How to Complete a WP Debugging Test (WP Critical Error)

The WordPress error message "There has been a critical error on this website" indicates an error has occurred, but doesn’t share any specific information about the error.

To diagnose a WP critical error, you can perform a debugging test and share the error message with the ApproveMe.com team to receive some support. 👏

Follow these steps to complete a debugging test

1. Enable WP Debug mode in WordPress

In order to enable debugging in WordPress, you will need to add a small code snippet to your wp-config.php file. This code will prevent error messages from appearing on-screen and instead log them to the /wp-content/debug.log.

/* Switch this value between true and false to enable and disable debugging */

define('WP_DEBUG', true);

/* This will log all errors notices and warnings to a file called debug.log in wp-content only when WP_DEBUG is true */

if (WP_DEBUG) {

define('WP_DEBUG_LOG', true);

define('WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY', false);

@ini_set('display_errors', 0);

@ini_set('error_reporting', E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE );

@error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);

}

Please see the WordPress Codex entry on this topic for more information.

2. Replicate the error using the same steps you originally took.

3. Check your server log for the error message and share it with the ApproveMe.com team.