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WordPress Debug.log: How to Enable It and Read What It Tells You (2026)

WordPress debug.log file illustration showing error log lines being inspected

What the WordPress debug.log actually is Your WordPress debug.log is a plain-text file that lives at wp-content/debug.log — once you switch it on. It is not a dashboard, not a plugin, and not a report: it is the raw stream of PHP errors your site produces, written line by line as they happen. Every fatal … Read more