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oik bwtrace

Debug trace for WordPress, including ad hoc action hook and filter tracing.

By bobbingwide·Debug·Free
5(1 reviews)
·20 active installs·Updated 10 months ago
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As of April 2026, oik bwtrace is a WordPress debug plugin with 20 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 6.2K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Top alternative: WP Crontrol.

5/51 reviews
20active installs
6.2K+total downloads
11 yearssince 2015

Overview

  • The primary purpose of debug trace is to help in the development of PHP code: plugins or themes.
  • The primary purpose of action trace is to help you understand the sequence of events in the server.
  • The primary purpose of ad hoc tracing is to let you see what’s happening without changing any code.
  • The primary purpose of ‘string watch’ is to track the source of some output.
  • This plugin provides the admin interface to trace functions and methods and action and filter tracing.

oik bwtrace does not alter the output of your web pages though there are options
which cause some output to be written to the browser during ‘shutdown’ processing.

You can also use the oik trace facilities to assist in problem determination in a live site.
Output is written to files on the…

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Ratings & Reviews

51 reviews
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1 ★
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Compatibility

WordPress5.0+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5
PHP5.6+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

4.1.0

  • Changed: Migrate PHPUnit tests to PHPUnit 10 & 11 #116
  • Changed: Add bw_trace_determine_locale() hook for ‘determine_locale’ filter #120
  • Changed: Add Theme info to trace status report #121.
  • Changed: Call bw_trace_locale() #120
  • Changed: Add bw_trace_locale() #120

…and 7 more changes

View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

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Plugin Info
Version
4.1.0
Last Updated
May 10, 2025
WP Requires
5.0+
Tested Up To
6.8.5
PHP Requires
5.6+
Active Installs
20
Downloads
6.2K+
Added
Sep 8, 2015
Business
Free

Tags

debugtracebacktracead hoc tracing

Developer

B
bobbingwide
16 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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