What does this plugin do?

This plugin performs checks on your WordPress installation to detect configuration errors and known issues.

What is the purpose of the debug section?

The debug section allows you to gather information about your WordPress and server configuration for support purposes.

What does the troubleshooting section do?

The troubleshooting section allows you to have a clean WordPress session with disabled plugins and a default theme.

What can I do in the Tools section?

In the Tools section, you can check WordPress file integrity, test email sending, and plugin compatibility with future PHP versions.

Where can I provide feedback for this plugin?

You can provide feedback through the WordPress.org forums, the GitHub project page, or on Slack in the #forums or #core-site-health channels.

Health Check & Troubleshooting Plugin for WordPress

Easy Configuration Checks

Perform automated checks on your WordPress installation to detect errors and known issues.

Detailed Debug Information

Gather comprehensive information about your WordPress and server configuration to easily share with support representatives.

Hassle-Free Troubleshooting

Disable all plugins and use a default theme for a clean WordPress session, exclusively for your user.

Author’s Site

1.7.1 (2024-07-25)

Security: Prevent a potential information disclosure from the screenshot beta feature, reported independently by Jarko Piironen.
Security hardening: Make each screenshot delete nonce unique to that image.
Security hardening: Add a capability check alongside the nonce validation when toggling beta features on or off.
General: Updated the Tested up to tag.
General: Added notice about future changes to the Troubleshooting and Tools sections.
Added Twenty Twenty Four as a known and valid default theme.
Tools: Fixed a PHP warning when checking for PHP version compatibility and no data was found.
Tools: Fixed a PHP warning when WP_DEBUG is disabled, or nothing has been written to the logfile yet.
Tools: Improved the description for the robots.txt file viewer.

1.7.0 (2023-08-06)

General: Improved styling inconsistency between the plugin and WordPress core.
General: Fixed an issue with plugin translations where language strings would get mixed when using third party language plugins, or a separate profile language.
Troubleshooting Mode: Fixed the URL used when disabling elements and having a subdirectory installation.
Troubleshooting Mode: Fixed a deprecation warning when disabling troubleshooting mode on PHP version 8.3 or higher.
Troubleshooting Mode: Added reference on how to troubleshoot as different users when testing scenarios.
Tools: Fixed integration with WPTide for the PHP Compatibility checker.
Tools: Added a viewer that will display debug log output when enabled.
Tools: Added a warning to the File Integrity tester if unexpected files are mixed in with WordPress core files.
Tools: Added a warning if sending emails is taking longer than expected.
Tools: Added beta feature toggle for those who wish to test new functionality that may not be fully ready yet.
CLI: Fixed the CLI commands, you can now wp health-check status to your hearts content!
Beta feature: Added a new beta feature, making it easier for non-technical users to grab screenshots of issues on their site, and share them.

It definitely does its job

By Roman Bondar (romanbon) on January 19, 2025

If you know what you are doing, this plugin is priceless. For some features, there are no alternatives at all.

HEED ALL THE WARNINGS! THIS DESTROYED MY SITE!

By synthezoid on November 28, 2024

What other people are saying this plugin does, it did to me. As so many people describe, I used it once, and when I exited troubleshooting mode, ALL MY PLUGINS STAYED DEACTIVATED. I now have to restore my site from backup! NOT COOL!

Indeed a disaster.

By Muntasir M. Aumio (mmaumio) on November 5, 2024

DO NOT use this on any of your Live and important sites

A disaster!

By labalme on August 27, 2024

A disaster! The plugin deactivated and deleted most of my plugins. Impossible to restore without restoring the site from a backup. I've been an experienced woocommerce seller for many years and I haven't been able to solve the problem created by this plugin without restoring the backup from my host.

Wow

By kimberleypenamon on June 23, 2024

I didn't try it because of negative reviews and untested. If the problem is 53 out of 100 negative, that's more than half. Why is it still being offered as a means of help and health of your website???

Troubleshooting mode will screw your website

By debowale01 on May 24, 2024

I needed to use this plugin to troubleshoot a plugin conflict on my website, it ended up screwing my website. I had to restore from backup.

perfekt

By memopower123 on May 8, 2024

Bei mir hat dieses Plugin perfekt funktioniert, danke!!!

Zur Funktionsweise: Sobald dieses Plugin installiert und aktiviert ist, werden alle anderen Plugins deaktiviert. Nun kann man nacheinander jedes der schon zuvor vorhandenen Plugins aktivieren und jeweils prüfen, ob das Problem soeben behoben wurde.

Bei meiner Webseite hatte < MainWP Child > das Problem verursacht.

Really A Nice Plugin to figure out issue.

By Bayejid Ahmed (bayejid00) on February 23, 2024

I really like it. It useful to figure out any issue by using troubleshoot mode.

Thank to the author of the plugin.

Bricked my site

By Anders (anme) on February 18, 2024

Too bad I didn't read the warnings here before I installed.

Installed, activated, and selected Troubleshooting. Boom! Site is gone. Error 500 with nothing in the logs.

Deleting the plugin via ftp didn't help so now I have to get it restored from backup.

Pathetic.

AVOID THIS PLUGIN (And here's the fix if you didn't)

By Kermit O (kamitto) on February 11, 2024

As others have said, troubleshooting mode breaks your website. You will abruptly lose access to the dashboard, can't login, and the website itself won't load for users. The fix?

Go into your web directory through FTP and delete the plugin from your wp-content folder. When I did this I was able to reload the dashboard. Oddly, even without the plugin, I was prompted to disable troubleshooting mode, which I did, and then everything was restored.

Update: After deleting the plugin through FTP, the ability to "troubleshoot" from the plugins page was still there — and causes a "critical error". Thankfully, the back button took me back. There's also a weird "must use" plugin artifact. By re-installing Health Check (but NOT activating it) and then deleting it again, these artifacts disappear. What a disaster of a plugin.

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