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Created April 5, 2017 11:55
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Debug WordPress 404 issues (permalinks, rewrite rules, etc.)
/* Produces a dump on the state of WordPress when a not found error occurs */
/* useful when debugging permalink issues, rewrite rule trouble, place inside functions.php */
ini_set( 'error_reporting', -1 );
ini_set( 'display_errors', 'On' );
echo '<pre>';
add_action( 'parse_request', 'debug_404_rewrite_dump' );
function debug_404_rewrite_dump( &$wp ) {
global $wp_rewrite;
echo '<h2>rewrite rules</h2>';
echo var_export( $wp_rewrite->wp_rewrite_rules(), true );
echo '<h2>permalink structure</h2>';
echo var_export( $wp_rewrite->permalink_structure, true );
echo '<h2>page permastruct</h2>';
echo var_export( $wp_rewrite->get_page_permastruct(), true );
echo '<h2>matched rule and query</h2>';
echo var_export( $wp->matched_rule, true );
echo '<h2>matched query</h2>';
echo var_export( $wp->matched_query, true );
echo '<h2>request</h2>';
echo var_export( $wp->request, true );
global $wp_the_query;
echo '<h2>the query</h2>';
echo var_export( $wp_the_query, true );
}
add_action( 'template_redirect', 'debug_404_template_redirect', 99999 );
function debug_404_template_redirect() {
global $wp_filter;
echo '<h2>template redirect filters</h2>';
echo var_export( $wp_filter[current_filter()], true );
}
add_filter ( 'template_include', 'debug_404_template_dump' );
function debug_404_template_dump( $template ) {
echo '<h2>template file selected</h2>';
echo var_export( $template, true );
echo '</pre>';
exit();
}
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Thank you so much! I was losing my mind and your code helped me figure out the problem.

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