How to debug WordPress Toolkit when remote WordPress site is not added to the list on Plesk server?

Question

How to debug WordPress Toolkit?

For example, in case WordPress site is on a server connected to WordPress Toolkit but the site is not added to WordPress Toolkit.

Answer

Note: All operations are performed on the main server with WordPress Toolkit.

1. Edit panel.ini according to the article How to enable/disable Plesk debug mode ;

2. Uncomment or add the following lines to panel.ini file:

   CONFIG_TEXT: [log]
   ; Log messages verbosity level (from 0 to 7)
   ; 0 - only critical errors, 7 - all including debug messages, default - 3
   filter.priority = 7
   
   [ext-wp-toolkit]
   logSecurityCheckErrors = on
   logExceptionStackTraces = on
   remoteManagementLogRemoteCommands = on
   remoteManagementLogRemoteCommandStdin = on
   remoteManagementLogRemoteCommandEnv = on
   remoteManagementLogRemoteCommandWorkingDir = on
   remoteManagementLogRemoteCommandResults = on
   remoteManagementLogRemoteFileOperations = on

3. Log into the panel and open server settings page. Find the corresponding remote server and click "Edit" button.

   
4. At "Directories with WordPress installations" specify path to the only instance you're going to debug.
   
   
   

5. Click on "Update" button.

6. Check /var/log/plesk/panel.log (Linux) or %plesk_dir%admin\logs\php_error.log (Windows) file for suspicious error messages and warnings.

7. Contact Plesk Technical Support if required.