Andy Fragen

This plugin sets the following debug constants in <code>wp-config.php</code> on plugin activation and removes them on plugin deactivation. Any errors will result in a PHP Exception being thrown. Debug constants per <a href="https://developer.wordpress.org/advanced-administration/debug/debug-wordpress/" rel="nofollow ugc">Debugging in WordPress</a>.
Default settings:
<pre><code>define( 'WP_DEBUG_LOG', true );
define( 'SCRIPT_DEBUG', true );
define( 'SAVEQUERIES', true );
</code></pre>
  
 @ini_set( ‘display_errors’, 1 ); is set when the plugin is active. <code>WP_DEBUG</code> is set to true when the plugin is first run, thereafter it can be turned off in the Settings.
The Settings page allows the user to set the following.
<pre><code>define( 'WP_DEBUG', true ); // Default on initial plugin installation.
define( 'WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY', false ); // Default when not declared is true.
define( 'WP_DISABLE_FATAL_ERROR_HANDLER', true ); // WordPress 5.2 WSOD Override.
</code></pre>
When the plugin is deactivated best efforts are made to re-add pre-existing constants to their former state. When the plugin is activated the default settings and any saved settings are restored.
This plugin uses the <a href="https://github.com/wp-cli/wp-config-transformer" rel="nofollow ugc">wp-cli/wp-config-transformer</a> command for writing constants to <code>wp-config.php</code>.
<a href="https://github.com/norcross/debug-quick-look" rel="nofollow ugc">Debug Quick Look</a> from Andrew Norcross is included with this plugin to assist in reading the debug.log file. If you already have this plugin installed you should delete it when WP Debugging is not active.
<a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/query-monitor/" rel="ugc">Query Monitor</a> and <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/debug-bar/" rel="ugc">Debug Bar</a> plugins are optional dependencies to aid in debugging and troubleshooting. The notice for installation will recur 45 days after being dismissed.
If you have a non-standard location for your <code>wp-config.php</code> file you can use the filter <code>wp_debugging_config_path</code> to return the file path for your installation.
The filter <code>wp_debugging_add_constants</code> allows the user to add constants to <code>wp-config.php</code>.
The filter returns an array where the key is the name of the constant and the value is an array of data containing the value as a string and a boolean to indicate whether or not the value should be passed without quotes.
<pre><code>$my_constants = [
 'my_test_constant' =>
 [
 'value' => 'abc123',
 'raw' => false,
 ],
 'another_test_constant' => [ 'value' => 'true' ],
];
</code></pre>
The <code>value</code> option contains the constant’s value as a string.
The <code>raw</code> option means that instead of placing the value inside the config as a string it will become unquoted. The default is <code>true</code>. Set as <code>false</code> for non-boolean values.
Example:
<pre><code>add_filter(
 'wp_debugging_add_constants',
 function( $added_constants ) {
 $my_constants = [
 'my_test_constant' => [
 'value' => '124xyz',
 'raw' => false,
 ],
 'another_test_constant' => [ 'value' => 'true' ],
 ];
 return array_merge( $added_constants, $my_constants );
 },
 10,
 1
);
</code></pre>
This will create the following constants.
<pre><code>define( 'MY_TEST_CONSTANT', '124xyz' );
define( 'ANOTHER_TEST_CONSTANT', true );
</code></pre>
<h3>Development</h3>
PRs are welcome against the <a href="https://github.com/afragen/wp-debugging" rel="nofollow ugc">develop branch on GitHub</a>.

WP Debugging

This helps me support customers and get better debugging information about errors happening on their site without having to ask for sensitive login info. Simple and does a great job, I've used it or recommended it a dozen times in the last month.

Great support tool

I can't tell you the number of times I've had to handle a support request that involved a white screen. Thank you, @afragen, for building this awesome tool to help define constants for a file that isn't easily accessible without passing around credentials.

Super Handy!

Thanks for the useful plugin, we're going to start recommending this to our customers.

Useful Plugin

Thank you for this useful and beautiful plugin, helps me a lot.

Very useful

Quick access to the log files speeds up development!

Great plugin

With this plugin it's at last possible to debug a remote site wihtout having access to the cpanel!

Very useful!


Every time I come across an obscure problem on WordPress sites, I start looking for it by installing this plugin.Thanks to the developers for a great tool!


Perfect tool for debug.

Yet another one of your plugins that I love and use all the time!  Thank you.  (Side note: is there a place to buy you a coffee or donate for your time?)

Another great debugging plugin


I've been using the WP Debugging plugin since 2024, and it has been a lifesaver. The error log feature alone helped me track down several issues that would have taken hours to find manually.



The fact that it integrates with Query Monitor is a nice bonus too. If you do any WordPress development or troubleshooting, just install this plugin. Five stars, no hesitation.


Absolutely essential for debugging – saved me countless times!

A support/troubleshooting plugin for WordPress.

welaika

<a href="https://github.com/welaika/wordless" rel="nofollow ugc">Wordless</a> is the WP themes framework developed and used by <a href="http://dev.welaika.com" rel="nofollow ugc">weLaika</a>.
As we wrote in the Wordless README:
<pre><code>« Wordless is not meant to be a bloated, all-included tool.
This is why we recommend adding some other plugins
to get the most out of your beautiful WP developer life »
</code></pre>
Wordless Extender (WLE from now on) is a starting point for every Wordless theme. 
Let’s take a look in depth.
<h3>Plugin Manager</h3>
Never change a winning team! These are our starred plugins; with these we cover the 90% of our developing needs. 
You’ll have a control panel inside WLE to list, enable, disable and upgrade plugins from the collection; never search that useful plugin crawling the WP.org repo and have team kickstart projects with always the same plugin set.
<h3>Config Constants</h3>
Manage WP constants (stored in your wp-config.php) directly within the WP backend.
We got inspired by WordPress <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php" rel="nofollow ugc">guidelines</a> and we crafted this little control panel. It is intended for advanced users: we are not interested in making things easy, but we’d like to remember important/complex/abstruse settings and have them always just one click away.
Everytime you’ll update these configs <code>wp-config.php</code> file will be backed-up in <code>wp-config.php.orig</code>. Keep in mind.
<h3>Security fixes</h3>
This is the most important section: improving security. 
Most of the tricks are directly from <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress" rel="nofollow ugc">Hardening WordPress</a> guide; others are tricks discovered on battlefield.
You have to know what you are doing. Follow the comments in the panel if you are confused. Remind that when you’ll let the plugin rewrite your <code>.htaccess</code> file, it will take a backup copy of the last version in <code>.htaccess.orig</code>.
If you are asking about the things are we doing with your <code>.htaccess</code> go read the template in <code>resources/htaccess.tpl</code>. 
Essentially we’ll block access to various files and locations. 
We are always at work to improve this section, so if you have some tips open an issue or send a pull request.
<h3>Wordless integration</h3>
WLE menu in the WP backend, will be integrated with the Wordless 0.4+ backend menu, creating one place to rule them all!
<h3>Need more tools?</h3>
Visit <a href="http://wptools.it" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress Tools</a>.
<h3>Licence</h3>
(The MIT License)
Copyright © 2014-2015 weLaika
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the ‘Software’), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ‘AS IS’, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

Wordless Extender

Wordless Extender is a starting point for everyone: list of commonly used plugins, wp-config.php / .htaccess configuration and security improvements.

WP Debugging vs Wordless Extender