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Debugging your site

Turn on WordPress debug mode and view error logs.

Written by Daniel

When a site shows a blank screen or a plugin misbehaves, WordPress debug mode helps you find the cause. Console lets you turn it on safely.


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Open the Debug page

Open your site, then under WordPress select Debug.


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The Debug page


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Turn on debug mode

  1. Tick WP_DEBUG to turn on debug mode. This enables the other two options.

  2. Tick WP_DEBUG_LOG to record errors to a log file instead of showing them on screen.

  3. Keep WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY off on a live site, so visitors never see raw error messages.

  4. Click Save.


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View the log

Once debug logging is on, errors are captured in a log shown lower on the page. Review it to see what is going wrong.


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Turn it back off

When you have finished, turn debug mode off again so the log does not keep growing.

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