WP BugBot

Search your current plugin/theme/core files for keywords from admin. A 3rd party plugin bugfixers dream.

Author:WP Medic (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:3.0.0
WordPress version tested:5.2.2
Plugin version:1.8.0
Added to WordPress repository:01-03-2017
Last updated:24-07-2019
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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Plugin URI:http://wordquest.org/plugins/wp-bugbot/
Total downloads:661
Active installs:10+
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Broken plugin? Broken theme? Bizarre error messages? How to find the problem?
Track it down fast with WP BugBot, the Plugin and Theme Search Engine Editor.

** “Every good set up deserves a PATSEE..!” **

Lets you search your plugin and theme files for keywords from the editor screens!
A 3rd party developer and bugfixers dream… find and squash those pesty bugs.

NEW:

  • PHP Error Log AutoSearch and Viewer on Settings Page
  • Directory navigation for the plugin and theme editor screens!
  • Active and inactive plugins/themes are grouped in the selector
  • You can now search (but not edit) WordPress Core files too
  • Works with Multisite (access from network/plugins.php etc.)

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Search:

  • Search for any keyword or phrase
  • Search all, individual or multiple-select plugins!
  • Search all active, inactive or update-available plugins
  • Search all installed themes or a single themes files
  • Search root, wp-includes or wp-admin files or subdirectories
  • Case sensitive or insensitive matching

Results:

  • Highlighted results for every occurrence
  • Files and line numbers linked to file editor page
  • Snipped but expandable long results lines

Options:

  • Option to save last searched keyword/plugin/theme
  • Add to the default WordPress editable plugin file extensions
  • Choose which file extensions not to search through

Editor:

  • Adds directory navigation for plugin and theme files
  • Shows Plugin/Theme files not editable/listed by WordPress
  • Javascript jump to line and find in code on editor screen

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Development

To aid directly in development, please fork on Github and do a pull request:
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Limitations

  • ‘Scroll to Line’ and ‘Search in Code’ features not working with Code Mirror.

Planned Updates/Features

  • Integration of Debug Bar Features with linked search ability
  • A custom directory search option for any user defined directory
  • CSS/JS Resource to Plugin/Theme matching list via Custom Search
  • Scroll-to-line integrations with other source code editor plugins?
  • Improve Quick File Viewer Interface (allow saving?)