What is WordPress error log and way to Setting Up WordPress Error Logs in WP-Config

Working in WordPress is easy, but sometimes it causes unwanted errors that can create a problematic situation. Some of these errors are WordPress error 500, error 404, error 503 services unavailable, and many others. For these errors, the error log is the best way to recognize the errors. In this blog, we will discuss the WordPress error log and how to set up the WordPress error logs in WP-Config.

What is the WordPress error log?

The personalized document that helps in listing all the errors and also listing the ways of correcting them. You can set them in the wp-config file. The wp-config helps monitor the WP settings. It is useful for debugging as well.

Need for wp-config for setting WordPress error log

As we stated earlier, the wp-config file monitors the activities of WordPress. It helps in knowing the ways of connecting to the database of WP. Moreover, it also determines the relevant database table prefixes and helps in providing authentication to your site. Wp-config is responsible for enabling the debugging mode. By doing so, WP error logs get saved. If they are saved, it would be easy to discover WordPress errors. 

Setting up WordPress Error Logs in WP-Config File

Follow these steps to set WP error log

a)     Open the cPanel account.

b)    Then open the file manager.

c)    When you click on the file manager, the following screen opens

   

d)  There you need to click on public_html

e)  After that, you can see the wp-config.php file.

f)     You need to edit that by right-clicking on that file.

g)     There you have to add the line “define(‘WP_DEBUG’, true); and this line should be added before “That’s all, stop editing, Happy blogging.”

 Note:- When your code is false in the wp-config file, you need to change it to true.

a)     It will help in turning on the debug mode.

b)    After that save your changes

c)     Now upload your wp-config.php file again to your site.

Look over Your WordPress Error Logs for review

a)     Open the WordPress website.

b)    Then access those pages which cause the errors and warnings.

c)  Open cPanel->File manager-->public_html file-->wp-content folder. There you find a file named debug.log.

d)     You can either do downloading of this file or you can view, or edit this file.

e)    It will depict all WordPress errors, warnings, etc.

Final Thoughts

This blog is all about the WordPress error log set in the Wp-config file. We hope this blog works for you. If still, you are facing any difficulty, kindly ask us in the comment section.