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Adding a site to Bugsnag

Audience: Web Ops Team and Web Working Group Members.

What: A guide for how to add a site to BugSnag

Bug Snag is a tool we use to automatically collects error messages so they can be reviewed and triaged if needed.

Log into Bugsnag: https://app.bugsnag.com/user/sign_in/
Click “New Project”

Screenshot of Bugsnag's Stability Centre, highlighting the button labelled "New Project" — The Bugsnag Stability Centre

Select the “Server” application type

Screenshot showing the Bugnsag "New Project" modal, indicating the "Server" option for "Application Type" — The Bugsnag “New Project” modal

Select the “PHP” programming language

Screenshot showing the Bugnsag "New Project" modal, indicating the "PHP" option for "Programming Language" — The Bugsnag “New Project” modal

Select the “WordPress” platform type

Screenshot showing the Bugnsag "New Project" modal, indicating the "WordPress" option for "Platform Choice" — The Bugsnag “New Project” modal

Name your application

Screenshot showing the Bugnsag "New Project" modal, at the stage at which one names the application — The Bugsnag “New Project” modal

You’ll then be shown your application API key. This needs adding to the Bugsnag plugin settings in WordPress.

Screenshot of the Bugsnag dashboard, showing a newly-configured project, with the API key highlighted — The Bugsnag project dashboard

In Network admin, visit Settings -> Bugsnag (requires the plugin to be activated)
Paste the API key into the appropriate field.
In the “Notify Bugsnag About” dropdown, there are three options;
- If the site is production, set this to “Crashes & Errors”
- If the site is staging, set this to “Crashes, Errors, & Warnings”
- If the site is development, set this to “Crashes, Errors, Warnings & Info messages”
Save

And that’s it, you’re done.