Questions tagged [debug]
Basic techniques on debugging WordPress that can assist you on first hand.
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Wordpress website working fine on localhost but not displaying front pages on webhost
The website works perfect on my localhost.
I used duplicator plugin to upload it on my web-host.
Database connections are established since mywebsite.com/wp-admin works perfect. I can login the ...
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How to check whether functions is deprecated or not?
Can you please tell me if this code is up to date?
Thanks in advance.
function setmot_turta_notice() {
if ( is_product() && has_term( array('set-turta','set-mot' ), 'product_cat' ) ) {
...
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XAMPP-VM Mac OS Mojave wordpress debugging using XDebug
Someone please point me to a knowldge article or information on
how to setup Xdebug on XAMPP-VM Mac OS in particular.
The dev configuration:
XAMPP-VM
Mac OS Mojave 10.14.6
VScode with PHP debug ...
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Getting value of variable from functions.php and debugging it
I am trying to inspect a variable obtained in functions.php for debugging purposes. I am defining a variable $current_user by executing the shortcode to obtain the current logged-in user. Then I am ...
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Problem In Advance search Plugin [closed]
I write a plugin. it has the ability to filter post by category and also its subcategories.
I get some error and I don't know why I get it! I commented on the errors.
Could you help me?
function ...
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problem with size of debug.log file
my debug.log file in wp-content size in above 4GB and have trouble with that.
can I delete this file from the server?
if delete debug.log file ، No problem with my site? Does everything correctly run ...
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How to debug in wordpress like we do in java in eclipse F6,F5 and F7?
I am very new to wordpress. I have always worked on Java and its related frameworks like Spring,Hibernate.
I find it very difficult to understand the flow without debugging.
Is there any way to debug ...
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How can I find the cause of a 500 server error?
I'm not sure if this question fits this site, since the title specifically mentions development of WordPress.
Anyway, i am running a Linode Debian Stretch server that I just built. Previously, I was ...
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wp_option table breaks layout when merging CSS
When merging css files the whole layout breaks as if no css file were being called, no matter what plugin I am using for merging. After starting a fresh install and migrate data step by step I found ...
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How to debug my custom login form looping intermittently
I have a custom log in form for users of my website where they can log in then view some information that related to them.
The problem is sometimes this form will loop. I will get the message "login ...
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Problem in plugin debuging in wordpress
I want to save extra user fields in custom table after user register.
In my plugin I added user_register hook and I am checking this code while user register but I cannot find any errors and cannot ...
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Cannot set property 'className' of null at setThemeFromCookie
I am coding in WordPress to make a button to toggle body class from light-mode to dark-mode. i was experimenting with trying to add a cookie so that the preference is remembered for the browser. But i ...
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No debug log for WP multisite is created
Where is the debug.log file stored on multisites?
I have inserted into my wp-config:
define ('WP_DEBUG', true);
define ('WP_DEBUG_LOG', true);
define ('WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY', true);
and analogous to ...
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Log with Query Monitor during AJAX
I am trying to log my own messages using Query Monitor API, which I found in the code, like \QM::info($msg), \QM::error($msg) etc. But nothing is written to the query monitor console or developer's ...
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xdebug connects but won't break in WordPress with vvv
I am using vvv for local WordPress development and cannot get xdebug to pause on breakpoints.
I have ssh'ed in and set the xdebug_on command.
phpinfo() shows xdebug installed and active
phpinfo() ...
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error_log is not working as expected in functions.php file
Error log on my index file get logged in the error_log.txt file but the same error log is not working in the functions.php file. I am using the latest WordPress and PHP 7.0. I am not using any plugin ...
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Easy code troubleshooting in wordpress
Is there an easy and standard way to debug our code in wordpress plugins?
I want to print some variables in a function that runs when a certain things happen.
Is there a wordpress way to save this in ...
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Debugging wp_query orderby for taxonomy
I cannot seem to find where WP_Query adds the orderby clause to a SQL query.
I am using this code:
function wpd_team_taxonomy_queries( $query ) {
if ( !is_admin() && $query->is_tax( 'team'...
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Echo Text If User Is Logged in But NOT the Author of post
i am coding a plugin, where user can subscribe to a indvidual author of post (like we do on YouTube). I want to display the subscribe link to all logged in users, but not the author of post.
my ...
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Custom Code Review: non-numeric value encountered
I am getting a E_WARNING error on my child theme template for woocommerce/content-product.php
Stack trace
E_WARNING: A non-numeric value encountered
in {closure} called at ? (?)
in array_walk called ...
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What is debug.log.old? It seems to take up a lot of space
what is debug.log.old (please see attached image). It seems to take up a lot of space. Is it necessary to delete it? Or should I leave it alone? Thanks
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Same log message keeps on printing to debug.log file thousand of times
So i was debugging my PHP code while working with Wordpress site by writing to debug.log with error_log($message) or trigger_error($message).
My message in these log statements keeps on printing ...
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Is it possible to set another language for debugging messages?
The site language is defined as Hebrew. So I get translated error messages.
It's a terrible thing. It is difficult to understand, it is difficult to search on Google, the directions of the text are ...
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Debugging preview not working problem
The link here is ?p=1448&preview=true
Which should be redirected to the /index.php
If I press that link it goes to:
/?p=1429&preview_id=1429&preview_nonce=ddfbdb8ba3&_thumbnail_id=...
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Wordpress Cron job, 302 response
I am trying to debug a cron job in wordpress. It's supposed to update user hours but doesn't, and after putting some test statements in the code, I'm not too sure it's even running.
