Best logging plugins for WordPress
The most popular logging 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 Mail logging & Catcher (20K+) and Sentry for WordPress (10K+). All 95 plugins tagged “logging” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 logging plugins
- 1.
Check & Log EmailThe most installed logging plugin, with 90K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 292 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 2.Mail logging & Catcher
20K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 108 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 3.
Sentry for WordPress10K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 16 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 4.
Custom 404 Pro7K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 22 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 5.
Log Emails6K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 11 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 6.
WP-Cron Status Checker5K+ active installs. Rated 3.5 from 8 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 7.REST API Log
5K+ active installs. Rated 3.6 from 24 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 8.
BugSnag Error Monitoring plugin2K+ active installs. Rated 3.7 from 9 reviews, updated 6 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 9.
DecaLog1K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 8 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 10.
Traffic Monitor900+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 1 month ago.
All 95 plugins tagged “logging”

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
Mail logging & Catcher
Down in the last 7 days:1#1,312by JWardee21 days ago
Stop from ever losing your emails again! This fast, lightweight plugin (under 140kb in size!) is also useful for debugging or backing up your messages
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.9(108)
- Downloads
- 375/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

Custom 404 Pro
Down in the last 7 days:4#2,635by Kunal2 months ago
Take control of every 404 on your site — redirect visitors to a custom page or URL, log what broke, and get notified when it matters.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.2(22)
- Downloads
- 46/day

Log Emails
Down in the last 7 days:6#2,847by webaware2 months ago
Log emails to the database, to enable email problem analysis
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 5.0(11)
- Downloads
- 43/day

WP-Cron Status Checker
Down in the last 7 days:7#3,159by webheadcoder19 days ago
If WP-Cron runs important things for you, you better make sure WP-Cron always runs!
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 3.5(8)
- Downloads
- 103/day
REST API Log
Down in the last 7 days:14#3,213by Pete Nelson1 month ago
WordPress plugin to log REST API requests and responses
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 3.6(24)
- Downloads
- 71/day

BugSnag Error Monitoring plugin
Down in the last 7 days:15#5,027by SmartBear6 months ago
Automatically detects errors & crashes on your WordPress site using BugSnag to notify you by email, chat or issues system.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 3.7(9)
- Downloads
- 94/day

DecaLog
Down in the last 7 days:10#5,293by Pierre Lannoy2 months ago
Capture and log events, metrics and traces on your site. Make WordPress observable - finally!
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.8(8)
- Downloads
- 49/day

Traffic Monitor
Down in the last 7 days:428#7,068by Dmitri Martin1 month ago
Lightweight traffic logger for WordPress analytics. View, filter, and export page request data; monitor caching; detect bots; and spot click fraud.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Log Deprecated Notices
Down in the last 7 days:27#7,167by Andrew Nacin5 years ago
Logs the usage of deprecated files, functions, and function arguments, and identifies where the deprecated functionality is being used.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 5.0(10)
- Downloads
- 84/day
Developer Loggers for Simple History
Up in the last 7 days:1#9,174by Pär Thernström1 year ago
Useful loggers for SimpleHistory for developers during development of a site or to maintain a live site.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 8/day

Trunc Logging
Up in the last 7 days:29#12,695by Daniel Cid2 years ago
The Trunc Logging plugin gives you visibility to all the activity inside WordPress. Logins, logouts, failed logins, new posts, new plugins, etc.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 30/day
Plainview Activity Monitor
Up in the last 7 days:54#13,485by edward_plainview8 years ago
Real-time monitoring of users, content, functionality, appearance, security, and updates.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.6(12)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Smooth SMTP
Up in the last 7 days:55#14,632by Smmooth WP Plugins8 months ago
SMTP configuration, email logging, failure alerts, and fallback sending for WordPress.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 6/day

Spark GF Failed Submissions
Up in the last 7 days:92#18,367by Mark Parnell3 months ago
Track failed form submissions and get notified when they reach a customisable threshold. Requires Gravity Forms.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 10/day

Real IP Restore for Cloudflare
Down in the last 7 days:484#18,920by Culture Dev5 months ago
Restores real visitor IP behind Cloudflare proxy on cPanel hosts that lack native mod_remoteip support.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Custom 404 Handler
Down in the last 7 days:1,078#21,602by jfkconsulting1 year ago
Customized 404 page, error logging with analysis, automatic redirects and export functionality.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Issues Tracker
Down in the last 7 days:41#22,330by Oleksandr Lysyi1 year ago
Issues Tracker allows you view and search WordPress logs, receive security advice, track 404 errors, and view your server settings.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

IP Informant Logger
Down in the last 7 days:486#24,252by whittakerj2 years ago
Logs and displays visitor IP addresses for website security and monitoring.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Simple Download with password
#24,438by enomoto celtislab1 month ago
Simple, easy, lightweight download manager with password protection
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
MCP Tracker
Up in the last 7 days:404#25,926by WPVibes6 months ago
Records and displays MCP-related REST API requests made to your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 4/day

