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Local Development

Places development notice for plugins or themes that are in local development. Prevents updating of selected plugins and themes.

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39 / 71 rows with source links

54.9% of this page's analysis has direct source links.

0 build-decision rows missing links

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0 rows have source counts but still need direct links.

Download Momentum

180 days
79 117 -32.5% 664

Source Evidence

Open evidence explorer
mixed support · high severity · relevance 0.95
incorrectly detecting some plugins as Local Development

incorrectly detecting some plugins as Local Development: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect theme layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
Proof Blocked card complete agency visual QA and update safety Evidence linked to opportunity
Andy Also, plugins/themes that have a vcs directory are not saved anywhere.
mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.85
Request plugin not “die()” if wp-config.php is not writable.

Request plugin not “die()” if wp-config.php is not writable.: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect theme layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
Proof Blocked card complete agency visual QA and update safety Evidence linked to opportunity
Request plugin not “die()” if wp-config.php is not writable.
neutral support · medium severity · relevance 0.53
setting disappeared and not allowed in page

setting disappeared and not allowed in page: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect theme layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
Proof Blocked card complete agency visual QA and update safety Evidence linked to opportunity
setting disappeared and not allowed in page With the latest update (2.9.1) the option “Local Development” in Settings menu has disappeared and if I enter manually the url “wp-admin/options-general.php?page=local-development” it says “Sorry, you are not allowed to access this page.” With the latest update (2.9.1) the option “Local Development” in Settings men
praise review · medium severity · relevance 0.44
Great for displaying “localhost” status during MAMP development

Great for displaying “localhost” status during MAMP development: users show setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect theme layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
Proof Blocked card complete agency visual QA and update safety Evidence linked to opportunity
Great for displaying “localhost” status during MAMP development I’m using MAMP to develop a plugin locally.
praise review · medium severity · relevance 0.38
A Life Saver…

A Life Saver…: praise conversation with limited structured signal.

Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect theme layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
Proof Blocked card complete agency visual QA and update safety Evidence linked to opportunity
A Life Saver… This can prevent a potential disaster if you work locally. In my past I have made changes to live site by mistake. NO MORE!!! Thanks to this plugin. This can prevent a potential disaster if you work locally. In my past I have made changes to live site by mistake. NO MORE!!! Thanks to this plugin.
praise review · medium severity · relevance 0.38
Great plugin

Great plugin: users praise quality, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect theme layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
Proof Blocked card complete agency visual QA and update safety Evidence linked to opportunity
Great plugin Did everything it said it would.
praise review · medium severity · relevance 0.38
Works well, easy to use, customizable

Works well, easy to use, customizable: users praise easy, reliable, quality, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect theme layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
Proof Blocked card complete agency visual QA and update safety Evidence linked to opportunity
Works well, easy to use, customizable Plus, Andy is great!
praise review · medium severity · relevance 0.38
Just what I was looking for!

Just what I was looking for!: praise conversation with limited structured signal.

Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect theme layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
Proof Blocked card complete agency visual QA and update safety Evidence linked to opportunity
Just what I was looking for! I expect no less from Andy 😃 I expect no less from Andy 😃 Thanks Clay ☺️ Thanks Clay ☺️