I have debug ...
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Notice : Array to string conversion on array_intersect user meta
I am trying to check if two meta data has any common array values. Its returning an error
Notice: Array to string conversion in functions.php on line 1026 which is
$inbox = count(array_intersect($...
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WordPress database error: [Table 'wordpress.wp_transients' doesn't exist] SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `wp_transients`
This is the error message:
WordPress database error: [Table 'wordpress.wp_transients' doesn't exist]
SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM wp_transients
This error is displayed to me on every page I open and this ...
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Enable Wordpress Debug only for Admin
Is it possible to enable debug alert just for admin user? there is a way by adding a secret query in URL.
But I do not want to use it. is there anyway just display debugs, for admin?
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Why debug.log doesn't work?
I used the proper way to setup Wordpress debugging:
1.) Set up the wp-config.php:
define('WP_DEBUG', true);
define('WP_DEBUG_LOG', true );
define('WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY', false );
@ini_set( '...
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WordPress debug.log is not updating
In my wp-config.php file:
define('WP_DEBUG', true);
define('WP_DEBUG_LOG', true);
define('WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY', true);
@ini_set('display_errors',1);
In my php.ini file, track errors is = Off
/wp-...
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Disappearing articles, autodeleting themself?
I'm not sure what's going on. I don't post very much lately, but the first weird thing happend when an article just disappeared.
Today I was moving around my wordpress site. At some point, the last ...
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How do I debug a short code?
I am trying to debug a shortcode. I have written the following function and placed in my theme's functions.php file:
function michael_function_shortcode() {
return 'This is the return';
}
I ...
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Need Help Understanding Debug Log Errors
I have these errors in my debug.log and I'm at a loss as to how to go about fixing them. I believe they are the culprit behind one of my plugins automatically logging me out.
[15-Jun-2018 14:45:13 ...
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Stylesheet is getting removed/deregistered automatically
I've put some custom code in my active child theme's functions.php. I'm trying to enqueue some style on a admin page. However, a style enqueued in admin_enqueue_scripts hook gets automatically removed ...
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How do I isolate the reason a wordpress filter is not running?
I have a wordpress filter defined in my theme's single.php:
header( 'X-Filter-1: here' );
add_filter( 'the_content', function( $content ) use ( $details ) {
header( 'X-Filter-2: here' );
/...
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Debug info from request handler
I'm adding custom request handler using add_action and register_rest_root. Sometimes it's hanging and I'm stuck without any output. I would like to use something like
echo "Label";
to debug my code. ...
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How do I fix this 'Undefined variable:' debug message?
The code below (which I use in functions) is from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35263445/numeric-pagination-on-my-custom-category-page, and is showing a debug message of 'Undefined variable: ...
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.PO file is found but I don't see translations: how to debug the problem?
I have installed the Stack theme, and I want to make Danish translations. I have downloaded the Stack.pot file, made the modifications I need, and uploaded them to:
/wp-content/themes/stack/languages/...
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Debug.log file is never created?
It's the first I have seen this.
In a project I'm working on, I tried to switch on the debug mode for wordpress to see logs. Even if I activate the debug_log in wp-config.php, debug.log file is never ...
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map_meta_cap was called incorrectly error?
This is a very odd error that I haven't been able to find the underlying cause of or the solution yet.
Errors showing in various places within the WP Admin;
Notice: map_meta_cap was called ...
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Notice: Undefined index: post_title error
This is my code:
function insert_custom_post_test($args){
$args['post_content'] = '';
$args['post_status'] = 'publish';
if($args['post_title'] == 'test_title'){
// Code
...
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SyntaxError: unterminated string literal - if Wordpress Debug in wp-config is set to true
To clear up my notices in my Wordpress Shop (with Woocommerce) i set WP_DEBUG to true in my Wordpress wp-config file
define('WP_DEBUG', true);
Now im getting the following error in my firebug ...
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error_log() output for print_r() appearing on page
I am trying to debug a plugin and am using error_log() in various places to see what various things are. I am using the following:
error_log( print_r( $variable ) );
When I look at debug.log, all I ...
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Hooks for post saving make a post-new.php to load latest post's data
In my plugin I'm using
add_filter('wp_insert_post_data','filter_blog_post_data');
for filtering blog data before it gets saved in the database.
However this hook makes post-new.php to load latest ...
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how to trace notice warning on core function is_page() & is_singular in class-wp-query.php
I’m getting overrun with these on my production site:
PHP Notice: Trying to get property of non-object in /public_html/wp-includes/class-wp-query.php on line 3728
PHP Notice: Trying to get property ...
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Move product attributes after summary on single product page
I must say i don't know coding or programming. I did copy paste this code, inside my functions and it is working perfect. The code shows all the woocommerce product attributes after the product ...
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Debugging Mysterious PHP Addition
I am running a current version of Wordpress using a custom Roots/Sage theme.
The other day in production, a full line of PHP containing move_uploaded_file was inserted to the top of lib/customizer....
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What is the correct entry point for capturing coverage data
I am on a mission to find out which plugins are used on a large wordpress installation. Furthermore i need to find out which parts of which plugin is used exactly.
So i decided to record some code ...
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Using debug log in production, is that a security concern?
Is having the WP_DEBUG_LOG enabled, and having a debug.log in a production environment a security issue?
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Debug WordPress gettext function
The gettex function: ('__') receives the original string, in spite of the fact that the po file has the translation of the string. It happens accidentally.
Is there any method to find out the error?
