor-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-310dd30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"310dd30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Querying the monitor helps simplify the debugging process. Trying to do the debugging process by yourself can be very time consuming. Fortunately, the query monitor plugin can help greatly speed up the process. This WordPress plugin is equipped with several different tools and can find the following problems:<\/p><p>&#8211;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 PHP errors<\/p><p>&#8211;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Issues with database queries<\/p><p>&#8211;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Stylesheet conflicts<\/p><p>&#8211;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Hooks and actions problems<\/p><p>&#8211;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 REST API calls<\/p><p>&#8211;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 User compatibility checks<\/p><p>After running the plug-in, it will provide you with a report of all existing website problems, and then you can solve each problem. The report generated by the plug-in is very easy to read and is actionable. You will be able to immediately see which plugins, themes or code issues are breaking or slowing down your WordPress site.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc0f045 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cc0f045\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3. Health Check and Troubleshooting\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d90152c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d90152c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"838\" height=\"321\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/health-check-and-troubleshooting.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-34502\" alt=\"health check and troubleshooting plugin\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/health-check-and-troubleshooting.png 838w, https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/health-check-and-troubleshooting-300x115.png 300w, https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/health-check-and-troubleshooting-768x294.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 838px) 100vw, 838px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b81d057 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b81d057\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Health Check is another useful troubleshooting plugin for WordPress developers. This will help pinpoint any configuration issues, PHP code or MySQL database issues. It provides you with a report on the overall health of your WordPress website.<\/p><p>The WordPress support team even uses this plugin to help diagnose and fix any issues. So you know it can be trusted! Some unique features include:<\/p><p>&#8211; Debug section to collect information about WordPress configuration and your server setup<\/p><p>&#8211; Troubleshoot your site from a clean WordPress slate<\/p><p>&#8211; A tools section that will analyze WordPress files, plugin compatibility and email functionality<\/p><p>Health Check has a very intuitive dashboard. Therefore, it is very easy to use and will help speed up the debugging and troubleshooting process. The reports generated by this plugin are color-coded, so you can see which issues are the most pressing and which can be resolved later.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee3351a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ee3351a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">4. Regenerate Thumbnails\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33b7799 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"33b7799\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"337\" height=\"149\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/regenerate-thumbnails.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-34503\" alt=\"regenerate thumbnail wordpress plugin\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/regenerate-thumbnails.jpg 337w, https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/regenerate-thumbnails-300x133.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 337px) 100vw, 337px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9549186 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9549186\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Whenever you make changes to your WordPress site, the image size is often confusing. No matter how much you refresh the site, the image will remain the same.<\/p><p>A good way to solve this problem is to use the &#8220;regenerate thumbnail&#8221; plugin. With just one click, this plugin can regenerate every thumbnail on your website. This will ensure that all images are aligned with the new image size you set. This plugin can&#8217;t do many other things, but it can save a lot of time for developers and can effectively complete the work.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc5fe5c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cc5fe5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">5. Advanced Custom Fields\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ccedb3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8ccedb3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"880\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/advanced-custom-fields.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-34501\" alt=\"ACF- Advanced Custom Fields\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/advanced-custom-fields.png 880w, https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/advanced-custom-fields-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/advanced-custom-fields-768x506.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb1c5a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cb1c5a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Advanced custom fields allow you to take full advantage of the custom fields section of WordPress. This is a very popular plugin with more than one million downloads. This is the area of \u200b\u200bthe post or page editing screen that allows you to create custom features that only apply to the page you are currently editing. With this WordPress plugin, you can add custom fields in just a few clicks. It has the following features:<\/p><p>&#8211;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 30 different custom fields to choose from<\/p><p>&#8211;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Extensive documentation and support<\/p><p>&#8211;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Simple and intuitive to use<\/p><p>There is also an advanced version of this plugin, which provides you with more custom fields for you to choose from and provides more features. 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