Competitor Context

16 shown
Query Monitor weak incumbent · intel 78.4 · weakness 64.1
weak incumbent
4 unresolved support thread(s) 16 collected complaint signal(s) bugs compatibility 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight debug code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
source 1 source 2
WP PHP Console praise owner · intel 72.3 · weakness 61.6
praise owner
stale update history 7 collected complaint signal(s) bugs compatibility 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight debug code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
source 1 source 2
Simple Session Support praise owner · intel 71.3 · weakness 62.1
praise owner
stale update history 8 collected complaint signal(s) support missing feature 2 source links Investigate Pain Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight development code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
source 1 source 2
Yoast Test Helper praise owner · intel 68.8 · weakness 51.8
praise owner
10 collected complaint signal(s) bugs missing feature 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor yoast drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
source 1 source 2
Monkeyman Rewrite Analyzer praise owner · intel 68.8 · weakness 55.1
praise owner
stale update history 5 collected complaint signal(s) compatibility support 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight debug code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
source 1 source 2
What The File praise owner · intel 68.2 · weakness 51.2
praise owner
11 collected complaint signal(s) bugs compatibility 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect template layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
source 1 source 2
WP Secure Maintenance praise owner · intel 62.4 · weakness 48.6
praise owner
stale update history below-average rating compatibility support 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: monitor maintenance health, updates, cache state, cron jobs, and maintenance exceptions
source 1 source 2
What Template praise owner · intel 55.3 · weakness 39.0
praise owner
stale update history 1 collected complaint signal(s) bugs missing feature 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight debug code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
source 1 source 2

Repeated Themes

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No repeated plugin-level themes have been generated yet.

Collected Signals

8 shown from 8 collected
neutral setting disappeared and not allowed in page support · 2024-12-03T07:12:10+00:00 · medium severity · development

setting disappeared and not allowed in page: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: setting disappeared and not allowed in page With the latest update (2.9.1) the option “Local Development” in Settings menu has disappeared and if I enter manually the url “wp-admin/options-general.php?page=local-development” it says “Sorry, you are not allowed to access this page.” With the latest update (2.9.1) the option “Local Development” in Settings men
bugs compatibility missing feature developer change safety and site customization Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect theme layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
source plugin
praise Just what I was looking for! (5 stars) review · 2021-01-28T02:20:00+00:00 · medium severity · development

Just what I was looking for!: praise conversation with limited structured signal.

Evidence: Just what I was looking for! I expect no less from Andy 😃 I expect no less from Andy 😃 Thanks Clay ☺️ Thanks Clay ☺️
developer change safety and site customization Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect theme layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
source plugin
mixed Request plugin not “die()” if wp-config.php is not writable. support · 2020-09-21T20:23:01+00:00 · medium severity · development

Request plugin not “die()” if wp-config.php is not writable.: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Request plugin not “die()” if wp-config.php is not writable.
bugs compatibility performance missing feature developer change safety and site customization Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect theme layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
source plugin
praise Great for displaying “localhost” status during MAMP development (5 stars) review · 2020-09-21T13:49:07+00:00 · medium severity · development

Great for displaying “localhost” status during MAMP development: users show setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Great for displaying “localhost” status during MAMP development I’m using MAMP to develop a plugin locally.
setup easy quality developer change safety and site customization Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect theme layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
source plugin
praise A Life Saver… (5 stars) review · 2020-07-21T12:53:52+00:00 · medium severity · development

A Life Saver…: praise conversation with limited structured signal.

Evidence: A Life Saver… This can prevent a potential disaster if you work locally. In my past I have made changes to live site by mistake. NO MORE!!! Thanks to this plugin. This can prevent a potential disaster if you work locally. In my past I have made changes to live site by mistake. NO MORE!!! Thanks to this plugin.
developer change safety and site customization Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect theme layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
source plugin
praise Works well, easy to use, customizable (5 stars) review · 2020-06-24T14:55:00+00:00 · medium severity · development

Works well, easy to use, customizable: users praise easy, reliable, quality, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: Works well, easy to use, customizable Plus, Andy is great!
easy reliable quality developer change safety and site customization Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect theme layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
source plugin
mixed incorrectly detecting some plugins as Local Development support · 2020-06-22T20:42:36+00:00 · high severity · development

incorrectly detecting some plugins as Local Development: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Andy Also, plugins/themes that have a vcs directory are not saved anywhere.
bugs compatibility missing feature support developer change safety and site customization Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect theme layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
source plugin
praise Great plugin (5 stars) review · 2016-01-14T02:37:04+00:00 · medium severity · development

Great plugin: users praise quality, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: Great plugin Did everything it said it would.
quality developer change safety and site customization Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect theme layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
source plugin