Debug Bar Plugin Activation adds a new panel to the Debug Bar which displays plugin (de-)activation and uninstall errors.

Juliette Reinders Folmer

Ever been “greeted” when you activated a plugin with the dreaded:
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This plugin generated # characters of unexpected output during activation….
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And wondered what the unexpected output was ?
Or wondered whether a de-activation or uninstall routine was free of typical PHP errors ?
Well, no need to wonder anymore, as you can now see the output within your favorite debugging tool – the <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/debug-bar/" rel="ugc">Debug Bar</a>.
Debug Bar Plugin Activation adds a new panel to the Debug Bar which displays the output generated during plugin activation, deactivation and uninstall.
Once you’ve fixed the issues, you can remove the logged output straight from the Debug Bar panel. 
And when you uninstall a plugin, the associated logged activation and deactivation output entries will be removed automatically.
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This plugin was inspired by a conversation with <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/ipstenu" rel="nofollow ugc">Mika Epstein</a> during the <a href="https://2016.europe.wordcamp.org/introducing-the-wceu-2016-contributor-day-and-workshops/" rel="nofollow ugc">contributors day at WordCamp Europe 2016</a>.
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<h4>Important</h4>
This plugin requires the <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/debug-bar/" rel="ugc">Debug Bar</a> plugin to be installed and activated.
Also note that this plugin should be used solely for debugging and/or in a development environment and is not intended for use on a production site.
If you like this plugin, please <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/debug-bar-plugin-activation" rel="ugc">rate and/or review</a> it. If you have ideas on how to make the plugin even better or if you have found any bugs, please report these in the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/debug-bar-plugin-activation" rel="ugc">Support Forum</a> or in the <a href="https://github.com/jrfnl/debug-bar-plugin-activation/issues" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub repository</a>.

Debug Bar Plugin Activation

I know this plugin currently doesn't show any updates for several versions of WordPress.  However, it continues to work just fine.  I find it a necessary tool for plugin development.

It adds to the debug bar, and if there are any errors that occur during plugin activation, you can get them in the debug bar - an essential message if you're trying to develop a plugin and need to debug the activation process.

The plugin is an add-on to the Debug Bar plugin, so if you don't have that installed, it won't work.

Excellent tool for plugin developers


Just a note of thank you to the developer. And, a note to potential users, this still worked on my localhost dev site in helping me debug the activation error 'headers already sent'. The plugin allowed me to read the additional output to see where the error was coming from and resolve it. Thanks!


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