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WordPress Plugin Keeps Deactivating After an Update? Check the Database

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WordPress Plugins Keep Deactivating at 3 AM? Check the Database There is a specific kind of WordPress problem that can waste an entire afternoon. A plugin deactivates after an update. You reactivate it. Everything looks fine. Then it deactivates again. There may be no fatal error on screen. The site still loads normally for visitors. … Read more

Debug Log

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Quick answer: The WordPress debug log records PHP errors, warnings and notices to a file. Turning it on takes three lines in wp-config.php. Reading it usefully means knowing which severity levels matter, which are safe to ignore, and never leaving errors displayed on a live site. The debug log is the closest thing WordPress has … Read more