Plugin Detective – Troubleshooting Conflicts for WordPress Plugin Directory
By NSquared
Plugin Detective – Troubleshooting Conflicts is a WordPress app, with a 4.0 average rating from 48 reviews, as of July 8, 2026.
Plugin Detective – Troubleshooting Conflicts is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by NSquared. With a rating of 4.0★ from 48 reviews.
AppRanks data: Plugin Detective – Troubleshooting Conflicts ranks #0 in Administration on WordPress Plugin Directory, placing it in the top 1% of that category.
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Plugin Detective – Troubleshooting Conflicts is a well-rated WordPress app with a limited review volume. It is listed in the Support category on WordPress Plugin Directory, which AppRanks treats as the canonical taxonomy node for ranking and competitor comparison. 48 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +Published by NSquared — established developer track record
Cons
- −Limited review base (48) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How Plugin Detective – Troubleshooting Conflicts works
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Plugin Detective helps you troubleshoot issues on your site quickly and easily to find the cause of a problem. Once the culprit is found, the problem plugin can be quickly deactivated. You can even fix your site when it has the white screen of death (fatal error). You’ll want to have Plugin Detective installed, so if your site crashes from a conflict or bad plugin update, you can get it back up and running quickly!
Plugin Detective is your best friend when you need to:
– Troubleshoot WordPress plugin conflicts
– Remove stuck .maintenance files
– Recover your site from fatal errors caused by plugins
We’ve all been there–something’s broken on your site. You’ve looked around the web for advice about what to do and have stumbled across the typical wisdom: deactivate all your plugins and then reactivate them one by one, checking your site for the problem after each reactivation.
Ugh.
Sure, it works. But who has time for that?
Find Plugin Conflicts with Detective Otto Bot Detective Otto Bot walks you through solving your case one step at a time, all from one single screen.
Open a case and tell Detective Otto where you’re seeing the problem. If your site requires any plugins to run correctly, tell Otto about those, too.
Then, Otto will interrogate the suspects and track clues, checking in with you from time to time.
All you need to do is answer “Yes, it’s fixed” or “No, it’s still broken” each time. Otto will do the rest and find the culprit in minutes.
Best of all – Plugin Detective can work even if you’re seeing the White Screen of Death on your site or if all you can see are PHP errors. Please have a look at the FAQ’s for how to access Plugin Detective and log into WordPress even if you can’t get to your login screen.
Once Otto has identified the culprit, you can quickly deactivate the troublesome plugin and go about your day.
Remove Stuck .Maintenance File or Scheduled Maintenance Have you gotten stuck in maintenance mode on WordPress? The dreaded “Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance. Check back in a minute” message haunts you; the minute never ends!
With Plugin Detective installed you can quickly get out of these situations without the hassle of deleting files via your host or FTP. Just tack on this slug to the end of your website URL:
/wp-content/plugins/plugin-detective/troubleshoot/?restore=1
So that your URL looks like this:
https://yoursite.com/wp-content/plugins/plugin-detective/troubleshoot/?restore=1
This will prompt you to log in and automatically remove that stuck maintenance file for you.
Who Can Use This Troubleshooting Tool? Plugin Detective is a tool that requires no coding experience or technical knowledge to use. For that reason, Plugin Detective is the ideal troubleshooting and conflict-checking tool for:
Any WordPress website owner
Developers and technical support engineers
Plugin and theme owners and their support teams
Debug Tool Features
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
Loved by Plugin Support Teams The Simply Schedule Appointments and Draw Attention support teams love to share this conflict-checking tool with their customers.
Plugin Detective makes it easy for their clients to debug performance issues and figure out plugin conflicts in a jiffy!
1.2.14 – 2023-06-10 Features and Improvements
Fix PHP 8.2 compatibility
1.2.13 – 2023-05-25 Features and Improvements
Update required WP version to 6.1
1.2.12 – 2023-05-25 Features and Improvements
Update required WP version to 6.1
1.2.11 – 2023-04-27 Features and Improvements PR:#25 – Compatibility with WordPress 6.2
1.2.10 – 2023-04-11 Fixes PR:#19 – Prevent fatal error on WP versions where WP_Textdomain_Registry doesn…
Features and Improvements 1.2.9 – 2023-03-28 Fixes Features and Improvements 1.2.8 – 2023-03-28 Fixes Features and Improvements 1.2.7 – 2023-03-28 Fixes Features and Improvements 1.2.6 – 2023-02-24
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1.2.3
Fixed for WP 6.1 compatibility
1.2.1
Fixed for WP 5.9 compatibility
1.1.8
Fixed for WP 5.8 compatibility
1.1.8 For older changelog entries, please see the additional changelog.txt file delivered with the plugin.
Category rankings
As of Jul 8, 2026- Administration#0of 33Top 1%
- Conflicts#0of 3Top 1%
- Debug#0of 34Top 1%
- Site health#0of 17Top 1%
- Support#0of 106Top 1%
- Troubleshoot#0of 1Top 1%
- Performance#80of 760Top 11%
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Keyword rankings
Plugin Detective – Troubleshooting Conflicts ranks for 1 keywords across WordPress Plugin Directory. Here are the top 1:
- Rank #462
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Where Plugin Detective – Troubleshooting Conflicts stands in the Support category
Plugin Detective – Troubleshooting Conflicts ranks #0 of 106 apps in the Support category, placing it in the top 1% of the listing.
Frequently asked questions
What is Plugin Detective – Troubleshooting Conflicts?
Plugin Detective – Troubleshooting Conflicts is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 4.0-star rating from 48 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on a daily refresh cycle. It is listed under the Support category on AppRanks, where you can see its current category position, review-velocity trend, and how it compares against the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by NSquared.
Who uses Plugin Detective – Troubleshooting Conflicts?
Currently around 5,000 active stores have installed Plugin Detective – Troubleshooting Conflicts. Its review base is still building, which usually maps to early-stage merchants and stores piloting a new workflow. It is part of the Support category on WordPress.