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I hired a coder to write a WordPress plugin on my dev server. He no longer works for me and is unreachable. The plugin does most of what it needs to do. But when I dig into the code and the database to find what should be obvious bits of code that do obvious things? None of that code is found. Not even with a recursive directory keyword search for that should be easy to find like CSS class names and IDs. Even the data that comes from the database and that I see on the screen is not actually present in the database!!! Yet it all works. I'm pretty sure at this point the code and data reside in a parallel dimension only the coder can get to. How do I debug code that doesn't actually exist?!

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    Remote connections to another dB on another server?
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    @Data-Bound nope. I finally found where the data and files are. But what I can't figure out is that when I deploy the whole thing, and dev 100% matches production, and no caching or anything, nothing works on production like it does on dev. I'm flipping tables and cursing. Tomorrow is launch day.
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    Need a hand?
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    @stackodev feel free to hit me up
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    Actually, I could use a hand if anyone is available this morning. I'm sure it's something small or maybe a setting in the WP DB or dashboard. Is there a way to private message contact info here on DevRant?
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    @stackodev doesn't look like it but send something to trash@data-bound.com my personal trash mail
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    @Data-Bound i tend to check out all personal websites that I see in posts, and speaking of missing CSS and code files, hehe...
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    @siljamicke These are the better designs. Remember making things this simple and clear is actually very hard and requires years of experience.
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    @siljamicke yeah I sometimes do too and guess what, the own page is usually the last you care about
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    @data-bound thanks. I've just sent you a message there. The original developer did get back to me claiming to have uploaded new code but his changes aren't appearing in any git status or even with newer timestamps on the files. I'm going to cycle through that with him and if it still doesn't end up working I'll definitely welcome more help. LOL
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    @Data-Bound tell me about it ->
    http://www.kilobytelogic.com
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    @stackodev haven't received anything yet gotta disable my nazi spamfilter
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