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blackbox-debug-bar

BlackBox Debug Bar

BlackBox is a plugin for plugin and theme developers. It collects and displays useful debug information (errors, executed queries, globals, profiler).

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mixed support · high severity · relevance 0.95
fixed the admin only display problem

fixed the admin only display problem: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight debugging code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
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fixed the admin only display problem I have wanted to use this on a live site to help find and fix a bug, but the problem is/was it doesn’t have any role filtering so it would be publicly viewable… So I added this hack to not run the Blackbox display output unless you are of an administrator role.
mixed review · high severity · relevance 0.91
very helpful but a bit insecure

very helpful but a bit insecure: users show security, performance, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight debugging code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
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very helpful but a bit insecure Thank you for that tool!
complaint support · high severity · relevance 0.85
[Plugin: BlackBox Debug Bar] Broken WordPress Constants

[Plugin: BlackBox Debug Bar] Broken WordPress Constants: users show bugs, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight debugging code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
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[Plugin: BlackBox Debug Bar] Broken WordPress Constants The plugin breaks when you have moved wp-content to another directory.
complaint support · high severity · relevance 0.79
on login page

on login page: users show bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight debugging code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
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on login page I just saw that the debug bar is not being displayed on the login page but the js files are being loaded: <script type='text/javascript' src='https://domain.tld/wp-content/plugins/blackbox-debug-bar/public/highlight.pack.js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://domain.tld/wp-content/plugins/blackbox-debug-bar/public/blackbox.js
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.93
[Plugin: BlackBox Debug Bar] php notice, small hint

[Plugin: BlackBox Debug Bar] php notice, small hint: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight debugging code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
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[Plugin: BlackBox Debug Bar] php notice, small hint At first, great idea and plugin.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.87
Session Support

Session Support: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight debugging code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
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Session Support Hello, I just downloaded and activated your plugin but while it shows all of my SQL queries perfectly, it doesnt’t show any of the session variables I am manipulating.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.86
GitHub?

GitHub?: users show bugs, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight debugging code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
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That way (minor) contributions by users can be implemented far easier and faster.
mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.85
[Plugin: BlackBox Debug Bar] WP admin bar conflict

[Plugin: BlackBox Debug Bar] WP admin bar conflict: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight debugging code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
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[Plugin: BlackBox Debug Bar] WP admin bar conflict I’d like to use this plugin over other debug bar plugins (cause it’s awesome!) but it’s conflicting with my existing admin bar (which I actually use and like).
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.81
Here's how to add profiler checkpoints

Here's how to add profiler checkpoints: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight debugging code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
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Here's how to add profiler checkpoints ` <?php apply_filters(“debug”, “Checkpoint name”); ?> This would be useful to have on the plugin page somewhere.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.81
[Plugin: BlackBox Debug Bar] $_POST array empty

[Plugin: BlackBox Debug Bar] $_POST array empty: users show bugs, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight debugging code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
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[Plugin: BlackBox Debug Bar] $_POST array empty This plugin seems quite helpful, thank you for coding it and putting it out there.

Competitor Context

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Query Monitor weak incumbent · intel 90.7 · weakness 64.1
weak incumbent
4 unresolved support thread(s) 16 collected complaint signal(s) bugs compatibility 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight debug code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
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Debug Bar Actions and Filters Addon praise owner · intel 68.4 · weakness 49.1
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stale update history 3 collected complaint signal(s) bugs missing feature 2 source links Investigate Pain Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight debug bar code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
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Debug Bar Cron praise owner · intel 67.3 · weakness 49.1
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stale update history 3 collected complaint signal(s) bugs setup 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: monitor cron health, updates, cache state, cron jobs, and maintenance exceptions
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ElasticPress Debugging Add-On praise owner · intel 66.8 · weakness 31.3
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1 collected complaint signal(s) bugs compatibility 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight debug code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
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BugFu Console Debugger praise owner · intel 62.1 · weakness 44.7
praise owner
stale update history 3 collected complaint signal(s) bugs performance 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight debug code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
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Debug Bar Rewrite Rules praise owner · intel 60.5 · weakness 40.5
praise owner
stale update history 1 collected complaint signal(s) bugs compatibility 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight debug code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
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Debug Bar Constants praise owner · intel 59.5 · weakness 40.4
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stale update history 1 collected complaint signal(s) bugs compatibility 2 source links Investigate Pain Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight debug bar code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
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Debug Bar Transients praise owner · intel 51.8 · weakness 39.4
praise owner
stale update history 1 collected complaint signal(s) bugs performance 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight debug code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
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Collected Signals

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complaint Displays for visitors & can’t access plugins (2 stars) review · 2021-09-17T05:28:54+00:00 · medium severity · debug bar

Displays for visitors & can’t access plugins: complaint conversation with limited structured signal.

Evidence: Displays for visitors & can’t access plugins The bar displays on the main site for people not signed in and visiting the site. Could not access the plugins section of WordPress to deactivate it; had to remove through File Manager. Status bar just sits at “Waiting for [site].com” The bar displays on the main site for people not signed in and visiting the site
developer change safety and site customization Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight debugging code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
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praise Essential plugin in my developer toolset (5 stars) review · 2018-06-02T13:42:50+00:00 · medium severity · debug bar

Essential plugin in my developer toolset: users show bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Essential plugin in my developer toolset Immediate feedback on a great majority of errors.
bugs quality developer change safety and site customization Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight debugging code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
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complaint How to open BlackBox after close support · 2017-06-27T08:51:07+00:00 · medium severity · debug bar

How to open BlackBox after close: users show missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: The toggle is self explanatory, but I see no settings or open button anywhere.
missing feature value quality developer change safety and site customization Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight debugging code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
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complaint Warnings that belong to the plugin itself support · 2016-06-28T16:17:38+00:00 · medium severity · debug bar

Warnings that belong to the plugin itself: users show bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Warnings that belong to the plugin itself The following messages were saw by me, whe using the plugin: Warning Invalid argument supplied for foreach() on line 8 in file /var/www/html/restritoweb/wp-content/plugins/blackbox-debug-bar/application/debug-bar.php Warning Invalid argument supplied for foreach() on line 63 in file /var/www/html/restritoweb/wp-conte
bugs compatibility developer change safety and site customization Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight debugging code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
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mixed fixed the admin only display problem support · 2015-08-13T09:27:05+00:00 · high severity · debug bar

fixed the admin only display problem: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: fixed the admin only display problem I have wanted to use this on a live site to help find and fix a bug, but the problem is/was it doesn’t have any role filtering so it would be publicly viewable… So I added this hack to not run the Blackbox display output unless you are of an administrator role.
security bugs compatibility missing feature developer change safety and site customization Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight debugging code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
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mixed very helpful but a bit insecure (3 stars) review · 2015-01-10T03:21:41+00:00 · high severity · debug bar

very helpful but a bit insecure: users show security, performance, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: very helpful but a bit insecure Thank you for that tool!
security performance support easy developer change safety and site customization Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight debugging code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
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praise Handy! (5 stars) review · 2014-08-26T13:41:39+00:00 · medium severity · debug bar

Handy!: users show bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: So easy to view your debug information without it messing up all the formatting of your pages!
bugs easy form developer change safety and site customization Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight debugging code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
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praise A must have for plugin developers and experienced WP users (5 stars) review · 2014-03-01T18:00:15+00:00 · medium severity · debug bar

A must have for plugin developers and experienced WP users: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: If your WP is slow, BlackBox will show you SQL queries and PHP errors.
bugs compatibility performance easy developer change safety and site customization Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight debugging code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
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neutral are the plugin notices correct? support · 2014-02-10T20:31:27+00:00 · medium severity · debug bar

are the plugin notices correct?: users show bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: For example I get this notice: Notice Undefined variable: class on line 26 in file /var/www/clients/client2/web8/web/wp-content/themes/ninja/header.php Line 26: <body <?php body_class($class); ?>> According to the WP codex that is correct: http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/body_class#Usage What now?
bugs compatibility developer change safety and site customization Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight debugging code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
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praise My tool of choice (5 stars) review · 2013-10-31T10:36:07+00:00 · medium severity · debug bar

My tool of choice: users show bugs, performance, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: My tool of choice I really love this plugin.
bugs performance setup quality developer change safety and site customization Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight debugging code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
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praise Works so well, I added more features to it (5 stars) review · 2013-09-08T06:11:13+00:00 · medium severity · debug bar

Works so well, I added more features to it: users show bugs, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Works so well, I added more features to it https://github.com/michael-cannon/blackbox-debug-bar https://github.com/michael-cannon/blackbox-debug-bar
bugs missing feature reliable developer change safety and site customization Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight debugging code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
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complaint Added WP Constants support · 2013-09-06T04:45:46+00:00 · medium severity · debug bar

Added WP Constants: users show bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: I wanted an easy way to check WordPress constants and therefore updated the code.
bugs easy quality developer change safety and site customization Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight debugging code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
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praise Good plugin (4 stars) review · 2013-08-28T14:49:19+00:00 · medium severity · debug bar

Good plugin: users show support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Good plugin This is very useful plugin, which helps a lot in dev.
support developer change safety and site customization Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight debugging code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
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praise Its a great plugin. But how could I restrict it usage? (5 stars) review · 2013-08-03T14:47:17+00:00 · medium severity · debug bar

Its a great plugin. But how could I restrict it usage?: users praise quality, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: Its a great plugin.
quality developer change safety and site customization Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight debugging code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
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praise Great tool for all WP Developers. (5 stars) review · 2013-07-21T05:56:57+00:00 · medium severity · debug bar

Great tool for all WP Developers.: users show support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Great tool for all WP Developers.
support quality developer change safety and site customization Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight debugging code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
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mixed using get_option() many times and not being shown in profiler support · 2013-07-21T04:32:03+00:00 · medium severity · debug bar

using get_option() many times and not being shown in profiler: users show bugs, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: using get_option() many times and not being shown in profiler Not sure if its an issue with the plugin, my plugin or wordpress itself.
bugs missing feature value quality developer change safety and site customization Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight debugging code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
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complaint Session Support support · 2013-06-29T02:57:45+00:00 · medium severity · debug bar

Session Support: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Session Support Hello, I just downloaded and activated your plugin but while it shows all of my SQL queries perfectly, it doesnt’t show any of the session variables I am manipulating.
bugs compatibility support setup developer change safety and site customization Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight debugging code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
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praise Excellent (5 stars) review · 2013-06-14T08:34:31+00:00 · medium severity · debug bar

Excellent: users praise quality, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: Excellent Very useful plugin Very useful plugin
quality developer change safety and site customization Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight debugging code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
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mixed Display debug bar only to admins support · 2013-05-09T15:39:35+00:00 · medium severity · debug bar

Display debug bar only to admins: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Display debug bar only to admins Hi Greg, First off, thanks for creating such a great plugin and releasing it for free.
bugs compatibility support value developer change safety and site customization Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight debugging code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
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complaint on login page support · 2013-04-23T08:34:06+00:00 · high severity · debug bar

on login page: users show bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: on login page I just saw that the debug bar is not being displayed on the login page but the js files are being loaded: <script type='text/javascript' src='https://domain.tld/wp-content/plugins/blackbox-debug-bar/public/highlight.pack.js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://domain.tld/wp-content/plugins/blackbox-debug-bar/public/blackbox.js
bugs login developer change safety and site customization Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: developers, agencies, and technical site owners · Wedge: preflight debugging code changes, compatibility risks, rollback paths, and debug evidence
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