Best log plugins for WordPress
The most popular log plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Check & Log Email leads with 90K+ active installs, ahead of Email Log (80K+) and Audit Trail (20K+). All 105 plugins tagged “log” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 log plugins
- 1.
Check & Log EmailThe most installed log plugin, with 90K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 292 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 2.
Email Log80K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 43 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 3.
Audit Trail20K+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 4.
Sentry for WordPress10K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 16 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 5.
Log cleaner for Kadence Security7K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 22 reviews, updated 2 days ago.
- 6.
Simple Login Log5K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 27 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 7.
Dashboard Widgets Suite4K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 38 reviews, updated 6 days ago.
- 8.Log HTTP Requests
2K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 15 reviews, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 9.
Logbook1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 10.
Cron Logger1K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 8 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
All 105 plugins tagged “log”

Check & Log Email
Up in the last 7 days:1#465by checkemail17 days ago
Check & Log email allows you to test if your website is correctly sending emails . Overriding of email headers and carbon copying to another address.
- Installs
- 90K+
- Rating
- 4.8(292)
- Downloads
- 1.3K/day

Email Log
Up in the last 7 days:3#522by WebFactory1 month ago
Log and view all outgoing emails from WordPress. Very useful if you have to debug email related problems or have to store sent emails for auditing.
- Installs
- 80K+
- Rating
- 4.2(43)
- Downloads
- 692/day

Audit Trail
Up in the last 7 days:9#1,364by John Godley9 years ago
Audit Trail is a plugin to keep track of what is going on inside your blog by monitoring administration functions.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 2.8(4)
- Downloads
- 30/day

Sentry for WordPress
Down in the last 7 days:1#1,681by stayallive2 months ago
A (unofficial) WordPress plugin to report PHP errors and Browser (JavaScript) errors to Sentry.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.9(16)
- Downloads
- 855/day

Log cleaner for Kadence Security
Down in the last 7 days:12#2,502by Michael Ott2 days ago
Restores the ability to manually delete Kadence Security (formerly Solid Security / iThemes Security) logs from the database.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 5.0(22)
- Downloads
- 249/day

Simple Login Log
Up in the last 7 days:17#3,046by Joris Le Blansch2 months ago
This plugin keeps a log of WordPress user logins. Offers user and date filtering, and export features.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.5(27)
- Downloads
- 46/day

Dashboard Widgets Suite
Down in the last 7 days:4#3,372by Jeff Starr6 days ago
Adds 9 awesome widgets to your WP Dashboard. Includes User Notes, Social Buttons, System Info, Debug/Error Logs, and more!
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.9(38)
- Downloads
- 53/day
Log HTTP Requests
Up in the last 7 days:99#4,559by Matt Gibbs1 year ago
Log and view all WP HTTP requests
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(15)
- Downloads
- 40/day

Logbook
Up in the last 7 days:3#5,264by Takayuki Miyauchi8 years ago
This plugin is for logging users' activities. You can check anytime who and what has changed.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Cron Logger
Down in the last 7 days:15#5,496by Palasthotel GmbH1 month ago
Logs wp-cron.php runs.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.9(8)
- Downloads
- 136/day

Debug Log Viewer
Up in the last 7 days:38#5,787by Oleksandr Lysyi3 days ago
Effortlessly view, search, filter and manage your WordPress debug.log in the admin dashboard. Real-time monitoring and email alerts
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.0(3)
- Downloads
- 30/day

HTTP Requests Manager
Up in the last 7 days:3#6,390by veppa23 days ago
Limit, Debug, Optimize WP_HTTP requests. Limit by request count, page load time, reduce timeout for each request. Speed up login and admin pages.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 38/day
404 Notifier
Down in the last 7 days:7#8,331by Crowd Favorite4 years ago
Log 404 (file not found) errors on your site and get them delivered to you via e-mail or RSS.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day

History Log by click5
Down in the last 7 days:97#10,217by click53 years ago
Best WordPress plugin to track user activity and log changes on your website.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 6/day

Simple History Beaver Builder Add-On
Down in the last 7 days:57#10,243by WEBDOGS8 months ago
Extends the Simple History plugin to log changes made with the Beaver Builder front-end editor.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day

Brevo SMTP
Down in the last 7 days:39#10,461by YayCommerce5 months ago
Send emails from WordPress through Brevo using SMTP by YayCommerce
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

f(x) Email Log
Down in the last 7 days:43#10,789by David Chandra Purnama9 years ago
Simple plugin to log all email sent via WordPress.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 6/day

BugFu Console Debugger
Down in the last 7 days:111#10,851by Federico Andrioli3 years ago
Log/Debug the PHP code in your Theme/Plugin with your Browser Console (no extension needed)
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.8(17)
- Downloads
- 10/day

WP Logger
Down in the last 7 days:31#10,954by iTRON11 months ago
Logging vars and events for fast debug WordPress site.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 9/day

WP User Activity
Up in the last 7 days:52#11,532by John James Jacoby23 days ago
Log, sort, and filter user activity in WordPress.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.3(8)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Debug Log
Down in the last 7 days:8#13,142by Andrew Klimek10 years ago
View and Delete the debug log from the Tools menu. Extremely light and simple.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

