Log PHP, database and JavaScript errors via WP_DEBUG with one click. Conveniently create, view, filter and clear the debug.log file.
Sleuren allows you to:
- Enable WP_DEBUG with one click to log PHP, database and JavaScript errors when you need to, and disable it when you're done. No need to manually edit wp-config.php file.
- Create the debug.log file for you in a non-default location with a custom file name for enhanced security.
- Copy the content of the default / existing debug.log file into the custom debug.log file, and delete the default / existing debug.log file. So there is continuation in logging and enhanced security going forward.
- Parse the debug.log file and view distinct errors and when they last occurred, which is better than looking at the raw log file (potentially) full of repetitive errors.
- Quickly find and filter more specific errors for your debugging work.
- Make error details easier to read by identifying error source (core / plugin / theme) and separating file path and line number.
- Easily view files where PHP errors occurred. This includes WordPress core, plugin and theme files.
- Enable auto-refresh to automatically load new log entries. No need to manually reload the browser tab, or to
tail -f
the log file on the command line. - Easily clear the debug.log file to save disk space and more easily observe newly occurring errors on your site.
- Show an indicator on the admin bar when error logging is enabled.
- Add a dashboard widget showing the latest errors logged.
- Use
error_log()
to output error info into your debug log. e.g.error_log( $error_message )
for simple, string-based error message, orerror_log( json_encode( $error ) )
when inspecting a more complex error info, e.g. array or object.
A simpler and more compact version of Sleuren is included as part of the System Dashboard plugin, should you prefer a single plugin that does more.