WP Debugging
A support/troubleshooting plugin for WordPress.
5(19 reviews)
·10K+ active installs·Updated 1 year agoAs of April 2026, WP Debugging is a WordPress debug plugin with 10K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 19 reviews. It has been downloaded 433K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.2+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2019. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Download volume is stable this week. Top alternative: WP Crontrol.
5/519 reviews
10K+active installs
433K+total downloads
7 yearssince 2019
Overview
This plugin sets the following debug constants in wp-config.php on plugin activation and removes them on plugin deactivation. Any errors will result in a PHP Exception being thrown. Debug constants per Debugging in WordPress.
Default settings:
define( 'WP_DEBUG_LOG', true );
define( 'SCRIPT_DEBUG', true );
define( 'SAVEQUERIES', true );
@ini_set( ‘display_errors’, 1 ); is set when the plugin is active. WP_DEBUG is set to true when the plugin is first run, thereafter it can be turned off in the Settings.
The Settings page allows the user to set the following.
define( 'WP_DEBUG', true ); // Default on initial plugin installation.
define( 'WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY', false ); // Default when not declared is true.
define( 'WP_DISABLE_FATAL_ERROR_HANDLER', true ); // WordPress 5…Screenshots
Ratings & Reviews
519 reviews
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Recent Reviews
Perfect
by coriolis_too·1 year ago
Simple and easy to use. Does what is says
Another great debugging plugin
by Jamie·2 years ago
Yet another one of your plugins that I love and use all the time! Thank you. (Side note: is there a place to buy you a coffee or donate for your time?)
Makes debugging so much easier.
by ld2digital·2 years ago
I use this on all of my sites to streamline debugging. It saves so much time and hassle.
Very useful!
by Pulak Ahmed·2 years ago
Very helpful tool for debugging the conflicts.
Helpful, light-weight plugin
by pic2click·2 years ago
This little plugin was a lifesaver for a site of ours, self-hosted via docker. The implementation left us with a curious problem … some configuration someplace somewhere other than the standard lines in wp-config.php was overriding our WP_DEBUG setting. This plugin solved that.
Download Trends
Today: 55Yesterday: 91This week: 542Period total: 48K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.2+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | 5.6+ required |
Version Adoption
v2.12
86.7%
v2.11
12.2%
Other
1.1%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
2.12.2 / 2024-12-02
- add GA to generate POT
- update for PCP
Contributors
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