by Fulvio Notarstefano 4.7 (19 reviews)

WP PHP Console

Name: WP PHP Console
Rating: 4.7 (19 reviews)
Author: Fulvio Notarstefano

An implementation of PHP Console as a WordPress plugin. Use Chrome Dev Tools to debug your WordPress installation!

WP PHP Console ranks #8,993 among WordPress.org plugins with 500+ active installations, is #799 of 4,943 in the Utilities & Tools category, a 4.7/5 rating from 19 reviews, and was last updated Nov 9, 2020. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 5.5 (Current: 7.1)

v1.6.0 Current Version v1.6.0

Updated 5 years ago Last Update on 09 Nov, 2020

Refreshed 15 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#799 of 4,943 in Utilities & Tools Top 25% by installs No update in over a year

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.6.0
Last Updated: Nov 09, 2020
Requires WP: 3.6.0+
Tested Up To: 5.5
PHP Version: 5.6 or higher
Author: Fulvio Notarstefano

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Reviews: 19
Support Threads: 0
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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress developers and site administrators who want to debug PHP code directly in the browser. It lets them execute PHP or WordPress-specific code remotely, inspect variables, and view errors with stack traces in the Chrome Dev Tools JavaScript console, avoiding the need to write temporary test files or check server logs separately.

Remote PHP code execution
Eval Terminal in browser
Variable dumping via PC::debug()
Error and exception handling
Stack trace display
Chrome Dev Tools integration
Password-protected access
Tag filtering for debug output

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about WP PHP Console

No, but it makes use of Sergey's PHP Console library as it is.

No it doesn't, unless PHP Console browser extension is ported, for example, as a Firefox add-on.

You can but it is probably not a good idea. You should do your debugging and testing on a development/testing environment on a staging server or local machine. Likewise, you normally wouldn't want to turn on PHP error reporting or set WP_DEBUG to true in a live site as you wouldn't want to display error information to public. Furthermore, PHP Console allows execution of any remote PHP code through terminal - for this you can set a strong password and restrict the IP address range to access the terminal, but still it's not advisable. Besides putting your site at risk, you will also add more load to your server.

Generally no, WP PHP Console will intercept those. However, it's always a good idea to keep an eye on the logs too. Furthermore, WP PHP Console is unable to catch many server errors that result in a 500 error code on the browser. For those you may have traces left in the debug.log file.

The JavaScript console prints PHP variables as JavaScript variables. Associative PHP arrays such as ['key1' => 'var2', 'key2' => 'var2', ... ] are shown as objects; automatically indexed arrays like [ 'var1', 'var2', ... ] are shown as arrays. Fatal error: Class 'PC' not found in 'my code' PC::debug( $my_var, $my_tag ) can only be called after the WordPress core included the WP PHP Console plugin. You could move your debug code or either do something like // delay use of PC class until WP PHP Console plugin is included add_action( 'plugins_loaded', function () use ( $my_var ) { // send $my_var with tag 'my_tag' to the JavaScript console through PHP Console Server Library and PHP Console Chrome Plugin PC::my_tag( $my_var ); }); or // PHP Console autoload require_once dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/wp-php-console/vendor/autoload.php'; // make PC class available in global PHP scope if ( ! class_exists( 'PC', false ) ) PhpConsole\Helper::register(); // send $my_var with tag 'my_tag' to the JavaScript console through PHP Console Server Library and PHP Console Chrome Plugin PC::my_tag( $my_var );