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PHP IntelliSense installs statistics

By Damjan Cvetko · VS Code Marketplace · Programming Languages

Advanced Autocompletion and Refactoring support for PHP

View on VS Code Marketplace Fresh · Oct 20, 2026

PHP IntelliSense has 6,114,315 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace, ranking #155 of 2,501 tracked listings.

Installs
6,114,315
Official API · Oct 20, 2026
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Rank
#155
Among tracked VS Code Marketplace listings

Rating: 3.00 / 5 from 23 ratings

About PHP IntelliSense

PHP IntelliSense

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Advanced PHP IntelliSense for Visual Studio Code.

Note: This is a fork of the original project that was de-listed from the marketplace.

Note: This is just the VS Code extension that spawns the actual language server. The language server itself is implemented purely in PHP in its own repository, all features need to be implemented there and all issues should be reported there. You do NOT need to install it manually though, it is bundled in this extension.

Installation

You need at least PHP 7.4 installed for the extension to work. You can either add it to your PATH or set the php.executablePath setting.

Note: PHP 8.0 does work, PHP 8.1 support is work in progress.

I recommend to disable VS Code's built-in PHP IntelliSense by setting php.suggest.basic to false to avoid duplicate suggestions.

Features

Ignore path on initial index

Set php.files.exclude setting to not index glob patterns on startup. Example: "php.files.exclude": [ "generated/**/*" ]. Files are still indexed when opened in editor.

Completion

Completion search demo

Signature Help

Signature help demo

Workspace symbol search

Workspace symbol search demo

Find all References

Find References demo

Go to Definition

Go To Definition demo

Hover

Hover class demo

Hover parameter demo

Find all symbols

Find all symbols demo

Column-accurate error reporting

Error reporting demo

Code style linting

Please use a dedicated extension like PHP CodeSniffer.

Format code

Please use a dedicated extension like PHP CS Fixer.

Todo

  • Rename
  • Signature help

Contributing

Clone whole repository and in root directory execute:

composer install
npm install
npm run build
code .

The last command will open the folder in VS Code. Hit F5 to launch an Extension Development Host with the extension. For working on the language server, the easiest way is to replace the language server installation from composer in vendor/felixfbecker/language-server with a symlink to your local clone.

For guidance on how to work on the language server, please see the language server repository.

Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.

  • autocompletion
  • help
  • intellisense
  • php
  • refactor

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Adoption over time

PHP IntelliSense installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 6,114,315 installs as of Oct 20, 2026.PHP IntelliSenseInstalls on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days6,114,315installs6.1M6.1M6.1M6.1M6.1M6.1M6.1M6.1M6.1MJul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20installsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 5 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
PHP IntelliSense installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 6,114,315 installs as of Oct 20, 2026.

7/30/90-day growth

PHP IntelliSense installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.PHP IntelliSenseInstalls growth on VS Code Marketplace6,114,315installs now7-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history30-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history90-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient historyGrowth vs. nearest observation to each baseline date · Updated Oct 20, 2026pluginstats.com
PHP IntelliSense installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.

Ranking history

PHP IntelliSense VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #155 (by installs).PHP IntelliSenseVS Code Marketplace ranking · by installs · Last 90 days#155current rank#153#154#155#156#157Jul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20rankOct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 5 observations · Updated Oct 20, 2026pluginstats.com
PHP IntelliSense VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #155 (by installs).

Ratings over time

PHP IntelliSense ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 23 ratings as of Oct 20, 2026.PHP IntelliSenseRatings on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days23ratings20212223242526Jul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20ratingsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 5 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
PHP IntelliSense ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 23 ratings as of Oct 20, 2026.

Listing placement

All VS Code Marketplace2,501 listings · 126 pages · 1,251 shown · page 8, #15 (overall #155)
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Listing placement

Programming Languages792 listings · 40 pages · page 4, #6 (overall #66)
Programming Languages: every listing in installs order

Filled points are observed values; hollow points come from Internet Archive snapshots of the listing page. Dashed segments span periods with no observations — values between points are not interpolated.

Each band is one page of 20. Installs on a linear scale. Placement is projected from installs, so it can differ from the marketplace's own sort order. Hover a dot to see the listing.

Recent observations

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Recent installs observations for PHP IntelliSense
Date (UTC)InstallsChange vs. previous
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6,112,818+1.1K
6,111,678+352
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Data source

Install counts, average rating, and rating counts come from the public Visual Studio Marketplace gallery API. Installs are cumulative and exclude updates.

Listing: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=zobo.php-intellisense. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 20, 2026. See the methodology.