Diagnostic Glance

1. Navigate to the dashboard in your WordPress website.
2. Locate the Diagnostic Glance panel.
3. If diagnostic information isn't showing up, click Configure to show sections and Submit.
4. Click the Copy to Clipboard button. The relevant data will be ready to paste.
5. Type ctrl-c or cmd-c on your windows or apple keyboard to copy the selected data to your clipboard if you are using an older browser.
6. Alternatively, copy the shortcode and paste it alone into a page. Share the link for the page on WordPress help forums to reduce clutter in your post.
7. Click configure to show or hide various diagnostic sections. Verbose Listing will reveal headers for missing sections.

1. All of the information you'll gather using this plugin is safe to share with other WordPress enthusiasts.
2. All information shared is relatively free of security risks.
3. You can hide sections that you don't think people need to see.
4. WP sites that are not updated regularly are a security risk. Unpublish any public shortcodes if core, plugins or themes are old and you aren't planning on updating any time soon.

1. Click the "Configure" link at the top of the Diagnostic Glance Dashboard bar. (See screenshots 1 and 2.)
2. A form will appear.
3. Check the sections you would like to appear.
4. Checking "Verbose Listing" will reveal headers for hidden sections . If unchecked, hidden section headers are also hidden.
5. Click "Submit".
6. For most situations, you could probably check every item except "Site Stats" and "Verbose Listing".

There are a number of extremely helpful forums and forum members out there that enjoy helping others get their WordPress websites up and running smoothly. Here are a number of forums that may be useful to you depending on your level of expertise. Listing below does not necessarily constitute endorsement of the listed sites.

1. WordPress.org Forum
2. WordPress.com Forum
3. WordPress Development - Stack Exchange
4. WordPress Stack Overflow

The text is rendered as text-only, just exactly as if you were typing it in a secure shell terminal. The text will copy and paste easily into any forum with little fuss, and will still be reasonably legible by forum readers.

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