Top 11 WordPress Plugins For Developers and Testers

Wonder how WordPress helps in developers and testers to create better user experience?  WordPress has you covered with their built-in plugins for different types of testing. These plugins are constantly updated and they are also bringing in a lot of plugins from time to time for the better assistance of the testers and the developers.

Here we have compiled a list of the top WordPress plugins for the benefit of both the testers and developers.

1. Sandbox

Sandbox, one of the most used plugins provided by WordPress helps the users get timely upgrades, better options with themes, settings changes, etc. The same can be used to have a complete WordPress upgrade too. Just use the existing hosting provider and a few clicks of the mouse on the system and there one can have an entire testing site.

Never have it been so easy to do so. Isn’t this something interesting to know? One need not copy the complex local test setups. The plugin will also help in creating multiple Sandboxes just in case any different iteration is needed for one’s website.

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2. Usernap

One of the most trusted and the most used WordPress plugins put to use for bug tracking. This plugin helps the testers to have a complete track over the bugs, with no extra time to be spent on the same. It allows the users to capture the screenshots of the browser together with the visual bug report and send the same to the respective team, either in Usernap or any other bug tracking or project management tools which are being used.

From a developer perspective getting actual details of the issue is very important and at the same time, asking a client to send browser screenshot or video of the issue can be quite a task.

Usernap makes both these things easy and that too without installing anything extra. The client side JavaScript takes error reporting to a level. This makes the life easy for the developers as well as the end-users. It will also help speed up the defect fixing process as the turnaround time is reduced considerably.

3. Lambda Test

With the multitude of browsers and devices available in the market today, it is essential that you do a cross browser testing before your website hits production. Lambda test is the must have plugin which helps you do that.

Lambda Test can be used to take screenshots of the full page and keep a track of any issues related to cross-browser compatibility. This plugin also makes sure that a tester or developer is able to perform the tests across for platforms from the WordPress admin panels.

4. SitePush

One can easily generate a copy of websites data and transfer the same for a proper test to another server. This plugin will provide an amazing experience for its users to work on the same. There exists a small issue that the same takes time to get installed (which is ignored in front of the type of service provided by the Plugin) but once done, the user will be satisfied by its service.

One can easily test the copy of website data generated herein by simply clicking on the links (all of same) just as to make sure that the plugin has an expected connection. One can even look through this and test the basic functions like contact forms and keep a track over the functionality of the same.

5. Browser Stack

Browser Stack is a free plugin which is used for Cross-browser testing. It allows all the developers and testers out there to test their websites on real browsers, with a hassle-free experience.

The same can also be employed to test WordPress website for check its mobile compatibility. This is a very popular plugin as cross browser testing is gaining more importance these days.

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6. Yoast SEO

Have an SEO requirement? Well, Yoast SEO is one of the most widely used plugins for providing SEO help. One can easily improve their search results by using this plugin.

From barely known to the well-known websites in the world, all of them use this highly on-demand plugin to get better results. The plugin has an additional capability to check the SEO keywords in the page content and also provides suggestions to improve the SEO ranking.

7. NS Cloner

Need multiple copies of your website content? Use NS cloner plugin and copy the content in one go for the different types of testing. This is one of the easiest and fastest methods of creating a clone for your website in terms of the theme, theme settings, plugin configuration, content, videos, pictures etc. Makes life so much easier. The only issue is that is works only with multisite installations.

8. Debug Bar

This is a useful plugin which can be used to monitor the performance parameters of a website. The parameters include the memory usage, actions performed, time taken etc.

This data can in turn be used to alter slow websites. The data related to cache, hooks and remote requests can be analysed to understand why the site is slow. Identifying the root cause makes it easier to fix as well.

9. TrackDuck

TrackDuck is another very popular and useful plugin for Visual Bug Tracking and feedback. The plugin allows users, clients and peers to submit feedback related to the UI, the wireframes etc. basically more on the UI front and its layout.

The advantage is that all users of your website can actually act like your testers but at the same time, they are sharing feedback and not issues. A win-win situation for both sides.

The easiest part is that the user can click on any part of the UI and submit a comment. It can’t get simpler than this. A mail is triggered to the developer with the UI details and the added comment. He can then analyze and try to fix and enhance the UI. This plugin is also extensively used for sharing the feedbacks on mockup designs.

10. Theme Check

This is the best plugin for checking the home themes. A handy tool for both developers as well as testers. This plugin is specifically designed for the themes and allows the user/ developer / tester to run all the automated tests on the selected theme which normally WordPress would run when a new theme is submitted to it.

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The Theme Check is very use to use and can be launched from the admin console. Once the testing is over the results are displayed in the admin console itself. This is the easiest way to understand if your theme is in compliance with the WordPress standards and how it will fare with the clients as well.

11. Beta Flags

Want to manage all the new release of features of website? Beta Flags, helps you manage these releases with ease. No execution of code for the production environment from the moment Beta Flags are deployed.

Just a simple wrap (a conditional one) and the work gets easy as you can activate it from the back end. It is almost similar to the A/B Testing except that it can be either in ON or OFF mode and nothing in between So if you are a developer and looking options to deploy your code with ease, then you must check this out.

So what are you waiting for? Check out these plugins offered by WordPress. It is also to be noted that WordPress comes with very innovative as well as useful plugins from time to time to make things better for its users. So make sure you follow their and our updates judiciously.

Happy working with WordPress.