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CODEX.WORDPRESS.ORG/DEBUGGING_IN_WORDPRESS WP_DEBUG ▸ Turns on display of errors ▸ Most useful for: ▸ WSOD (white screen of death) ▸ truncated page (eg sidebar, or footer completely missing) ▸ Turn to false when not using ▸ Can use with a plugin (eg Debug Bar) ▸ define( 'WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY', false ); /** The name of the database for WordPress */ define( 'DB_NAME', 'database_name_here' ); /** MySQL database username */ define( 'DB_USER', 'username_here' ); /** MySQL database password */ define( 'DB_PASSWORD', 'password_here' ); /** MySQL hostname */ define( 'DB_HOST', 'localhost' ); … define( 'WP_DEBUG', true );
READING ERRORS PHP ERROR ▸ Fatal ‣ Call to undefined function add_acction() ▸ in ▸ line Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function add_acction() in / kristarella/wp-content/plugins/my-plugin.php:6