Provides a quick overview of installed WordPress plugins with their status, exportable as JSON.
Modules Insight is a simple WordPress plugin that lists all installed plugins, showing which are active and which are inactive. Ideal for developers and site managers needing a quick status overview.
MI adds a widget to your Dashboard and provides a shortcode [plugin_list] for displaying the plugin status list. It also allows Administrators to download the list as a .json report directly from the widget or shortcode output.
MI is completely read-only and does not make any changes to your site’s plugin activation status.
✨ Key Features
- ???? Lists all installed plugins (active, inactive, network active)
- ✅ Includes plugin name and version.
- ???? Displays a summary count of plugins
- ???? Allows Administrators to export plugin data as a
.json report
- ???? Adds a convenient Dashboard Widget
[plugin_list] Shortcode support for display anywhere-
- Upcoming: Plugin description on generated page
- ???? 100% read-only — safe for production use
???? Use Cases
- ???? Client reports on installed plugins
- ???? Pre-deployment or pre-update plugin checks
- ???? Identifying potentially unused plugins for cleanup
- ???? Sharing plugin status easily with your team or support
Credits
Made with ❤️ by Pedro Matias for WordPress developers and admins.
Screenshots
The Modules Insight dashboard widget showing active/inactive plugins.
The "Download List as JSON" button available to administrators and structure of the exported JSON file.
Example of a page generated using ths shorcode and the collapsed description view using <details>.
Example of "print" page using shortcode and automatic expanded description view using <details>.
Does this plugin make any changes to my site?
No. MI is read-only. It does not activate, deactivate, install, or delete any plugins.
Who can see the plugin list and download the JSON file?
By default, the list and download button are visible only to users with the activate_plugins capability (typically Administrators). You can adjust capability checks in the code if needed for other roles, but be mindful of security implications.
What format is the export file?
The plugin exports data as a .json file, timestamped with the date of export (according to your site’s timezone).
Can I use this on a live/production site?
Yes! MI is completely safe to use on live sites as it performs no write operations.
ChangeLog
2.1.2
- Fix: Use
current_time() instead of date() for JSON filename timestamp to respect WordPress timezone settings (Fixes PHPCS error).
2.1.1
- Feature: Wrap plugin descriptions in
<details>/<summary> tags for a cleaner default view.
- Fix: Add required
translators: comments for internationalization functions with placeholders (Fixes Plugin Check error).
- Fix: Ensure
<details> and <summary> tags are allowed in wp_kses for the dashboard widget.
- Refine: Improve multisite plugin detection slightly.
- Refine: Use case-insensitive sorting for plugin lists.
2.1.0
- Refactor: Introduce helper function
get_plugin_insight_data() to centralize data retrieval.
- Security: Regenerate plugin data on download instead of passing via POST.
- Security: Add capability checks (
activate_plugins) for viewing list and downloading JSON.
- Security: Remove
nopriv action hook for downloads.
- Feature: Add more plugin details (version, description, author, URIs) to data structure.
- Feature: Handle network-activated plugins on multisite installs.
- Improvement: Use
wp_json_encode() for standard JSON output.
- Improvement: Use output buffering and proper escaping (
esc_*, wp_kses_post) throughout HTML generation.
- Improvement: Make widget title translatable.
- Fix: Address various Plugin Check escaping errors.
2.0.2
- Initial version shared for review (contained shortcode, dashboard widget, basic JSON download via POST).
1.0.0
- (Internal/Previous Version) Initial concept release.
