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Chrome extension ID: oiofkammbajfehgpleginfomeppgnglk

A Chrome browser extension designed to help PHP developers trigger and manage Xdebug sessions. It provides a simple interface to enable or disable debugging and profiling capabilities for PHP applications.

Developer:gxumyd
Version:3.0.3
Size:169KiB
Last updated:

Overview

Installs

20K+

Rating

4.2

6 reviews

Languages

1 locales

Includes English

Market analysis

Review-backed positioning, friction, and market signals for this Chrome extension.

Backed by review samples

Macro category

Developer & Designer Tools

Pricing friction

Low review signal

Complaint intensity

Moderate review signal

Listing & review signals
Observed signals from store listing text and review samples.

Listing positioning

The product positions itself as a utility for PHP developers to facilitate step debugging, profiling, and tracing of web pages. It is explicitly presented as a bug-fixed fork of the original Xdebug Helper.

Inferred product pattern

A maintenance fork of a popular developer utility aimed at fixing bugs and maintaining compatibility with browser updates.

Review-backed pain points

Users have reported that the extension sometimes reverts to a disabled state automatically or fails to stay enabled after opening the browser.

Observed feature gaps

Users noted the removal of the green icon color, which previously served as a quick visual cue to determine if Xdebug was enabled.

Tags
PHP DebuggingXdebug HelperDeveloper ToolPHP Profiling
Target users

- PHP Developers

- Backend Web Developers

Primary use cases

- Triggering Xdebug sessions

- PHP application profiling

- PHP web page tracing

Positive themes

- Compatibility with latest Chrome versions

- Reliability as an alternative to the original Xdebug Helper

Negative themes

- State persistence issues

- Removal of visual status indicators

Observed friction

- No pricing friction observed; product appears to be free.

Evidence boundary: Analysis based on the Chrome Web Store listing and a small sample of 6 user reviews. The review sample size is very small, which may not represent the experience of all 20,000 users.
Complaint summaries
Review-backed complaint signals grouped by operational area.

Support

No support or account-related complaints found in the review samples.

Reliability

Some reports of the extension randomly turning itself off or not persisting the 'enabled' state.

Privacy

No privacy or security complaints observed.

Access & pricing

- Free usage observed

- No account requirement observed

- Free plan or free usage claimed

Store listing facts

Listing assets

- Screenshots: 1

- Videos: 0

- Languages: 1

Trust signals

- Developer contact

- Support link

Store metadata

- Version: 3.0.3

- Size: 169KiB

- Last updated:

Listing SEO keywords

Search intent keywords
Keyword signals for evaluating how users may discover, compare, or search for this extension category.

Core discovery

Xdebug Chrome extensionPHP step debuggingPHP profiling tool

Comparison

Xdebug Helper alternativeXdebug Helper fork

Problem

Xdebug helper not workingPHP debugging Chrome extension

Alternative

Xdebug helper replacementChrome PHP debugger

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Screenshots

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