From Activate Xdebug in VVV

Running xdebug_on inside Vagrant:

• Copy and paste output from phpinfo() to Xdebug wizard, analyze and check step about editing the php.ini file (step 9 in my case).
• Check if /usr/lib/php/*/xdebug.so is present in the VM (it should be):

$ ls /usr/lib/php/20170718/xdebug.so

• Update /etc/php/*/fpm/php.ini inside the Vagrant VM according to instructions from the Xdebug wizard website.

$ sudo tee -a /etc/php/7.2/fpm/php.ini >/dev/null <<'EOF'
 [xdebug]
 zend_extension = /usr/lib/php/20170718/xdebug.so
 EOF

• Restart php service

$ sudo service php7.2-fpm restart

• Check phpinfo()–it should contain a new section for Xdebug

If you are using VVV and want to create a symlink (for example, in order to have your plugins folder outside the Vagrant installation), the following is a way to do it.

Go to your ./Vagrantfile and add the following code:

if vagrant_version >= "1.3.0"
   config.vm.synced_folder "/Users/path/to/your/plugins/folder/", "/srv/www/wordpress-one/wp-content/plugins", :owner => "www-data", :mount_options => [ "dmode=775", "fmode=774" ]
 else
   config.vm.synced_folder "/Users/path/to/your/plugins/folder/", "/srv/www/wordpress-one/wp-content/plugins", :owner => "www-data", :extra => 'dmode=775,fmode=774'
 end

Details:

• In the ./Vagrantfile you should use the param: config.vm.synced_folder
• The first path should point to the folder where you want to keep your plugins
• The second path should point to the Vagrant folder that has the plugins