Plugin info

Total downloads: 278
Active installs: 0
Total reviews: 0
Average rating: 0
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 1
Last updated: 6/25/2025 (189 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 5/19/2025 (0 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 5.0
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.8.3
Minimum PHP version: 7.2

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Stale • Last updated 189 days ago

38/100

Is Notice TraceLog abandoned?

Likely maintained (last update 189 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 5.0
Tested up to: 6.8.3
Requires PHP: 7.2

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Description

Notice TraceLog is a lightweight developer tool that displays PHP backtraces when Notices occur, helping you identify and fix issues caused by early execution or translation loading problems. Useful for debugging during plugin and theme development.

Installation

  1. Upload the plugin files to the /wp-content/plugins/notice-trace-log directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
  3. Make sure WP_DEBUG and WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY are enabled in your wp-config.php.

Example configuration in wp-config.php:

define('WP_DEBUG', true);
define('WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY', true);

Frequently Asked Questions

No FAQ available

Review feed

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Screenshots

  1. Default WordPress notice without clear source information.

    Default WordPress notice without clear source information.

  2. Error displayed by the Notice TraceLog plugin (compact mode).

    Error displayed by the Notice TraceLog plugin (compact mode).

  3. Detailed error display with full trace log to the source of the issue.

    Detailed error display with full trace log to the source of the issue.

  4. Example of a detailed notice with backtrace written to the debug log.

    Example of a detailed notice with backtrace written to the debug log.

Changelog

1.0.0

Release basic functionality

1.0.1

  • Added dependency checks for WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY and WP_DEBUG_LOG
  • Improved error display in the browser
  • Backtrace logging added to error log if WP_DEBUG_LOG is enabled (writes to the default log file)
  • Enhanced admin area messages