Debug information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The debug information tab provides information that may be crucial to replicating issues, or identifying causes for problems with a site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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This page also provides the user with a field for easily copying this information over into a support topic on the WordPress.org support forums (or to their plugin or theme providers support form if they wish). This section can be accessed by clicking the\u00a0Show copy and paste field<\/strong> button at the top of the page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The information in the copy and paste field has been filtered, and some data from the debug tab is unavailable as it is deemed private, such as database information, this means you can safely copy the whole field and it will be formatted and should be safe to put on a public forum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Note that the information provided on the debug page can be added to by plugins or themes using the debug_information<\/strong> filterFilter<\/span> Filters are one of the two types of Hooks https:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Plugin_API\/Hooks<\/a>. They provide a way for functions to modify data of other functions. They are the counterpart to Actions. Unlike Actions, filters are meant to work in an isolated manner, and should never have side effects such as affecting global variables and output.<\/span><\/span><\/span>Filter<\/span> Filters are one of the two types of HooksHooks<\/span> In WordPress theme and development, hooks are functions that can be applied to an action or a Filter in WordPress. Actions are functions performed when a certain event occurs in WordPress. Filters allow you to modify certain functions. Arguments used to hook both filters and actions look the same.<\/span><\/span><\/span> https:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Plugin_API\/Hooks<\/a>. They provide a way for functions to modify data of other functions. They are the counterpart to Actions. Unlike Actions, filters are meant to work in an isolated manner, and should never have side effects such as affecting global variables and output.<\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
If you are using the plugin in a language that has been translated, you may also find that you are presented with two buttons, one will provide the copy and paste information in your own language, the other will provide it in English, this is to make it easier to provide the information depending on what support site you are using (for example, one of our support forums in your own language<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Troubleshooting<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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When utilizing the troubleshooting mode, your currently logged in user is given a stripped down version of WordPress, where all plugins are disabled and one of the default themes is activated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is important to note that this is only the case for your user, it does not affect any other site visitors, or users of your site, for them the theme will be the same, and all plugins will still be running as before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This mode is essential when trying to identify the cause of an issue, as in most cases, any issue you have will be introduced by your theme or one of your plugins (or maybe even multiple plugins interacting poorly with each other).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When in troubleshooting mode you are able to verify if a problem still exists in a basic WordPress setup, thus helping us identify and fixing a bug others may be encountering, or finding out which plugin or your theme is causing the problems so that you can report this to the applicable authors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Troubleshooting with a specific plugin<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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If you wish to find out what is causing a conflict with another plugin (or to identify if it is experiencing issues on its own), the normal plugins page will let you quickly jump into troubleshooting mode by clicking the `Troubleshoot<\/code> link under the plugin you wish to test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n`
`This will enable troubleshooting mode, with only that plugin active by default, and let you test further from there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n`
Navigating while troubleshooting<\/h3>\n\n\n\nOnce in troubleshooting mode, a new item is added to your admin bar, and a dashboard widgetWidget<\/span> A WordPress Widget is a small block that performs a specific function. You can add these widgets in sidebars also known as widget-ready areas on your web page. WordPress widgets were originally created to provide a simple and easy-to-use way of giving design and structure control of the WordPress theme to the user.<\/span><\/span><\/span> is shown, which gives you an overview of which plugins are enabled or disabled, and allows you to toggle them on or off. It also allows you to switch between a default theme, and your currently active theme (the one you were using on your site before enabling troubleshooting mode), and of course gives you a way to disable troubleshooting mode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nThe admin bar lets you switch plugins or themes while on the front end of your site, letting you quickly test user-facing issues on your site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nThe dashboard widget gives a good overview of what is going on while in the back-end of your site.<\/p>\n\n\n\nPHP information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe PHP information tab is here for those extra hard issues, where normal information may not be enough and information about your sites more granular settings are required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This tab is essentially just the output of the phpinfo()<\/code> function, but adjusted to be displayed within your WordPress site instead of requiring you to write your own file to get the data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When asked for additional information from this page, the simplest approach is to use your browsers search feature (ctrl+f or cmd+f) and typing or pasting the name of the field you are asked to find.<\/p>\n <\/ul><\/div><\/ul><\/nav>","protected":false},"author":7337072,"featured_media":0,"parent":44991,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-47317","handbook","type-handbook","status-publish","hentry","author-clorith","make-troubleshooting-using-the-health-check"],"revision_note":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/handbook\/47317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/handbook"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/handbook"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7337072"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/handbook\/47317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48688,"href":"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/handbook\/47317\/revisions\/48688"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/handbook\/44991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}