Turn debug settings on or off

BugTrace lets you turn the WordPress debug settings on or off with a switch. You do not need to edit wp-config.php yourself.

Change a setting #

1. Go to BugTrace → Settings.
2. Turn a switch on or off.
3. Click Save Settings.
4. You see the message Settings saved successfully!

When you save, BugTrace writes the four settings into your wp-config.php file. First, it saves a copy of the file called wp-config-backup.php. There is only one copy. Each save replaces it.

What each setting does #

Setting	What it does	When to turn it on
WP_DEBUG	Turns on debug mode in WordPress.	When you look for a problem.
WP_DEBUG_LOG	Saves errors to a log file. BugTrace reads this file.	Together with WP_DEBUG.
WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY	Shows errors on your pages.	Only on a test site.
SCRIPT_DEBUG	Loads the full (not minified) CSS and JavaScript files of WordPress.	Only when a developer asks you.

WP_DEBUG_LOG only works when WP_DEBUG is on.

Choose the log time zone #

The Log Timezone menu changes how dates look on the Logs page:

• UTC shows the time as it is saved in the log.
• Local shows the time in your site’s time zone. You set it in Settings → General.

Click Save Settings after you change it. The column title on the Logs page always says Error Date (UTC), even when you choose Local.

Reset the settings #

The Reset button sets everything back to the BugTrace defaults:

Setting	After Reset
WP_DEBUG	On
WP_DEBUG_LOG	On
WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY	Off
SCRIPT_DEBUG	Off
Log Timezone	UTC

Reset does not ask you first. It saves at once and reloads the page.

If nothing happens when you save #

If you click Save Settings and you do not see Settings saved successfully!, BugTrace could not save. It does not show an error message. The most common reason is that wp-config.php is not writable. Read Fix “wp-config.php is not writable”.