Essential Debug functions for WordPress

debug.php

<?php
/**
 * Essential Debug functions for WordPress
 * Place this file in wp-content/mu-plugins
 * @author  itsarifulislam@gmail.com
*/

/**
 * pretty_log
 * 
 * Log something in debug.log file
 * 
 * @param   $title   String      Adds a nice title before the log
 * @param   $log     Mixed       Data to be logged
 * @param   $trace   Bool        Log the backtrace summary
 * 
 * @return  void
*/
function pretty_log( String $title = '', $log = '', $trace = false ) {
    if ( ! empty($title) ) {
        error_log( print_r( '======================== ' . $title . ' ========================', 1 ) );
    }
    if ( ! empty($log) ) {
        error_log( print_r( $log, 1 ) );
    }
    if ( $trace ) {
        error_log( print_r( '======================== Backtrace History ========================', 1 ) );
        error_log( print_r( wp_debug_backtrace_summary( null, 0, false ), 1 ) );
    }
}

/**
 * pretty_trace
 * 
 * Log the backtrace summary in debug.log file
 * 
 * @param   $title   String   Adds a nice title before the log
 * 
 * @return  void
*/
function pretty_trace( String $title = '' ) {
    if ( ! empty($title) ) {
        error_log( print_r( '======================== ' . $title . ' ========================', 1 ) );
    }
    error_log( print_r( '======================== Backtrace History ========================', 1 ) );
    error_log( print_r( wp_debug_backtrace_summary( null, 0, false ), 1 ) );
}