Stream to Slack
Down in the last 7 days:245#27,032by Nathan Monk11 years ago
Send your Stream records to Slack.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Kovalenko Admin Change Audit
Down in the last 7 days:3,233#27,075by dmytrokovalenko6 days ago
Records important WordPress activity and provides an owner-only log viewer for monitoring client changes.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day

Quick debug.log Viewer
Up in the last 7 days:63#27,583by WPSani1 year ago
Easily view and manage your WordPress debug.log file directly from the admin area — no FTP access required.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

NIS2 Compliance
#29,538by Babini Mazzari4 months ago
A comprehensive security compliance plugin implementing logging, monitoring and vulnerability management features.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

User Activity Tracker
Up in the last 7 days:125#31,106by whizPlugins1 year ago
Track and monitor user activity effortlessly with User Activity Tracker. Stay informed about actions taken on your site.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Bouzin Download Stats Manager
Up in the last 7 days:889#32,233by bouzin3 months ago
Tracks downloads from a chosen folder and displays secure, sortable statistics in the WordPress administration.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- 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

Honeylog
Down in the last 7 days:47#32,879by secondbreakfastio19 days ago
Honeylog batches frontend requests into a JSON queue and flushes them to Honeylog.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
DM User Tracking
Down in the last 7 days:755#33,277by digmedia13 years ago
An extensive, customisable, fully featured user tracking plugin.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 2.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Tiny Search Logger
Down in the last 7 days:142#33,769by Juan C. (PotterSys)12 years ago
Logs searches made by end users on the Search form. Use this wisely
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Logger
Down in the last 7 days:313#38,990by mrkhanakia6 years ago
Logs every single request made to your Wordpress website and helps you to tighten security by analyzing the requests made to your website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Login Logging
#39,755by tarppa11 years ago
Write all login attempts to a logfile by replacing default wp_authenticate_username_password functionality
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Pagelog
Up in the last 7 days:5,731#39,767by Jacob N. Breetvelt1 year ago
This plugin registers and displays statistics of the usage of selected wp posts/pages.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Redirect 404 to Homepage (with Logging)
#40,159by Project 4041 year ago
Redirects 404 errors to the homepage and logs the details for review.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Automatic Order Tasks For WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:6,721#40,629by Steven Mønsted Nielsen1 year ago
Create automatic tasks that run whenever a WooCommerce order reaches an order status of your choice.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Log Deprecated Notices Extender
Up in the last 7 days:3,185#41,517by Joey Kudish15 years ago
This developer-oriented WordPress plugin extends Andrew Nacin's Log Deprecated Notices to show a link in the WP 3.3+ Toolbar.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Activity Logger
Up in the last 7 days:4,017#41,709by adgardner13922 years ago
Logs all activity within the CMS by logged-in users. Allows for user-defined exclusions, filtering, and log exports.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Lyon Site Activity
Up in the last 7 days:154#45,239by Wheaton College6 years ago
A simple, lightweight plugin that gives site administrators an at-a-glance view of recent content edits.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Ferret
Down in the last 7 days:1,221#45,479by Leap Spark6 years ago
Ferret is a simple wrapper for the Sentry PHP and JavaScript SDKs. It will catch all PHP errors, as well as JavaScript errors if the option is switche …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

API Request Monitor
Up in the last 7 days:22,446#45,629by Huzoor Bux2 months ago
A developer-focused tool for monitoring, debugging, testing, and logging WordPress REST API requests and external API integrations.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 4/day

Stream to Papertrail
Down in the last 7 days:1,015#46,333by Japh11 years ago
Send your Stream records to Papertrail for safe-keeping.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Custom Logs
Down in the last 7 days:2,704#46,931by Byron Jacobs1 year ago
A sleek, modern plugin to manage WordPress debug logs with custom directories, levels, and advanced AJAX filtering.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

AP Stream to Rocket
Up in the last 7 days:791#47,122by Frank Neumann-Staude7 years ago
Send your Stream records to Rocket.Chat.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

User Page Logs
Down in the last 7 days:3,276#47,684by sandree146 years ago
Logging and Tracking your User visit History
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

AP Stream to GELF
#48,371by Frank Neumann-Staude10 years ago
Send your Stream records via GELF to Graylog2, logstash and other logging services
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

SOCHQ AI Log Agent
Up in the last 7 days:15,312#50,290by cyberneticsplus1 year ago
Capture PHP request telemetry and ship JSON batches to your HTTPS webhook every 15 minutes. Minimal setup: set a Webhook URL.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Echo Out Viewer
#50,453by aminul Islam1 year ago
Short Description: A simple tool to output and inspect PHP variables directly in your browser for debugging purposes.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
nBlick Signal Agent
Down in the last 7 days:249#50,477by ldesuque5 months ago
Captures public request metadata and ships it in batches to the nBlick Signal API for bot detection and traffic analysis.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day