Title: Doctor Subs
Author: David
Published: <strong>December 3, 2025</strong>
Last modified: December 3, 2025

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# Doctor Subs

 By [David](https://profiles.wordpress.org/davidrukahu/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/doctor-subs.1.2.4.zip)

 * [Details](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/doctor-subs/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/doctor-subs/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/doctor-subs/#installation)
 * [Development](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/doctor-subs/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/doctor-subs/)

## Description

Doctor Subs is a comprehensive diagnostic tool for WooCommerce Subscriptions that
helps you identify and troubleshoot subscription payment issues quickly and efficiently.

#### Key Features

 * **3-Step Diagnostic Process**: Systematic analysis of subscription anatomy, expected
   behavior, and timeline
 * **Skipped Payment Detection**: Identifies when subscription payments have missed
   expected billing cycles
 * **Manual Completion Flags**: Detects orders that were completed manually without
   proper payment processing
 * **Status Mismatch Detection**: Finds inconsistencies between subscription status
   and payment schedules
 * **Action Scheduler Review**: Analyzes scheduled events for failures or missing
   actions
 * **Timeline Analysis**: Creates visual timelines showing renewal patterns and 
   missing payments
 * **Stripe Payment Method Detection**: Identifies detached payment methods caused
   by cloned/staging sites

#### Common Issues Detected

 * Missing renewal orders
 * Failed scheduled actions
 * Payment method problems
 * Timeline discrepancies
 * Status inconsistencies
 * Gateway communication issues
 * Skipped payment cycles
 * Manual completion flags
 * Stripe payment method detachment (cloned site bug)
 * Stripe API errors in renewal orders

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Search for subscriptions by ID or customer email
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 * Subscription anatomy analysis
 * [[
 * Expected behavior analysis
 * [[
 * Timeline visualization
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 * Issues and statistics
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 * Advanced detection results

## Installation

#### Automatic Installation

 1. Log in to your WordPress admin panel
 2. Navigate to Plugins > Add New
 3. Search for “Doctor Subs”
 4. Click “Install Now”
 5. Click “Activate”

#### Manual Installation

 1. Download the plugin zip file
 2. Go to Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin
 3. Choose the downloaded zip file
 4. Click “Install Now”
 5. Click “Activate”

#### After Installation

 1. Navigate to WooCommerce > Doctor Subs
 2. Search for a subscription by ID or customer email
 3. Click on the search result to analyze
 4. Review the automated analysis results

## FAQ

### How do I access Doctor Subs?

You can access Doctor Subs from:
 * **WooCommerce > Doctor Subs** menu * **WooCommerce
> Subscriptions** – Click the “Doctor Subs” link in the Status column

### What subscription issues can Doctor Subs detect?

Doctor Subs can detect:
 * Skipped payment cycles * Manual order completions * Status
mismatches * Action Scheduler failures * Payment method detachment * Timeline discrepancies

### Does Doctor Subs fix issues automatically?

No, Doctor Subs is a diagnostic tool. It identifies problems and provides detailed
information to help you fix them manually.

### What are the requirements?

 * WordPress 5.0+
 * PHP 7.4+
 * WooCommerce 9.8.5+
 * WooCommerce Subscriptions (latest version)

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Doctor Subs” is open source software. The following people have contributed to 
this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ David ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/davidrukahu/)

[Translate “Doctor Subs” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/doctor-subs)

### Interested in development?

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

## Changelog

#### 1.2.4

 * Fixed all security issues (sanitization, validation, escaping)
 * Fixed Action Scheduler compatibility (scheduled_date_gmt column)
 * Improved error handling and debugging
 * Enhanced analyzer stability
 * Added PHPCS configuration

#### 1.2.3

 * Initial release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.2.4**
 *  Last updated **5 months ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.9.4**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/doctor-subs/)
 * Tags
 * [diagnostics](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/diagnostics/)[subscriptions](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/subscriptions/)
   [troubleshooting](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/troubleshooting/)[woocommerce](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/woocommerce/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/doctor-subs/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ David ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/davidrukahu/)

## Support

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