Title: WP Developer Assistant
Author: Chris Jean
Published: <strong>June 27, 2008</strong>
Last modified: July 2, 2008

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It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# WP Developer Assistant

 By [Chris Jean](https://profiles.wordpress.org/chrisjean/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-developer-assistant.1.0.3.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-developer-assistant/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-developer-assistant/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-developer-assistant/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-developer-assistant/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-developer-assistant/)

## Description

**WP Developer Assistant** is a WordPress plugin developed by a WordPress developer
for WordPress developers.

 * Have you ever needed to run a query when you didn’t have access to phpMyAdmin
   or SSH?
 * Don’t you hate it when you need to upload a plugin, theme, or other file and 
   don’t have FTP access?
 * Have you ever wondered where that action or filter hook gets called?
 * Want to enable errors while hiding them from everyone else?
 * Wouldn’t it be great if you could output a full listing of PHP global variable
   values on each page so debugging would be easier?
 * Ever wanted to modify one of those serialized options?
 * Would you like to quickly see a full list of defined constants?

It’s thoughts like these that caused me to make this plugin. WP Developer Assistant
is the first WordPress plugin of its kind. It essentially is a toolkit that makes
life as a WordPress developer easier.

#### Features

 * Customizable enabling of PHP errors that only show for your user.
 * Display values of PHP’s built-in global variables (_POST, _REQUEST, _FILE, _ENV,
   etc) on each page.
 * Easily modify Options table values, including serialized data.
 * View a full list of all the add_action, do_action, add_filter, and apply_filters
   function calls complete with information on function names, priorities, number
   of accepted arguments, source file name, and file line number.
 * Quickly execute queries with the Run Query tool.
 * Show phpinfo().
 * View a comprehensive list of all the defined named constants, their current value,
   the declared value, the source file name of the definition, and the file line
   number of the definition.
 * Quickly and easily upload files to any place inside your WordPress installation.
   The uploader will even automatically extract archives to the destination directory.

There are many more features planned for this plugin. For more information about
this plugin and its development, visit the [WP Developer Assistant Home Page](http://blog.realthemes.com/wp-developer-assistant/).

### Requirements

 * PHP 4+
 * WordPress 2.2+

### Version History

 * 1.0.1 – 2008-06-26 – Initial release version
 * 1.0.2 – 2008-06-26 – Slight modification that required a new version
 * 1.0.3 – 2008-07-01 – Added support for PHP 4

### More Information

For more information about this plugin and its development, visit the [WP Developer Assistant Home Page](http://blog.realthemes.com/wp-developer-assistant/).

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * The main Developer page with options to enable errors and variable output. These
   settings are set per-user, so no one else will see your debug data cluttering
   up their screen.
 * [[
 * The Options page for easy modification of entries in the options table, inlcluding
   serialized data. Ability to add and remove options will be added soon.
 * [[
 * The Hooks page displays detailed information about add_action, do_action, add_filter,
   and apply_filters function calls and where they are located in the source files.
 * [[
 * Run Query is a simple tool that lets you run arbitrary queries on the database.
   Very useful for development, testing, and repairs.
 * [[
 * The PHP Info page simply shows the output from phpinfo(). It may not be fancy,
   but it can be extremely useful.
 * [[
 * The Defines page shows detailed information about defined named constants. Can’t
   remember what that constant was called that holds the location to the plugins
   directory? This should help you remember.
 * [[
 * The Upload Files page is an invaluable tool for quickly and easily uploading 
   any type of file (including archives) to any location inside WordPress. You can
   even upload from a remote URL.

## Installation

 1. Download and unzip the latest release zip file
 2. Upload the entire wp-developer-assistant directory to your `/wp-content/plugins/`
    directory
 3. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 4. Click on the **Developer** link in the main administration navigation to access
    the tools

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“WP Developer Assistant” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Chris Jean ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/chrisjean/)
 *   [ Chris Jean ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/chrisbliss18/)

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### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-developer-assistant/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-developer-assistant/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-developer-assistant/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-developer-assistant/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.3**
 *  Last updated **18 years ago**
 *  Active installations **30+**
 *  WordPress version ** 2.2 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **2.5.1**
 * Tags
 * [debug](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/debug/)[developer](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/developer/)
   [development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/development/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-developer-assistant/advanced/)

## Ratings

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## Contributors

 *   [ Chris Jean ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/chrisjean/)
 *   [ Chris Jean ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/chrisbliss18/)

## Support

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