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Plugins to debug, profile & log errors

By profile, I mean - measure performance.

There is a good overview of available tools.

Xenu Link Sleuth and other 7 things you can do with Xenu.

Other desktop tools are:

I also used desktop site downloaders like Teleport Ultra

Online tools

The most beautiful is W3C official online tool called W3C Link Checker available here.

There is also an ancient looking Dead Link Checker.

Wordpress plugins

There is also a very good Wordpress plugin Broken Link Checker that examines database and detects broken links. It can be time consuming, but it clearly shows you if broken links are from WP posts.

404 logs & redirects

I am using a simple plugin called 404 Error Logger that logs all 404 errors on site.

There is more advanced Redirector plugin that does that same thing plus a lot more about redirecting links.

Log warnings & errors

WP Error Fix WP Error Fix: Track Plugins & Themes Errors in WordPress | WP Solver

We need to /wp-content/plugins/wp-error-fix/application/Service/Model/rest.php line 58 to $response->status = 'success';

Debug

WPEngine (should be experts in speed) recommend for development: Debug Objects now defunct, and Query Monitor

For most of the following plug-ins, besides setting WP_DEBUG we also must set define('SAVEQUERIES', true); in wp-config.php.

  • Query Monitor is essential plugin for development.

    After successful installation, don’t forget to check the symlink of db.php. It should be done automatically and can be forced with plugin deactivation and reactivation, with the disabled option Database Cache in W3TC__. Manually, you can do it with ln -s wp-content/plugins/query-monitor/wp-content/db.php wp-content/db.php from the WP folder.

    I suggest you immediately Set an authentication cookie to access the plugin when not logged in.

    Offical source and documentation: johnbillion/query-monitor, and some info

  • Debug Bar did not impress me. Everything it does, Query Monitor does better. Despite of that, it seems it has a lot of free extensions: Debug Bar and Add-Ons

    [Debug Bar Slow Actions is a really useful add-on that records timing spent on Actions/Filters. In slows down the site considerably so should be disabled in production environment.

    Note: This interesting add-on conflicts with another plugin - Debug Objects.

    Another add-on, Debug Bar Console adds a PHP/MySQL console to the debug bar.

  • Debug Objects is defunct now but was very interesting, and different. It had a lot of useful things for front-end development, but its interface was outdated.

    Enable the following, interesting options:

    • Chromephp and install the browser extension Chrome Logger
    • Db Query
    • HTML Inspector is perfect as markup quality tool but I believe there are better plugins for that
    • Cache shows the contents of the cache

    How to Debug Performance Problems

Discovering Slow Database Queries

Try installing the WP-CLI package wp package install runcommand/query-debug created by the creator of WP-CLI himself, Daniel Bachhuber, or the package wp-cli/profile-command. After installation, you will be able to use the interesting commands wp profile stage and wp query-debug, which can assist you in identifying slow database queries and improving performance.

Simpler Query Monitor alternative:

UsageDD

Debug plugins BlackBox Debug Bar for WordPress: Track Queries & Errors | WP Solver

Abandoned and depreciated plugins

Articles: 6 WordPress Plugins for Debugging 5 Must See Query Monitors for WordPress

Development plugins:

WP Page Load Stats

MySQL Monitor PHP/MySQL CPU performance statistics Diagnosis

Show page & post info

show current template

Show Current Template What The File

What Template Am I Using is my selected plugin.

Others are also very nice:

WordPress plugin for whoops Rarst/wps · GitHub whoops is a nice little library that helps you develop and maintain your projects better whoops! - php errors for cool kids

Another one: WordPress › Pretty PHP Error Pages « WordPress Plugins

Log Errors into Console

Log server-side messages in browser’s developer console.

Tracy

Tracy | nette/tracy looks amazing and very active.

Has Wordpress plugin: WP Tracy | hlavacm/WP-Tracy

Chrome Logger

Chrome Logger - Server side application debugging

Most languages include their own logging capabilities, but sometimes it is easier to see your logs right in the browser. Chrome Logger is an open protocol. Chrome Logger used to be known as ChromePHP.

Chrome Logger - Chrome Web Store

And in firefox: Console messages — Firefox Source Docs documentation ChromeLogger | burningmoth/burningmoth-chromelogger-firefox

Alternatives that are defunct by now

PHP Debug Bar

When you need to debug

Code adds a backtrace to PHP errors in gist

Get the gist:

wget https://gist.githubusercontent.com/jrfnl/5925642/raw/684479612fbf6d81cd440205f779ee25d3957710/wp-config-debug.php

Add this at the end of wp-config.php:

require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-config-debug.php');

Better debug.log Viewing Experience

Function wp_debug_mode() is defined inside wp-includes/load.php, it is called only once in wp-settings.php. It doesn’t do nothing special.

Still, it is impossible to override it from wp-config.php as it always sets some value. The only way to change error_reporting is inside mu-plugins folder.

How can I stop PHP notices from appearing in wordpress? - Stack Overflow PHP error_reporting Predefined Constants

Log viewers and monitors:

Hooks View

LH Clear Debug Log by Cron

WordPress loading sequence

WordPress loading sequence: A guided tour - webdesign defunkt.nu filters - What is the very earliest action hook you can call? - WordPress Development Stack Exchange Between functions.php, widgets and plugins, which is loaded first? - WordPress Development Stack Exchange

Must use plugins are plugins that you won’t manage through the normal plugin admin screens. They are useful if you are building an application in which it makes no sense that end users would enable/disable parts of the application.

Another use for must use plugins is a plugin that loads before all other plugins, because the normal plugins are only loaded further on in wp-settings.

After loading the must use plugins, you get the earliest hook you can call: muplugins_loaded - Note that there still are no ‘normal’ plugins loaded at this point. It is the first do_action inside wp-settings.php.

add_filter( 'option_active_plugins', array( $this, 'do_disabling' ) );
add_filter( 'site_option_active_sitewide_plugins', array( $this, 'do_network_disabling' ) );

add_action(‘muplugins_loaded’, function () { // your code here });

I like it: WordPress › Error Log Monitor

date 21. Dec 2016 | modified 27. Jan 2023
filename: Plugins » Debug & Log
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