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KL Debug

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

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Tested up to WordPress 6.0
Current version1.0.5
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 6.0
Minimum stackWP 5.2 · PHP 7.2
Directory statusactive
Last directory update24 Jun 20224y ago
Active installations10Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating5.0 / 5 from 1 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records KL Debug version 1.0.5 as active, updated 4y ago and tested up to WordPress 6.0.

Overview

About this plugin

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

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:

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

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Debug a variable in the debug bar

This is one of the main aspect of the plugin, to debug variables in a separate place.

The most difficult task when you debug a variable is to deal with container width, with the plugin you have a debug bar where you can add the variables of the current page.

To add a variable to the debug bar you can use the function bellow:

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You can add custom tabs in the debug bar to filter you variables:

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What’s Whoops in the setting panel?

Whoops is the framework that we use to display error handling. (cf. Pretty error handler with stack frames)

WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • debug
  • developer
  • toolbar
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested up to WordPress 6.0

Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 6.0.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to6.0
Minimum requirementsWordPress 5.2 · PHP 7.2
Update activity24 Jun 20224y ago

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