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How do you debug plugins?

I have an issue that the posts table shows "no posts found" right after the installation although I can see "All (1) | Published (1)" right above it.

Now I'm not asking how to fix this very issue, I'd rather learn how to troubleshoot such issues in general. Is there a log file? (Haven't found one.) Is there some plugin that would help with seeing which SQL commands are executed and what data is returned? Something to display PHP warnings?

Thanks.

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There are a few things you can do:

  1. Use the Debug Bar plugin http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/debug-bar/
  2. Set WP_DEBUG to true in your wp-config.php file if you are looking for problems in a theme or plugin
  3. I created a plugin that allows you to dump any variable into the Debug Bar plugin: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/kint-debugger/ You should look at the global $wp_query var to see the query that is being executed.

Beyond that, there are dozens of debug plugins on the plugin repo.

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