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Debug Bar Custom Info

Description

This plugin adds an extra panel to Debug Bar plugin that allows developers to output custom debug info.

Developers can log any variable to see its value when running PHP in WordPress. This helps developers see the real-time values of variables. It works exactly like console.log() in browsers.

How to add custom debug info

Add the following code wherever you want to debug a variable:

do_action( 'add_debug_info', $var, $label );

where $var can has any data type.

  • If $var is a string or any simple value, the value is outputted directly.
  • If $var is an array or object, the output is the same as print_r( $var ).

And $label is the description label (optional).

How to view debug info

  • Click on Debug Bar in the top right of the admin bar
  • Select Custom Info panel (see screenshots)

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Screenshots

  • Custom Info Panel

Installation

  1. Unzip the download package
  2. Upload debug-bar-custom-info to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  3. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

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Contributors & Developers

“Debug Bar Custom Info” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

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Changelog

1.0.2

  • Add 2nd param “label” to do_action

1.0.1

  • Use do_action to prevent fatal error when plugin files is not loaded

1.0

  • First release