Title: ElasticPress Debugging Add-On
Author: 10up
Published: <strong>January 20, 2016</strong>
Last modified: December 11, 2024

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# ElasticPress Debugging Add-On

 By [10up](https://profiles.wordpress.org/10up/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/debug-bar-elasticpress.3.1.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/debug-bar-elasticpress/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/debug-bar-elasticpress/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/debug-bar-elasticpress/#installation)
 * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/debug-bar-elasticpress/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/debug-bar-elasticpress/)

## Description

Allows you to examine every ElasticPress query running on any given request by adding
an [ElasticPress](https://wordpress.org/plugins/elasticpress) panel to [Debug Bar](https://wordpress.org/plugins/debug-bar/)
and/or [Query Monitor](https://wordpress.org/plugins/query-monitor/) plugins.

Alternatively, go to ElasticPress > Query Log and set it to record ElasticPress 
queries.

#### Requirements:

 * [ElasticPress 4.4.0+](https://wordpress.org/plugins/elasticpress)
 * [Debug Bar 1.0+](https://wordpress.org/plugins/debug-bar/)
 * PHP 7.0+

## Installation

 1. Install [ElasticPress](https://wordpress.org/plugins/elasticpress).
 2. Optionally install [Debug Bar](https://wordpress.org/plugins/debug-bar/) or [Query Monitor](https://wordpress.org/plugins/query-monitor/).
 3. Install the plugin in WordPress.

## Reviews

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### 󠀁[It Does What It Says](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/it-does-what-it-says-61/)󠁿

 [Daniel Hendricks](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hendridm/) February 27, 2019

This plugin works perfectly and is very useful for debugging ElasticPress queries.

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### 󠀁[Indispensable if you're working on a site with ElasticPress integration](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/indispensable-if-youre-working-on-a-site-with-elasticpress-integration/)󠁿

 [J B](https://profiles.wordpress.org/johnpbloch/) September 3, 2016

The title says it all.

 [ Read all 2 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/debug-bar-elasticpress/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“ElasticPress Debugging Add-On” is open source software. The following people have
contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ 10up ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/10up/)
 *   [ Taylor Lovett ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tlovett1/)

“ElasticPress Debugging Add-On” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to 
[the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/debug-bar-elasticpress/contributors)
for their contributions.

[Translate “ElasticPress Debugging Add-On” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/debug-bar-elasticpress)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/debug-bar-elasticpress/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/debug-bar-elasticpress/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/debug-bar-elasticpress/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/debug-bar-elasticpress/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 3.1.1 – 2024-12-11

**Added:**

 * Display the number of queries in Query Monitor’s tab title. Props [@felipeelia](https://github.com/felipeelia)
   and [@burhandodhy](https://github.com/burhandodhy).
 * ElasticPress as a plugin dependency. Props [@jeffpaul](https://github.com/jeffpaul).

**Changed:**

 * More modern versions of GitHub Actions, node, and node packages. Props [@felipeelia](https://github.com/felipeelia).

**Fixed:**

 * Notices related to i18n calls. Props [@felipeelia](https://github.com/felipeelia)
   and [@archon810](https://github.com/archon810).
 * Use new plugin name in the admin notice. Props [@burhandodhy](https://github.com/burhandodhy).

#### 3.1.0 – 2023-09-20

**Added:**

 * New button to explain ES queries. Props [@burhandodhy](https://github.com/burhandodhy),
   [@felipeelia](https://github.com/felipeelia), [@MARQAS](https://github.com/MARQAS),
   and [@brandwaffle](https://github.com/brandwaffle).
 * New button to Reload and retrieve raw ES document. Props [@burhandodhy](https://github.com/burhandodhy),
   [@felipeelia](https://github.com/felipeelia), and [@brandwaffle](https://github.com/brandwaffle).
 * Query types (and context when listing queries in the Query Log admin screen.)
   Props [@felipeelia](https://github.com/felipeelia) and [@burhandodhy](https://github.com/burhandodhy).
 * Log query by context, status, and fixed time. Props [@felipeelia](https://github.com/felipeelia).
 * Official support to Query Monitor. Props [@felipeelia](https://github.com/felipeelia).

**Security:**

 * Bumped `tough-cookie` from 4.1.2 to 4.1.3. Props [@dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot).
 * Bumped `word-wrap` from 1.2.3 to 1.2.4. Props [@dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot).

