Title: Debugging does not work
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Debugging does not work

 *  Resolved [CodeMonkeyBanana](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codemonkeybanana/)
 * (@codemonkeybanana)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/debugging-does-not-work/)
 * I have added the following to my wp-config.php
 *     ```
       define( 'WP_DEBUG', true );
       define( 'WP_DEBUG_LOG', true );
       ```
   
 * However, debugging is not working at all.
 * If I generate an error in my plugin file like so:
 * `trigger_error("Example error", E_USER_ERROR);`
 * Then the whole wordpress (multisite) installation fails to load. I get a white
   screen with a 500 error in browser. No error message is displayed and also in
   my Nginx log the PHP error is not recorded.
 * If I generate a notice like so:
 * `trigger_error("Example notice", E_USER_NOTICE);`
 * WordPress loads but there is no debug message at the top of the page and no log
   file is created.
 * This problem is only isolated to WordPress. If I do the same in a stand alone
   PHP file in the WordPress directory but not executed as a plugin, instead loaded
   directly in browser, the error messages display properly and also are recorded
   in the Nginx log for the site. There is some issue isolated to WordPress displaying
   errors.
 * This is causing me major problems and I cannot find any info on it in Goolge.
 * Does anyone have any idea what is going on?

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 *  Thread Starter [CodeMonkeyBanana](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codemonkeybanana/)
 * (@codemonkeybanana)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/debugging-does-not-work/#post-7441081)
 * This was being caused by WordPress CSV Importer plugin. Disabling it fixed it.

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/debugging-does-not-work/#post-7441081)
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