How do I troubleshoot status code 500 error for admin-ajax.php

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I'm getting a status code 500 error when submitting a form on my WordPress website and I was wondering where I can even begin to look into what is causing the error?

webserver error.log, turn on error reporting, etc – ivanivan Jun 02 '18 at 23:44 — ivanivan, Jun 02 '18 at 23:44

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 03 '18 at 22:21

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You can on the debug mode with WP_DEBUG_LOG true. After your ajax request your error will be dumped on debug file inside uploads folder. Here is the sample on wp-config.php file.

define( 'WP_DEBUG', true );
define( 'WP_DEBUG_LOG', true );

To know more on this please visit Debugging in WordPress

Note: Please be sure you are adding wp_die() after the complete ajax statement.

Thanks

edited Jun 03 '18 at 22:21

Argus Duong

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answered Jun 03 '18 at 03:31

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How do I troubleshoot status code 500 error for admin-ajax.php

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