Activation of WP_DEBUG in WordPress (dedicated servers)

In WordPress, when hosted on dedicated servers, you have the ability to enable or disable WordPress DEBUG logging. However, you do not have the ability to specify which file the logging will be written to for security reasons (logging data is written to a predefined file outside of public_html/).

1. Locate and open the wp-config.php file

   Using FTP or SSH, find the wp-config.php file located in the root (in the public_html folder) of your WordPress installation.

2. Enable WordPress Debug

   Add or modify the following lines inside wp-config.php to enable error logging:

   define( 'WP_DEBUG', true );
   define( 'WP_DEBUG_LOG', true );
   define( 'WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY', false );
   

   If you want to disable debugging, change the value to false for all variables.

   The WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY variable, if set to true, displays debug messages in the browser (on your website).

⚠️ Note: On dedicated servers specifically, the wp-content/debug.log file does not work. However, you will find the log in a file in the logs/ subdirectory of your home directory.