WordPress Plugin Troubleshooting

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Naoko Takano @ WordPress Meetup Tokyo 02/09/2014

in 5 minutes

WordPress White Screen of Death

database connection theme / functions.php corrupted install files

or Plugin

Understand the Flowchart

http://scribu.net/wordpress/wordpress-plugin-troubleshooting-flowchart.html

1. Use the latest version 2. Isolate the issue 3. Find out the conflict

Check for Known Issues

http://wordpress.org/plugins/vaultpress/faq/

http://jetpack.me/support/known-issues/

http://contactform7.com/faq/

Plugins for Debugging Plugins

http://wordpress.org/plugins/debug-bar/

http://codex.wordpress.org/Debugging_in_WordPress

Google error messages

Use the Plugin Forums properly

http://wordpress.org/support/plugin/akismet

http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome