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What makes a good WordPress bug report. From 2013 WordCamp Orlando contributor sessions with Andrew Nacin and Mark Jaquith.
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What makes a good bug report: | |
* Steps to reproduce, with earliest step Shouldn’t need to know code | |
* Description of the bug. What you saw vs what you expected. | |
* Error messages or error codes. | |
* | |
* PHP errors- | |
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* What warning on page | |
* What went in log | |
* Errors could be in javascript/apache/nginx | |
* Browser- try it in incognito | |
* Environment | |
* PHP version, MySQL Apache or nginx version- Norcross system profiler plugin | |
* Does it happen with no plugins and default theme | |
* Screenshots for UI issues, before and after for UI patches. | |
* Possibly screencast | |
* Clearly and concise. Get to point first, then details. | |
* Related ticket number | |
* One bug per ticket | |
* Permalinks | |
* Multisite or not? | |
* WP_DEBUG or equivalent enabled? | |
* User role logged in as when the issue happened. Or changed roles in database. | |
Not all of these needed, depends on the situation. |
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