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KL Debug

Friendly debug bar for developer, debug variables helpers and pretty error handler interface(powered by Whoops).

By Kiwik·Debug·Free
5(1 reviews)
·10 active installs·Updated 3 years ago
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As of April 2026, KL Debug is a WordPress debug plugin with 10 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 1.6K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.2+ and PHP 7.2+. Available on WordPress.org since 2020. Last updated 3 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: WP Crontrol.

5/51 reviews
10active installs
1.6K+total downloads
6 yearssince 2020

Overview

Add a Debug Bar to your WordPress website to debug and develop your themes, plugins, etc…

With the plugin you can find every variables you want to debug in the same place and use debug functions to display them.

Prerequisites

To fully help you to debug your website you need to add some code to your wp-config.php file.

define( 'WP_DEBUG', true ); // PHP errors, notices and warnings will be displayed
define( 'SAVEQUERIES', true ); // Display queries in current page
define( 'WP_DISABLE_FATAL_ERROR_HANDLER', true ); // Disable WP Fatal error handler

Usage of the debug functions

To debug a simple variable you can use:

<?php dump( $var ); // Dump the variable(s) ?>

To debug a variable and stop the process after you can use:

<?php dd( $var ); // This will die after dumping the v…
Read full description on WordPress.org

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Ratings & Reviews

51 reviews
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Compatibility

WordPress5.2+ requiredTested up to 6.0.11
PHP7.2+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.0.5

  • [Added] Tested up to WordPress 6.0
  • [Updated] Composer dependencies
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

KiwikKiwik
Plugin Info
Version
1.0.5
Last Updated
Jun 24, 2022
WP Requires
5.2+
Tested Up To
6.0.11
PHP Requires
7.2+
Active Installs
10
Downloads
1.6K+
Added
Feb 25, 2020
Business
Free

Tags

debugtoolbardeveloper

Developer

K
Kiwik
1 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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