Best error log viewer plugins for WordPress
The most popular error log viewer plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Error Log Viewer by BestWebSoft leads with 5K+ active installs, ahead of Simple Log Viewer (10+). All 2 plugins tagged “error log viewer” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 error log viewer plugins
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Error Log Viewer by BestWebSoftThe most installed error log viewer plugin, with 5K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 9 reviews, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
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Simple Log Viewer10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 3 months ago.
All 2 plugins tagged “error log viewer”

Error Log Viewer by BestWebSoft
Down in the last 7 days:5#2,962by bestwebsoft11 months ago
Get latest error log messages to diagnose website problems. Define and fix issues faster.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.8(9)
- Downloads
- 35/day

Simple Log Viewer
#34,697by Pedro Avelar3 months ago
A simple plugin to log errors in real time in a metabox in the admin panel, too integrated with WP-CLI
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 2/day