Reveal and report errors with debugging tools

Here are quick tips on how to reveal errors and report them.

Turn off the preloader 

• Setting under WP Dash / Appearance / Customize / Theme Options / Misc.
• This will unmask any errors that might be hiding beneath the preloader. 

Turn on wp-debug

• WordPress comes with its own error reporting and debugging tool. It's easy to turn on. 
• Here's how - https://wordpress.org/support/article/debugging-in-wordpress/
  • Open wp-config.php  for editing.
  • Look for the following line:

  • define( 'WP_DEBUG', true );
    		

  • If you see it, great. if not, add it or change the 'false' part to 'true' so it looks like the line above.
  • Then choose how you would like to see errors: 
  • Log to a file?

  • define( 'WP_DEBUG_LOG', true );
    		

  • Print on Screen?

  • define( 'SCRIPT_DEBUG', true );
    		

  • Here is an example of a wp-config.php file with debugging turned on and set to log errors.
  • If you wish to print errors out to the screen, set wp_debug_display to true.
  • 

Check your JS console.

• You can quickly check your JS console in Chrome (or any browser) to see if you have some js errors. If so, report them to us.
  • Here's how - https://developers.google.com/web/tools/chrome-devtools/console/javascript

Send us a screenshot

• Reference "How to take the perfect screenshot" at the bottom of this article.

Success?

1. Yes - Awesome! 
2. No - Okay, let's try "Detect theme conflicts" at the bottom of this article.