#### 3.0.0 – 2023-03-23

This release drops the support for older versions of ElasticPress and PHP.

**Added:**

 * Instructions with error code for failed queries. Props [@MARQAS](https://github.com/MARQAS)
   and [@felipeelia](https://github.com/felipeelia).
 * Buttons to copy or download all requests info. Props [@MARQAS](https://github.com/MARQAS),
   [@felipeelia](https://github.com/felipeelia), and [@burhandodhy](https://github.com/burhandodhy).
 * Compatibility with the WordPress localization system. Props [@burhandodhy](https://github.com/burhandodhy)
   and [@felipeelia](https://github.com/felipeelia).
 * SECURITY.md file. Props [@felipeelia](https://github.com/felipeelia).

**Changed:**

 * Set minimum requirement for PHP to 7.0 and ElasticPress to 4.4.0. Props [@burhandodhy](https://github.com/burhandodhy)
   and [@felipeelia](https://github.com/felipeelia).
 * CSS and JS code lint by 10up toolkit. Props [@burhandodhy](https://github.com/burhandodhy).

**Fixed:**

 * Unnecessary `stripslashes()` call when outputting JSON objects. Props [@felipeelia](https://github.com/felipeelia),
   [@goldenapples](https://github.com/goldenapples), and [@mattonomics](https://github.com/mattonomics).
 * JS error on copy action. Props [@burhandodhy](https://github.com/burhandodhy).

**Security:**

 * Bumped `minimatch` from 3.0.4 to 3.1.2. Props [@dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot).
 * Bumped `json5` from 2.2.0 to 2.2.3. Props [@dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot).
 * Bumped `webpack` from 5.75.0 to 5.76.2. Props [@dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot).

#### 2.1.1 – 2022-08-04

**Security:**

 * Fix XSS vulnerability. Props [@piotr-bajer](https://github.com/piotr-bajer) and
   [@felipeelia](https://github.com/felipeelia).
 * Bumped `path-parse` from 1.0.6 to 1.0.7. Props [@dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot).
 * Bumps `minimist` from 1.2.5 to 1.2.6. Props [@dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot).
 * Bumps `ansi-regex` from 5.0.0 to 5.0.1. Props [@dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot).

#### 2.1.0

**Added:**

 * ElasticPress and Elasticsearch versions. Props to [@oscarssanchez](https://github.com/oscarssanchez)
   and [@felipeelia](https://github.com/felipeelia).
 * Log of bulk_index requests. Props [@felipeelia](https://github.com/felipeelia).
 * Warning when ElasticPress is indexing. Props [@nathanielks](https://github.com/nathanielks)
   and [@felipeelia](https://github.com/felipeelia).

**Changed:**

 * Only load CSS and JS files for logged-in users. Props [@cbratschi](https://github.com/cbratschi)
   and [@felipeelia](https://github.com/felipeelia).

#### 2.0.0

This release drops the support for older versions of WordPress Core, ElasticPress
and Debug Bar.

 * Code refactoring. Props [@felipeelia](https://github.com/felipeelia)
 * Fixed Query Logs in EP Dashboard [@felipeelia](https://github.com/felipeelia)
 * Fixed typo from “clsas” to “class” in the query output. Props [@Rahmon](https://github.com/Rahmon)

#### 1.4

 * Support ElasticPress 3.0+

#### 1.3

 * Add query log

#### 1.2

 * Show query errors (i.e. cURL timeout)
 * Add ?explain to query if GET param is set

#### 1.1.1

 * Only show query body if it exits

#### 1.1

 * Improve formatting
 * Show original query args (EP 2.1+)

#### 1.0

 * Initial release

## Meta

 *  Version **3.1.1**
 *  Last updated **1 year ago**
 *  Active installations **900+**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.6 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.7.5**
 *  PHP version ** 7.0 or higher **
 *  Languages
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/debug-bar-elasticpress/) and [Polish](https://pl.wordpress.org/plugins/debug-bar-elasticpress/).
 *  [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/debug-bar-elasticpress)
 * Tags
 * [debug](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/debug/)[debug bar](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/debug-bar/)
   [elasticpress](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/elasticpress/)[elasticsearch](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/elasticsearch/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/debug-bar-elasticpress/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

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## Contributors

 *   [ 10up ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/10up/)
 *   [ Taylor Lovett ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tlovett1/)

## Support

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