Title: Activating logging
Last modified: February 14, 2023

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# Activating logging

 *  Resolved [jayPEG](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jaypeg/)
 * (@jaypeg)
 * [3 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/activating-logging/)
 * I am a bit confused how to do go about activating logging. From the Logs tab 
   where it states “No data logged. Read about logging variables in Query Monitor.”
   and links to [https://querymonitor.com/docs/logging-variables/](https://querymonitor.com/docs/logging-variables/)
   I see the logging variables but no guide about how you would use those. Sorry,
   I feel like I must be overlooking something.

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 *  Plugin Author [John Blackbourn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnbillion/)
 * (@johnbillion)
 * WordPress Core Developer
 * [3 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/activating-logging/#post-16471290)
 * What are you trying to do? This feature is intended as a replacement for functions
   such as `var_dump()` in your own code which can be used while you’re debugging
   things. It’s a way of logging the value of an expression and displaying it in
   the output of Query Monitor.
 *  Thread Starter [jayPEG](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jaypeg/)
 * (@jaypeg)
 * [3 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/activating-logging/#post-16471314)
 * Thank you John. I was actually just attempting to get something to show another
   Plugin developer as we have a Plugin that’s loading incredibly slowly. They had
   responded with “We suggest you check the error log on your end by activating 
   any “Query Monitor” plugin from WordPress and share it with us so that we can
   better assist you.”.
 *  Plugin Author [John Blackbourn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnbillion/)
 * (@johnbillion)
 * WordPress Core Developer
 * [3 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/activating-logging/#post-16471396)
 * Ah-ha, then what they’re referring to is the “PHP Errors” panel, not the “Logs”
   panel. This panel only shows up if errors are triggered during the generation
   of the page.
 *  Thread Starter [jayPEG](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jaypeg/)
 * (@jaypeg)
 * [3 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/activating-logging/#post-16471466)
 * Ah! So if I don’t see a PHP Errors panel, then there were none?

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 * Last reply from: [jayPEG](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jaypeg/)
 * Last activity: [3 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/activating-logging/#post-16471466)
 * Status: resolved