Title: Another debug plugin – Is there a need?
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Another debug plugin – Is there a need?

 *  [deltafactory](https://wordpress.org/support/users/deltafactory/)
 * (@deltafactory)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-debug-plugin-is-there-a-need/)
 * I was hoping for some feedback from developers who may already be using this 
   plugin:
 * I am in the process of developing a debugging plugin for use _on production websites_.
   I have a specific need and started to write code before I even knew that “Debug
   Bar” existed.
 * My intention is to include a number of features that aren’t possible in the current
   plugin and probably beyond its intended scope:
 * 1. Conditional loading for more than just admin/super admin. It’s often useful
   to debug under a non-administrative set of capabilities. It’s also important 
   to gather information from third parties during a remote support scenario, under
   their active session. This would be controlled by an admin, assigned to a user.
 * 2. Conditional and manual activation of debugging reporting. You wouldn’t want
   to set WP_DEBUG true on a live server. Why not change the related error logging
   settings per-request and per-user? This is only possible to a limited extent.
 * 3. Result collection. Both in the remote support scenario mentioned above and
   other “profiling” scenarios, it’s helpful to have some historical data. By separating
   debug output from page output, we can keep the data in front of us. This could
   be useful for AJAX debugging.
 * Is this something that the WP dev community would find useful? What features 
   have you wished you had while troubleshooting a live site?
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/debug-bar/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/debug-bar/)

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