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The “Debugger & Troubleshooter” plugin provides essential tools for WordPress site administrators to diagnose and resolve issues efficiently. It offers a dedicated section in the WordPress dashboard that displays comprehensive site health information and powerful debugging toggles.
Key Features:
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<li>Troubleshooting Mode: Activate a unique, session-based “Troubleshooting Mode” for your current browser session. This means any changes you make are temporary and only visible to you. This mode allows you to:
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<li>Simulate Plugin Deactivation: Selectively “deactivate” plugins. The plugin’s assets and code will be disabled for your session only.</li>
<li>Simulate Theme Switching: Preview any installed theme, while the public-facing site continues to use the active theme.</li>
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<li>User Role Simulator: View your site as any other user or role (e.g., Subscriber, Editor) to test permissions and content visibility. This is session-based and includes a safe “Exit” button in the Admin Bar.</li>
<li>Live Debugging: Safely enable <code>WP_DEBUG</code> with a single click from the admin dashboard. Errors are logged to <code>debug.log</code> without being displayed on the site, and you can view the log file directly in the plugin’s interface.</li>
<li>Comprehensive Site Information: Get a quick, organized overview of your WordPress environment in collapsible cards. This includes detailed PHP, Database, and Server information, a full list of all themes and plugins with their status, and important WordPress constants.</li>
<li>Copy to Clipboard: A one-click button allows you to copy all the site information, making it incredibly easy to share with support forums or developers.</li>
<li>PHP Compatibility Checker: Scan all installed plugins for deprecated functions and syntax that may break when upgrading PHP. Results displayed in a responsive card layout with clear warnings and incompatibility counts.</li>
<li>Conflict Checker: Systematically identify plugin conflicts through a binary search process. Narrow down suspect plugins by answering whether each group resolves the issue, all within a safe session-based mode.</li>
<li>Safe Debugging & Cache Bypassing: All troubleshooting actions are session-based. The plugin automatically attempts to bypass caching when Troubleshooting Mode is active, ensuring your changes are reflected instantly.</li>
<li>User-Friendly Interface: An intuitive dashboard interface makes it easy to access all features.</li>
<li>Admin Notices: Clear notices alert you when Troubleshooting Mode is active.</li>
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This plugin is an invaluable tool for developers, site administrators, and anyone who needs to debug WordPress issues without risking site downtime or affecting user experience.
<h3>Usage</h3>
Once the plugin is installed and activated, navigate to Tools > Debugger & Troubleshooter in your WordPress dashboard.
<h3>1. Site Information</h3>
The top section provides a comprehensive overview of your WordPress environment, organized into collapsible cards that are closed by default. Click on any card title to expand it and view the details.
<h3>2. Troubleshooting Mode</h3>
This session-based feature allows you to simulate theme switches and plugin deactivations without affecting your live website for other visitors.
<h3>3. User Role Simulator</h3>
Safely view your site as another user or role (e.g., “Subscriber” or “Editor”) without knowing their password. This is perfect for testing capabilities and content restrictions.
<h3>4. Live Debugging</h3>
This section allows you to safely manage WordPress’s debugging features.
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<li>Enable Live Debug: Click this button to programmatically enable <code>WP_DEBUG</code> and <code>WP_DEBUG_LOG</code>, while keeping <code>WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY</code> off. This logs errors to <code>wp-content/debug.log</code> without showing them to visitors.</li>
<li>Debug Log Viewer: A text area displays the contents of your <code>debug.log</code> file, allowing you to see errors as they are generated.</li>
<li>Clear Log: Safely clear the <code>debug.log</code> file with a click.</li>
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<h3>5. PHP Compatibility Checker</h3>
Scan all installed plugins for deprecated PHP functions and syntax incompatible with your target PHP version. Select a target version and click “Start Scan” to receive a per-plugin compatibility report with clear warnings and incompatibility counts.
<h3>6. Conflict Checker</h3>
If you are experiencing an issue on your site, use the Conflict Checker to identify the culprit plugin. The plugin systematically deactivates groups of plugins using your session-based Troubleshooting Mode, asking whether the issue persists after each step. Once the culprit is found, you can deactivate it with one click.

Debugger & Troubleshooter


This is a very innovative plugin. The functionality of simulating theme switch and plugin deactivation for current logged in session is amazing. This will be super useful while debugging live site. 






Innovative plugin

A WordPress plugin for debugging & troubleshooting. Safely simulate plugin deactivation, theme switching, and WP_DEBUG.

Hikari Hooks Troubleshooter creates a draggable window with informations about WordPress hooks. It lists all hooks (actions and filters) that have at least a function hooked to them, and for each hook there’s a list of hooked functions, sorted by priority!
The window is visible only to registered users, and you can choose who will be able to see it, and set if it should be visible or not. It works in WordPress page, be it frontend or admin area.
When you are in an admin page, it also shows a list of special actions related to that specific page, helping plugin developers to attach features only to special admin pages, instead of the whole admin area! A list of all conditional tags is also available, informing which tags return true and which ones return false, for any page you want!
The list of conditional tags and hooks is based on <a href="http://bueltge.de" rel="nofollow ugc">Frank Bueltge</a>‘s <a href="http://bueltge.de/wordpress-theme-debuggen/536/" rel="nofollow ugc">wp_view_type.php</a>. The original code was translated from germany to english, and ported to a draggable window that can be moved inside the browser, minimized and closed.
The list of admin actions is based on <a href="http://playforward.net" rel="nofollow ugc">Dustin Dempsey</a>‘s Show Page Hooks plugin, and a few more hooks were added.
<h4>Features</h4>
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<li>The plugin creates a window, that can be dragged, minimized and closed</li>
<li>The window works both in website’s admin panel and frontend</li>
<li>You can choose who can see the window, while visitors never see it</li>
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The window presents many useful information for plugin developers:
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<li>action and filter hooks, and functions hooked to them, sorted by the priority they are called</li>
<li>all conditional tags, informing those returning true and those returning false</li>
<li>all actions present in admin pages, that are specific to each page, so that we can hook features that we want to happen only on those specific pages</li>
<li>actions that were run are flagged so, allowing you to know which actions are used in each specific page</li>
</ul>

Hikari Hooks Troubleshooter

Creates a draggable window with informations about all functions hooked to Wordpress actions and filters.

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