v 1.4.2

What's new in v1.4.2

Fixes

• The Debug Log area is now hidden while WP_DEBUG is off. Previously it stayed visible if WP_DEBUG_LOG was still set, even though nothing was being logged and its toggle was hidden
• Turning WP_DEBUG off now also removes the Show in WP Admin log viewer (the Tools → Debug Log page and admin bar link). Turn it back on from the WP Debug panel when you need it again

v 1.4.1

What's new in v1.4.1

Settings page

• New Preferences → Local Debug Toolkit page with a switch for each tool (WP Debug, WP Config, PHP Settings). Tools you turn off are hidden from every site's Tools tab
• Switches now match Local's own style

Fixes for restarts that hang and PHP settings that don't apply

• If Local was quit without its site services shutting down, leftover nginx and PHP processes could keep holding a site's ports. Restarting the site would then hang, and saved PHP settings (like Memory Limit) would never show up in Site Health
• PHP Settings now spots these leftover processes, lists them, and offers to stop them and restart the site
• Restart Site stops waiting after 60 seconds instead of spinning forever

Security improvements

• wp-config.php backups are now kept in the site's conf folder instead of the public web folder, where they could be downloaded. Existing backups are moved automatically
• The debug log is now written to the site's logs/wp-debug.log instead of wp-content/debug.log, which anyone who could reach the site could open in a browser. Sites switch to the new location the next time you flip a debug switch
• Updates are verified against GitHub's checksum and only downloaded from GitHub
• The add-on no longer writes through symbolic links, which protects you when working with imported sites
• PHP setting values are checked before they're saved
• On multisite, the in-admin Debug Log page is limited to super admins

Other

• Memory Limit now accepts -1 (no limit)

v 1.4

What's new in v1.4

WP Config editor line numbers

• The wp-config.php editor now shows line numbers
• Numbers stay aligned with their lines when long lines wrap

Restart buttons

• PHP Settings: after saving, a banner offers a Restart Site button so new settings take effect without stopping and starting the site manually
• Update banner: Restart Local button to finish installing an update

Bug fixes

• Fixed the "AddonClass is not a constructor" error Local logged every time it loaded the add-on
• Removed an outdated note about Docker from the PHP Settings warning

v 1.3

What's new in v1.3

Dark mode support

• Toggle labels now inherit colour from Local's theme instead of always rendering dark
• Debug log viewer: dark background and light text in dark mode
• PHP settings inputs: dark-aware background and border
• WP Config editor: border always matches its dark editor background
• Loading and muted text uses opacity instead of hardcoded grey

Word wrap

• Debug log viewer now wraps long lines instead of scrolling horizontally
• WP Config editor wraps long lines too

Bug fix

• Add-on name in the installed add-ons list now correctly opens the GitHub page instead of erroring

v 1.2

What's new in v1.2

WP Admin Debug Log viewer

• New "Show in WP Admin" toggle in the WP Debug panel (nested under WP_DEBUG_LOG)
• Installs a mu-plugin that adds 🐛 Debug Log to the WordPress Admin Bar — click to view the log right in the browser
• Log viewer shows the last 500 KB with a Download full log button for the complete file
• Toggling WP_DEBUG_LOG off automatically removes the mu-plugin

One-click auto-update

• Update banner now shows an Update Now button — installs the new version in place without leaving Local
• Falls back to a Download link if the auto-update fails
• Shows a "Restart Local to complete" confirmation after a successful update

Bug fixes

• package-addon.sh was calling yarn instead of npm and using a stale addon name — fixed
• Removed an unreachable code branch in the PHP settings writer

v 1.1

Add security improvements

v 1.0

• Enable/Disable WP_DEBUG, WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY, WP_DEBUG_LOG
• View the Debug Log
• Edit wp-config.php
• Adjust various PHP settings per site