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Error Sniffing Pug

Error Sniffing Pug – Tells you what broke

by Service2Client LLC · WordPress.org page

v0.5.0 Tested up to WP 7.0.4 PHP 7.0+

Error Sniffing Pug has 100+ active installs on WordPress.org and 223 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on September 3, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.0.4.

Error Sniffing Pug at a glance

Active installs
100+
Total downloads
223
Downloads, last 30 days
–
available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
–
tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Error Sniffing Pug well maintained?

Support threads resolved
No open threads
nothing waiting on the WordPress.org forum
WordPress compatibility
Behind
tested up to WordPress 7.0.4, not yet with the current 7.1

Features

The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.

  • **A plain-language diagnosis. **** Pug recognizes common fatal patterns — an undefined function or method, calling a method on null, a class that can’t be…
  • The culprit, named. Pug maps the crash back to the specific plugin, must-use plugin, or theme whose code was running, so you’re not guessing which of thirty…
  • **A crash-notification email. **** Point Pug at an address and it emails you when a new fatal is captured — the plugin involved, the plain-language reason, and…
  • A privacy-safe bug report. For any crash, Pug produces a copy-ready report for the responsible plugin’s support forum, with absolute paths, your home…
  • **An after-crash admin notice. **** The next time you open wp-admin after a fatal is captured, Pug shows a dismissible notice linking straight to the report…
  • A conflict scanner. On demand, Pug scans your active plugins for functions or classes declared by more than one of them — the “cannot redeclare” landmine — and…

Details

Turns a WordPress fatal error into a plain-language diagnosis, names the plugin at fault, emails you the reason, and prepares a bug report.

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Tags

  • crash
  • debugging
  • error-handler
  • fatal error
  • troubleshooting

More from Service2Client LLC

Version
0.5.0
Last updated
Sep 3, 2026
First published
Aug 17, 2026
Requires WordPress
5.2
Tested up to
7.0.4
Requires PHP
7.0
Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Error Sniffing Pug FAQ

What does Error Sniffing Pug do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, Error Sniffing Pug offers **A plain-language diagnosis. **** Pug recognizes common fatal patterns — an undefined function or method, calling a method on null, a class that can’t be, The culprit, named. Pug maps the crash back to the specific plugin, must-use plugin, or theme whose code was running, so you’re not guessing which of thirty, **A crash-notification email. **** Point Pug at an address and it emails you when a new fatal is captured — the plugin involved, the plain-language reason, and, A privacy-safe bug report. For any crash, Pug produces a copy-ready report for the responsible plugin’s support forum, with absolute paths, your home and **An after-crash admin notice. **** The next time you open wp-admin after a fatal is captured, Pug shows a dismissible notice linking straight to the report.

How many active installs does Error Sniffing Pug have?

WordPress.org reports 100+ active installs for Error Sniffing Pug as of September 7, 2026.

Is Error Sniffing Pug still maintained?

Yes. The last release was on September 3, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.0.4.

Is Error Sniffing Pug free?

Error Sniffing Pug is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.