Title: BugFu Console Debugger
Author: Federico Andrioli
Published: <strong>August 26, 2016</strong>
Last modified: January 17, 2023

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# BugFu Console Debugger

 By [Federico Andrioli](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fedeandri/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/bugfu-console-debugger.1.3.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bugfu-console-debugger/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bugfu-console-debugger/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bugfu-console-debugger/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bugfu-console-debugger/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bugfu-console-debugger/)

## Description

Log/Debug the PHP code in your Theme/Plugin with your Browser Console (no extension
needed). Made for themes and plugins developers.

**HOW TO CHECK IF BUGFU IS WORKING**

Open your Browser Console, if you see this header, BugFu is working properly

    ```
    ################################
    #### BugFu Console Debugger ####
    ################################
    ```

**HOW TO OPEN YOUR BROWSER JAVASCRIPT CONSOLE**

If you’ve never used the Browser JavaScript Console before, here’s how you open 
it:

 * Chrome PC shift+ctrl+j – Chrome Mac alt+cmd+j
 * Firefox PC shift+ctrl+k – Firefox Mac alt+cmd+k
 * Safari PC shift+ctrl+c – Safari Mac alt+cmd+c

**HOW TO USE BUGFU WITH WORDPRESS**

Call the log static method from wherever you are within the WordPress PHP code

    ```
    <?php /* WORDPRESS CODE HERE */

    /* Call it with no arguments to only output some backtrace info */
    BugFu::log();

    /* Call it with a string argument to output that string content */
    BugFu::log($my_string_content);

    /* Call it with a non-string argument to output the structured
       representation of that argument - it uses var_export() */
    BugFu::log($my_object-array-variable);

    /* Call it with the second optional argument set to "false"
       to turn off the backtrace info (which is on by default) */
    BugFu::log($my_content, false);
    ```

**DEVELOPERS**

Official Github repository:
 https://github.com/fedeandri/bugfu-console-debugger

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * The admin page when BugFu is ON
 * [[
 * The Browser JavaScript Console when BugFu is ON
 * [[
 * The admin page when BugFu is OFF

## Installation

 1. Unzip the plugin file bugfu-console-debugger.zip
 2. Upload the unzipped folder “bugfu-console-debugger” to the `/wp-content/plugins/`
    directory of your WordPress blog/website
 3. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

## Reviews

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e33a98ff5d78147ce3a2eb7e484dad165e238002dab2ce7b74167d1384411c90?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Nice when it works, often doesn’t](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nice-when-it-works-often-doesnt/)󠁿

 [synthezoid](https://profiles.wordpress.org/synthezoid/) February 13, 2024 1 reply

Totally broken with Litespeed cache, instantly causes out-of-memory errors and other
seriously unreliable operation including failure of pages to load with “there has
been a critical error on this website”. Abandoned many years ago, developer hasn’t
responded in support forum in 6 years and github repo not updated in 3 years. Too
bad, it was an extremely useful plugin when it worked.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f2949e1420c186ba7fe9eafb8f5c406b6b29ddebb639e7c7da6f93d39b784643?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Easy to use & very helpful](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/easy-to-use-very-helpful-7/)󠁿

 [Martin Sauter](https://profiles.wordpress.org/martinsauter/) November 29, 2022

Nothing else to add.

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Exactly what I need](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exactly-what-i-need-160/)󠁿

 [alexd3d](https://profiles.wordpress.org/alexd3d/) October 8, 2022

Exactly what I need – simple and genious! Thanks!

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8cfc1741e109e870dfe9fe6bd0d8820b43c565304cf24621cdc9c7ac7b514fa4?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Great for quick debugging](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-for-quick-debugging/)󠁿

 [hazardawareness](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hazardawareness/) June 9, 2021

When you can’t be bothered to setup xdebug or if you’re trying to debug on a server
you don’t have access to – indispensable

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cd986a8dc1219161f53bc2ec6718ede9c50789eb96048ccd73fca2b49d0a8114?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Easy to use and works well](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/easy-to-use-and-works-well-40/)󠁿

 [dmccan](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dmccan/) December 9, 2020

This is a nice plugin to use in concert with the Chrome dev console. It is easy 
to use and works well. Thank you for making it available.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/797926a1f6b3b0d82ffe13d87e91197b4e90698a71155ad149e3afc7cc94a1e8?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[The plugin to have.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-plugin-to-have/)󠁿

 [Rivmanbx33](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rivmanbx33/) October 24, 2020

Debug on some productions sites, when duplicating and installing in local environment
is not possible, or the configuration is not the same, can be difficult, and using
var_dump on a production site is not indicated. While critical errors and notices
can be catch by wordpress debug log, using this masterpiece of plugin can help to
identify what’s happening in the steps of executing a plugin or theme. Great work,
and sincerely thank you !

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## Contributors & Developers

“BugFu Console Debugger” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Federico Andrioli ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fedeandri/)

[Translate “BugFu Console Debugger” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/bugfu-console-debugger)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bugfu-console-debugger/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/bugfu-console-debugger/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/bugfu-console-debugger/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/bugfu-console-debugger/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.3

 * Adds the ability to log from the WordPress login page
 * Fixes a minor CSS issue

#### 1.2.4

 * Adds compatibility with old PHP versions (tested from 5.3)

#### 1.2.3

 * Updates and simplifies the AJAX calls debugging feature

#### 1.2.2

 * Prevents PHP notice when not logging from a class

#### 1.2.1

 * Update the AJAX calls debugging feature to avoid CPU overload

#### 1.2

 * Adds the ability to debug AJAX calls

#### 1.1

 * Fixes a bug that made it look like BugFu constantly needed to be updated (thanks
   to Jonathan Bossenger)
 * Adds a second optional argument to the log method, in order to allow you to turn
   off the backtrace info which is on by default

#### 1.0

 * First version, log your debug messages from PHP directly to your browser JavaScript
   console

## Meta

 *  Version **1.3.0**
 *  Last updated **3 years ago**
 *  Active installations **300+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.8 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.1.10**
 * Tags
 * [debug](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/debug/)[debug bar](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/debug-bar/)
   [error](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/error/)[log](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/log/)
   [php](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/php/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bugfu-console-debugger/advanced/)

## Ratings

 4.8 out of 5 stars.

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## Contributors

 *   [ Federico Andrioli ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fedeandri/)

## Support

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