Small tool for developers to make debugging more easy (and fun)!
| Author: | Philipp Stracker (profile at wordpress.org) |
| WordPress version required: | 3.0.1 |
| WordPress version tested: | 3.8.1 |
| Plugin version: | 1.3 |
| Added to WordPress repository: | 11-02-2014 |
| Last updated: | 16-03-2014
Warning! This plugin has not been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.
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| Rating, %: | 100 |
| Rated by: | 1 |
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| Total downloads: | 405 |
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This plugin is intended to be used by WordPress developers, during development.
Logfile Debugger basically provides you with 3 new methods:
wp_debug(var1, var2, ...)wp_debug_trace()wp_describe(var1, var2, ...)
The first two methods will add a new entry to a log file, the last method will dump all specified variables on the screen.
Now the cool part: The plugin also provides a new admin section to view the log file (check the screenshot)! This viewer can even be opened in a stand-alone popup/separate tab.
Attention:
For security reasons this plugin should only be used on a development environment! Every user that is logged in to WordPress can potentially read the log-data. It is your responsibility as a developer to take make sure that no sensitive data is made available to other WordPress users via the logfile.
Recommended usage:
You should always test if the debug function exists before calling it. This prevents unexpected errors in cases where you forget to remove the wp_debug() or wp_describe() calls form the code while testing your plugin/theme on installations that do not have the logfile-debugger plugin installed.
Example:
function_exists( 'wp_debug' ) && wp_debug( 'Current WP object: ', $wp );