Checking error logs

Once debug mode is switched off in a live environment, we won't see any errors generated in the site. Many third-party low-quality plugins generate minor and major errors. So, we need to have a error log to regularly check the site for errors as well as identify the cause, when something breaks on your site. The hosting providers also provide error logging features in servers. However, we should use our own error logs by using the core WordPress error log features, or using a plugin such as Error Log Monitor (https://wordpress.org/plugins/error-log-monitor/) to keep track of the existing errors and fix them as soon as possible.

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