I configured my Local site to log errors to a file instead of displaying them on the web page. I have these rules in my wp-config.php: define( 'WP_DEBUG', true ); define( 'SCRIPT_DEBUG', true ); define( 'WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY', false ); define( 'WP_DEBUG_LOG', true ); It had been working as expected, l…

@afragen thanks for your suggestion. That’s funny, I just installed Query Monitor yesterday to investigate some page loading slowness. Everything looks right to me in the Environment summary. I’ll attach screenshot. [42%20AM]

@clayteller it all looks correct. I wonder if it’s a permissions issue for the wp-content folder.

@afragen yeah worth a look… I view permissions of wp-content directory in terminal and it is the same permissions as the wp-content directory in my other site which doesn’t have any issues. Screenshot from my terminal window: [29%20PM]

Does the debug.log file exist and what are its permissions?

Hey @clayteller – Along the lines of @clay 's question about Environment type and version – What if you export this site, and then import it as a new site? Does the imported site do this logging correctly? – Ben

@afragen in my past experience debug.log will be created by WordPress when it does not exist. I’ve tried both scenarios: without the file and with debug.log file with “777” permissions, and neither one worked for me

@ben.turner I just did the following with no luck: 1) clone the site in question 2) load the new cloned site, which was automatically updated to the latest environment 1.3.1 in the course of cloning 3) load pages on the cloned site to see if errors will be logged to debug.log and they were not

Very odd. Not sure I have any other ideas. Your sure there are errors and you’re simply not writing perfect code? :wink:

Something about this feels like a file/folder mounts type of thing. I know it sounds odd, but have you restarted the computer since the update? Also, is there any information in the Local log, or one of the files in the logs folder for the site? – Ben

@afragen thanks anyways. If only :grin:

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Are there any errors on the front-end of the site? It’s possible that the error is being triggered early enough in the process that WordPress doesn’t have a chance to catch it and log it.

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