GLOBUS Debug Control

WordPress debug dashboard in the admin panel. Filter PHP error types, toggle WP_DEBUG constants, read debug.log, and inspect cron events, transients, autoloaded options, outgoing HTTP calls, and runtime constants - without SSH or editing files by hand.

Stop wading through hundreds of irrelevant PHP notices. Debug WordPress on your terms - filter errors, toggle WP_DEBUG, read logs, and diagnose performance issues without leaving the admin panel or editing a single file.

Screenshots

Settings	WP_DEBUG

Error Log	Cron Tasks

Transients	Autoloaded

HTTP Log	Constants

The images are rendered from HTML templates with Playwright, so they can be regenerated after any UI change - see tools/screenshots.

Features

The plugin adds eight tabs under Settings -> GLOBUS Debug Control:

• Settings - suppress notices, deprecations, warnings, and strict errors independently; choose error display mode (inherit, on, off); configure log file path and rotation limit; remove the php-error body class; install an optional MU-plugin dropin for early error interception.
• WP_DEBUG - toggle WP_DEBUG, WP_DEBUG_LOG, WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY, SCRIPT_DEBUG, and SAVEQUERIES directly from the admin. wp-config.php is patched in place with a timestamped backup; commented-out defines are never touched.
• Error Log - read debug.log in a CodeMirror editor with line numbers, severity colors, pagination, live polling, download, and one-click clear. Large files are read from the tail to keep memory usage low.
• Cron Tasks - list all scheduled events, highlight overdue and orphaned hooks, detect duplicate schedules, run an event immediately, or delete orphaned hooks.
• Transients - show database-stored transients with size and expiry, delete single entries, or purge all expired ones in one click.
• Autoloaded - list the heaviest autoloaded options (top 200) with size warnings, so you can spot what inflates every request.
• HTTP Log - capture outgoing WordPress HTTP API requests via http_api_debug, with method, status code, response time, transport class, and masked sensitive query params.
• Constants - group all WordPress-related runtime constants by category, with database passwords, auth keys, and salts automatically masked.

PHP errors are always suppressed in AJAX, REST API, WP-Cron, WP-CLI, and XML-RPC contexts, so JSON responses stay clean regardless of the display setting.

Requirements

• WordPress 5.2 or higher
• PHP 7.4 or higher

Installation

1. Install from the WordPress admin: Plugins -> Add New, search for "GLOBUS Debug Control", then click Install and Activate.
2. Or download the ZIP from wordpress.org and upload it via Plugins -> Add New -> Upload Plugin.
3. Open Settings -> GLOBUS Debug Control and configure as needed.

Development

This repository contains both the deployable plugin and its development tooling.

globus-debug-control/     deployable plugin (this is what ships)
  globus-debug-control.php  main entry, singleton Globus_Debug_Control
  include/                  one file per feature (traits and standalone classes)
  assets/                   admin CSS and JS
  languages/                translation files
tests/                    PHPUnit tests
tools/screenshots/        Playwright screenshot renderer

composer install          # install dev dependencies
composer test             # run PHPUnit
composer cs               # lint with PHPCS (WordPress standard)
composer cs-fix           # auto-fix with PHPCBF
composer pot              # regenerate languages/globus-debug-control.pot (WP-CLI)

Run composer cs and composer test before committing.

Screenshots

The WordPress.org screenshots are generated from static HTML templates:

cd tools/screenshots
npm install
npm run capture

Output is written to docs/screenshots/ in the exact screenshot-N.png order WordPress.org expects. The same files are copied to the plugin's SVN assets directory when publishing. See tools/screenshots/README.md.

Translations

Translation drafts live in docs/translations: Russian, Ukrainian, German, French, and Spanish. They are not shipped in the plugin ZIP - submit them through translate.wordpress.org so they arrive as language packs.

Deployment

Pushing to main triggers .github/workflows/DEPLOY.yml, which rsyncs the globus-debug-control/ directory to production. Root-level development files (composer.json, tests/, tools/) are not shipped.

License

GPLv2 or later. See LICENSE.

Links

• WordPress.org plugin page
• Support forum
• Translate the plugin
• SVN repository
• Report a security issue
• Author