Patrick Lumumba

<p>Lumiblog Debug Log Inspector is a powerful quality assurance and debugging tool that monitors your WordPress debug.log file for plugin-specific errors. Unlike other debug tools, it allows you to <strong>monitor ANY WordPress plugin</strong> through an easy-to-use settings interface – no coding required!</p>
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Universal Plugin Monitoring</strong>: Add any WordPress plugin to monitor through a simple settings page</li>
<li><strong>No Code Editing</strong>: Add/edit/delete monitored plugins through the WordPress admin interface</li>
<li><strong>Real-time Monitoring</strong>: Automatically scans your debug.log file for errors</li>
<li><strong>Visual Status Indicators</strong>: Color-coded admin bar display (Green = OK, Red = Errors Found, Gray = Debug Logging Disabled)</li>
<li><strong>Auto-Detection</strong>: Option to only monitor plugins that are currently active</li>
<li><strong>Plugin-Specific Tracking</strong>: Individual status for each monitored plugin</li>
<li><strong>Last Error Display</strong>: Shows the most recent error message for quick diagnosis</li>
<li><strong>Duplicate Prevention</strong>: Smart validation prevents adding the same plugin twice</li>
<li><strong>Enable/Disable Plugins</strong>: Toggle monitoring for specific plugins without deleting them</li>
<li><strong>Lightweight</strong>: Minimal performance impact with efficient log reading</li>
<li><strong>Well-Organized Code</strong>: Modular file structure for easy maintenance and customization</li>
</ul>
<h4>Perfect For</h4>
<ul>
<li>QA Teams testing multiple plugins</li>
<li>Plugin Developers debugging their own plugins</li>
<li>WordPress Developers monitoring client sites</li>
<li>Agency Teams managing multiple WordPress installations</li>
<li>Anyone who wants to keep track of plugin errors</li>
</ul>
<h4>How It Works</h4>
<ol>
<li>Install and activate the plugin</li>
<li>Go to Settings > Log Inspector</li>
<li>Add any plugin you want to monitor by providing:
<ul>
<li>Plugin Name (e.g., “WooCommerce”)</li>
<li>Plugin File Path (e.g., “woocommerce/woocommerce.php”)</li>
<li>Search Terms (e.g., “woocommerce, wc-“)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Check the admin bar for real-time error status</li>
</ol>
<h4>Requirements</h4>
<p>To use this plugin effectively, you need to enable WordPress debug logging by adding these constants to your <code>wp-config.php</code> file:</p>
<pre><code>define( 'WP_DEBUG', true );
define( 'WP_DEBUG_LOG', true );
</code></pre>
<h3>Testing the Plugin</h3>
<p>To verify Lumiblog Debug Log Inspector is working correctly, follow these steps:</p>
<p><strong>Step 1: Enable Debug Logging</strong></p>
<p>Add to your <code>wp-config.php</code>:</p>
<pre><code>define( 'WP_DEBUG', true );
define( 'WP_DEBUG_LOG', true );
</code></pre>
<p><strong>Step 2: Add a Plugin to Monitor</strong></p>
<ol>
<li>Go to Settings > Log Inspector</li>
<li>Click “Add New Plugin to Monitor”</li>
<li>Fill in the form with a plugin you have installed (e.g., WooCommerce)
<ul>
<li>Plugin Name: <code>WooCommerce</code></li>
<li>Plugin File Path: <code>woocommerce/woocommerce.php</code></li>
<li>Search Terms: <code>woocommerce, wc-</code></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Click “Add Plugin”</li>
</ol>
<p><strong>Step 3: Generate a Test Error</strong></p>
<p>Note: Ensure that the test site is running on PHP 8.4+</p>
<ol>
<li>
<p>Add this code snippet inside of any active plugin’s main file:</p>
<p>/**</p>
<ul>
<li>DEBUG LOG INSPECTOR DEMO – PHP 8.4 Warning Trigger</li>
<li>REMOVE AFTER DEMO/TESTING!<br />
*/<br />
add_action( ‘load-index.php’, function() {<br />
if ( version_compare( PHP_VERSION, ‘8.4.0’, ‘>=’ ) ) {<br />
    $test_array = array( ‘name’ => ‘Debug Log Inspector’ );<br />
    $undefined_value = $test_array[’email’]; // Triggers warning<br />
    error_log( ‘[DLI-DEMO-PHP84] PHP 8.4 warning triggered!’ );<br />
}<br />
});</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p>Reload the site’s admin dashboard to trigger the error</p>
</li>
<li>Check your admin bar – it should turn RED</li>
</ol>
<p><strong>Step 4: View the Debug Log (Optional)</strong></p>
<p>Navigate to <code>wp-content/debug.log</code> to see the actual error entries that were logged.</p>
<p><strong>Clean Up:</strong></p>
<ol>
<li>Remove the test code you added</li>
<li>Either delete <code>wp-content/debug.log</code> or clear its contents</li>
<li>The admin bar should return to GREEN</li>
</ol>
<h3>Additional Information</h3>
<h4>Debug Constants</h4>
<p>For enhanced debugging, you can also add these optional constants to your <code>wp-config.php</code>:</p>
<pre><code>define( 'SCRIPT_DEBUG', true );
define( 'SAVEQUERIES', true );
define( 'WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY', false ); // Set to false on production sites
</code></pre>
<h4>For Developers</h4>
<p>The plugin is designed to be easily extendable. All classes are well-documented and follow WordPress coding standards. Feel free to fork and customize for your specific needs.</p>
<h4>Support</h4>
<p>For support, feature requests, or bug reports, please visit the WordPress.org support forums for this plugin.</p>
<h4>Contributing</h4>
<p>Contributions are welcome! Please visit the plugin’s <a href="https://github.com/lumumbapl/lumiblog-debug-log-inspector" rel="nofollow ugc">Github Repo</a> for more information.</p>