MailArchiver
Up in the last 7 days:75#13,821by Pierre Lannoy2 months ago
Automatically archive all emails sent from your site. Store them in your WordPress database or send them to external services.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Update History Panel
Up in the last 7 days:71#14,247by crossandcrown7 months ago
Log WordPress core, theme, and plugin update history and display it on the Updates screen. A REST API endpoint is available for administrators.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day

Inspect HTTP Requests
Down in the last 7 days:179#15,216by expresstechsoftware1 year ago
Log, view, and Block WP HTTP requests
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Output Log File
Up in the last 7 days:99#16,427by Reiji Sato1 month ago
Manage log files with custom directory and filename. Download and delete logs regardless of WP_DEBUG.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 5/day

Database Table Overview and Logs
Down in the last 7 days:230#16,435by 99w8 months ago
Lists and logs all database tables including name, size and rows.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
Logout Button
Up in the last 7 days:11#16,458by ben poland13 years ago
Allows simple embedding of a log out button using one of three shortcodes corresponding to a different redirect option
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Last User IP
Up in the last 7 days:91#17,239by zudikas-zveris8 years ago
Logs last user IP and shows it in All Users table.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

alx ip statistic
Up in the last 7 days:18#18,423by alxinthome7 months ago
Receiving ip addresses and browser identifiers of visitors on the login page and on any page of the site.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
NextCellent Simple History
Up in the last 7 days:105#19,317by niknetniko10 years ago
Add Simple History integration for NextCellent.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

FBC Latest Backup for UpdraftPlus
#20,295by Lucia Dossin2 years ago
WordPress plugin that adds a widget to the dashboard, displaying the latest backup date and time and how many edits were made after that.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Debug log admin viewer
Down in the last 7 days:73#20,636by TWK Media1 month ago
A WordPress plugin providing a user-friendly interface to manage debug settings and view debug logs with advanced filtering capabilities.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day

KolorWeb Log Manager
Up in the last 7 days:270#20,668by Vincenzo Casu4 months ago
Really one click enable/disable debugging, clear debug.log, search, sort, and filter errors. See new errors automatically without refreshing.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Remove Jquery Migrate Log
Down in the last 7 days:40#22,823by henryme9 years ago
A simple plugin to remove jquery migrate log (JQMIGRATE) on the frontend if you open web in developer tools
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Custom Error Log
Down in the last 7 days:610#23,308by Dan Bahrami12 years ago
A tool for logging and monitoring custom errors, making debugging complex PHP a breeze.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Wonderful SMTP Mailer and Log
#24,365by wonderfulplugins1 month ago
Simple, bloatware-free SMTP email plugin: sends by SMTP, logs the result, resends failures. Minimal and secure on purpose, and it will stay minimal.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Log Action
Up in the last 7 days:879#24,415by webheadcoder1 year ago
Add error or debug logging in your code and leave it there. Logs will only be recorded with this plugin, otherwise will be ignored.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 4/day

Super Duper SMTP Mail Bridge
Up in the last 7 days:157#26,503by Super Duper Plugins5 months ago
Reliable SMTP email delivery with backup failover, rate limiting, domain control, BCC monitoring, and full email log. 100% free.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 3/day

OneButton
#27,066by Ekin Yalıncak1 year ago
Monitor and analyze search engine bot and AI bot visits to your WordPress site and optimize your SEO performance.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day

SendLog
Up in the last 7 days:384#27,674by Coresol Studio5 months ago
Log, view, resend, forward, and export all outgoing WordPress emails. Includes webhook notifications, REST API, trash & restore, auto-delete, and …
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Marvelous Debug
Down in the last 7 days:254#28,586by Pablo Pacheco6 years ago
Edit the debugging constants from wp-config, view the log file on the Dashboard and more debugging features.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Robots Log
#29,598by Arefly12 years ago
Log the Search Engine Robots Visits of your Webite. 取得搜索引擎的蜘蛛訪問網站的記錄
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Visitor Management System
#30,784by Ming's IT Services Ltd.7 days ago
A simple visitor management system for small businesses. Let office guests, interview candidates, contractors, and clients check in and out digitally …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day

Poke Monitor
Up in the last 7 days:1,163#31,041by Gabor Angyal26 days ago
See who is poking your site: Cloudflare bypasses, secret-file scans, backdoor access, XML-RPC abuse and scanner user agents.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 5/day

Dashboard Log Monitor
Down in the last 7 days:131#32,267by Onni Hakala8 years ago
Monitor your logs straight from your WordPress admin dashboard
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Ad Logger
Down in the last 7 days:1,201#32,784by reviewmylife15 years ago
Ad Logger from [advancedhtml](http://www.advancedhtml.co.uk/ "advancedhtml") logs data about iframe clicks - it can log clicks from Google A …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Double Knot
Down in the last 7 days:237#33,073by mattturow9 years ago
Stop brute force login attempts by user name.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Logged in
#34,412by Simon Fransson13 years ago
Allows you to close your site to non-logged in users, by redirecting them to the login page, displaying a message or a specific template file.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
View WP Error Log
Down in the last 7 days:458#34,529by MMDeveloper12 years ago
Easy Wordpress Error Logs
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
TIElogremover
#36,489by TIEro13 years ago
An extremely simple plugin which removes accumulated error log files from your web space.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day