Use AI to Debug WordPress Forms Like a Pro feat. Divi Form Builder

Want ChatGPT (or any coding AI) to actually help you write or debug code? In this video, we go beyond asking ChatGPT to “write some PHP” and show you how to guide it when things go wrong.

Join Pavak from the Divi Engine team as he tackles a real-world issue in Divi Form Builder: uploaded form images staying in the WordPress media library.

Along the way, you’ll learn:

How to prompt ChatGPT (and DeepSeek, etc.) for code

What to do when the code doesn’t work

How to give AI the right context like documentation and actual PHP error logs

A practical example of debugging through logs and iterations

How to delay file deletion until after emails are sent, using wp_schedule_single_event

This is more than a tutorial, it’s a demonstration of how you can collaborate with AI tools to solve real development problems, step by step.

🔧 Tools Used:
→ ChatGPT
→ WordPress + Divi Form Builder
→ PHP Logs + Terminal
→ Your brain 😄

Chapters
00:00 - Introduction: The image upload problem
00:45 - Initial test submission and diagnosis
01:31 - Asking ChatGPT for help (first attempt)
02:23 - Adding the generated code to functions.php
03:00 - Code didn’t work: time to debug
03:45 - Adding error logs with ChatGPT’s help
04:32 - Targeting specific forms with IDs
05:17 - Still not working, time for deeper debugging
06:05 - Viewing logs
06:47 - First signs of logs, trying again
07:39 - Image deleted too early, so needs more refinement
08:28 - Testing improved version with logging
09:03 - Success! But issues on slower hosts
10:03 - ChatGPT suggests a time delay
10:34 - WPCron behavior and testing it
11:18 - Confirmation: it works!
12:07 - Final code and conclusion
12:46 - Outro: power of ChatGPT + Divi Form Builder


💬 Got questions or your own debugging trick? Drop them in the comments!

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