Lumiblog Debug Log Inspector

Monitor debug logs for any WordPress plugin errors and display real-time status in the WordPress admin bar.

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<h4>Make it work. Make it fast.</h4>
<p>Every day, site owners lose money because of software bugs and low performance.</p>
<p>Users will not tell you if your site breaks for them. Nor will they tell you if it’s slow.</p>
<p>By adding error tracking to your site, you’ll know about it whenever an error happens.</p>
<p>With performance monitoring turned on, you’ll see what is slow and what is fast for your site’s users.</p>
<p>It takes a minute to set up and gives you the superpowers you need to take your site’s quality to the next level.</p>
<h4>💥 Error tracking</h4>
<p>Webmasters are hardly ever told that their site isn’t working.</p>
<p>By adding <a href="https://catchjs.com/#jserr" rel="nofollow ugc">error tracking from CatchJS</a> to your site, you’ll know about it whenever an error happens. It connects to the browsers error reporting mechanism and collects information about any unhandled Javascript exception happening on the page. You’ll get a detailed log of the circumstances of the error, so you are ready to reproduce it and fix it. If a new type of error happens, you’ll be notified.</p>
<p>This plugin connects your WordPress site with your <a href="https://catchjs.com" rel="nofollow ugc">CatchJS account</a>, and adds the CatchJS script to your site.</p>
<h4>⚡ Performance monitoring</h4>
<p>As computers get faster and faster, a lot of websites are slower than ever.</p>
<p>As webmasters add more and more stuff to their sites, some of it cause things to slow down.</p>
<p>With <a href="https://catchjs.com/#perf" rel="nofollow ugc">performance monitoring</a> enabled on your site, you’ll get a detailed breakdown of what takes time during the loading of your pages, so you can pinpoint wherever there’s a problem with performance. You get rich statistics about the actual performance experienced by your users, so you know what’s fast and what needs work.</p>
<p>CatchJS will track the Core Web Vitals for the pages on your site. These are vital for SEO, as they directly affect how your site ranks on Google. Get all your pages green, and climb the rankings.</p>
<h4>🔒 Privacy first</h4>
<p>CatchJS tracks errors and performance, but it doesn’t track your users. Not with cookies, not with IPs, and not through any other mechanism.</p>


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