Plugin info

Total downloads: 9,810
Active installs: 400
Total reviews: 17
Average rating: 4.8
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 1
Last updated: 1/17/2023 (1079 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 8/26/2016 (9 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 3.8
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.1.9
Minimum PHP version: f

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Possibly abandoned • Last updated 1079 days ago • 17 reviews

24/100

Is BugFu Console Debugger abandoned?

Possibly abandoned (last update 1079 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 3.8
Tested up to: 6.1.9
Requires PHP: f

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Description

Log/Debug the PHP code in your Theme/Plugin with your Browser Console (no extension needed). Made for themes and plugins developers.

HOW TO CHECK IF BUGFU IS WORKING

Open your Browser Console, if you see this header, BugFu is working properly

################################
#### BugFu Console Debugger ####
################################

HOW TO OPEN YOUR BROWSER JAVASCRIPT CONSOLE

If you’ve never used the Browser JavaScript Console before, here’s how you open it:

  • Chrome PC shift+ctrl+j – Chrome Mac alt+cmd+j
  • Firefox PC shift+ctrl+k – Firefox Mac alt+cmd+k
  • Safari PC shift+ctrl+c – Safari Mac alt+cmd+c

HOW TO USE BUGFU WITH WORDPRESS

Call the log static method from wherever you are within the WordPress PHP code

DEVELOPERS

Official Github repository:
https://github.com/fedeandri/bugfu-console-debugger

Installation

  1. Unzip the plugin file bugfu-console-debugger.zip
  2. Upload the unzipped folder “bugfu-console-debugger” to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory of your WordPress blog/website
  3. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

Frequently Asked Questions

No FAQ available

Review feed

fcojgodoy
6/25/2018

Good plugin

Simple and functional!
Michel Jongbloed
12/16/2018

Must have for developers

Really great plugin. I'm surprised it does not seem to be well known under developers.
Bill Minozzi
8/6/2019

Very useful !

Must have for developers.
dmccan
12/9/2020

Easy to use and works well

This is a nice plugin to use in concert with the Chrome dev console. It is easy to use and works well. Thank you for making it available.

Screenshots

  1. The admin page when BugFu is ON

    The admin page when BugFu is ON

  2. The Browser JavaScript Console when BugFu is ON

    The Browser JavaScript Console when BugFu is ON

  3. The admin page when BugFu is OFF

    The admin page when BugFu is OFF

Changelog

1.3

  • Adds the ability to log from the WordPress login page
  • Fixes a minor CSS issue

1.2.4

  • Adds compatibility with old PHP versions (tested from 5.3)

1.2.3

  • Updates and simplifies the AJAX calls debugging feature

1.2.2

  • Prevents PHP notice when not logging from a class

1.2.1

  • Update the AJAX calls debugging feature to avoid CPU overload

1.2

  • Adds the ability to debug AJAX calls

1.1

  • Fixes a bug that made it look like BugFu constantly needed to be updated (thanks to Jonathan Bossenger)
  • Adds a second optional argument to the log method, in order to allow you to turn off the backtrace info which is on by default

1.0

  • First version, log your debug messages from PHP directly to your browser JavaScript console