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Live from WordPress.org · Sep 28, 2026

Best Logging Plugins for WordPress

79 plugins are tagged “logging” on WordPress.org. We rank them by active installs and score every one on update freshness, compatibility, ratings and support — so you can pick a safe one in seconds. The most popular right now is Check & Log Email with 100K+ active installs.

Plugins in category79
#1 by installsCheck & Log Email
Top-30 installs159.1K+
Avg. health (this page)52/100

79 Logging plugins

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Best Logging Plugins for WordPress
Rank Plugin Active installs Rating Updated Health
1 Check & Log Email – Easy Email Testing & Mail logging Check & Log Email – Easy Email Testing & Mail logging Check & Log email allows you to test if your website is correctly sending emails… by checkemail 100K+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.8 (290) 4 weeks ago 95
2 Mail logging – WP Mail Catcher Mail logging – WP Mail Catcher Stop from ever losing your emails again! This fast, lightweight plugin (under 140kb in… by JWardee 20K+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.9 (107) 5 months ago 57
3 Sentry for WordPress Sentry for WordPress A (unofficial) WordPress plugin to report PHP errors and Browser (JavaScript) errors to… by stayallive 10K+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.9 (16) 1 month ago 85
4 Custom 404 Pro Custom 404 Pro Take control of every 404 on your site — redirect visitors to a custom page or URL, log… by Kunal 7K+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (22) 4 weeks ago 85
5 Log Emails Log Emails Log emails to the database, to enable email problem analysis by webaware 6K+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (11) 3 weeks ago 84
6 WP-Cron Status Checker WP-Cron Status Checker If WP-Cron runs important things for you, you better make sure WP-Cron always runs! by webheadcoder 5K+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.5 (8) 2 months ago 69
7 REST API Log REST API Log WordPress plugin to log REST API requests and responses by Pete Nelson 5K+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.6 (24) 2 days ago 82
8 BugSnag Error Monitoring plugin BugSnag Error Monitoring plugin Automatically detects errors & crashes on your WordPress site using BugSnag to notify you… by SmartBear 2K+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.7 (9) 5 months ago 56
9 DecaLog DecaLog Capture and log events, metrics and traces on your site. Make WordPress observable -… by Pierre Lannoy 1K+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.8 (8) 1 month ago 77
10 Traffic Monitor Traffic Monitor Lightweight traffic logger for WordPress analytics. View, filter, and export page request… by Dmitri Martin 1K+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (3) 2 weeks ago 77
11 Log Deprecated Notices Log Deprecated Notices Logs the usage of deprecated files, functions, and function arguments, and identifies where… by Andrew Nacin 900+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (10) 5 years ago 39
12 Developer Loggers for Simple History Developer Loggers for Simple History Useful loggers for SimpleHistory for developers during development of a site or to maintain… by Pär Thernström 400+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 1 year ago 30
13 Trunc Logging – Auditing syslog for WordPress Trunc Logging – Auditing syslog for WordPress The Trunc Logging plugin gives you visibility to all the activity inside WordPress. Logins… by Daniel Cid 200+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (2) 3 years ago 33
14 Plainview Activity Monitor Plainview Activity Monitor Real-time monitoring of users, content, functionality, appearance, security, and updates. by edward_plainview 100+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.6 (12) 8 years ago 31
15 Smooth SMTP Smooth SMTP SMTP configuration, email logging, failure alerts, and fallback sending for WordPress. by Smmooth WP Plugins 100+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 (3) 7 months ago 35
16 Spark GF Failed Submissions Spark GF Failed Submissions Track failed form submissions and get notified when they reach a customisable threshold… by Mark Parnell 70+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4 (1) 2 months ago 68
17 Real IP Restore for Cloudflare Real IP Restore for Cloudflare Restores real visitor IP behind Cloudflare proxy on cPanel hosts that lack native… by Culture Dev 60+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 4 months ago 53
18 Custom 404 Handler Custom 404 Handler Customized 404 page, error logging with analysis, automatic redirects and export… by jfkconsulting 50+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 1 year ago 34
19 Issues Tracker Issues Tracker Issues Tracker allows you view and search WordPress logs, receive security advice, track… by Oleksandr Lysyi 40+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (3) 2 years ago 34
20 IP Informant Logger IP Informant Logger Logs and displays visitor IP addresses for website security and monitoring. by whittakerj 30+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 2 years ago 24
21 Kovalenko Admin Change Audit Kovalenko Admin Change Audit Records important WordPress activity and provides an owner-only log viewer for monitoring… by dmytrokovalenko 30+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 2 months ago 58
22 MCP Tracker MCP Tracker Records and displays MCP-related REST API requests made to your WordPress site. by WPVibes 20+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (1) 5 months ago 52
23 Stream to Slack Stream to Slack Send your Stream records to Slack. by Nathan Monk 20+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (2) 11 years ago 31
24 Quick debug.log Viewer Quick debug.log Viewer Easily view and manage your WordPress debug.log file directly from the admin area — no FTP… by WPSani 20+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 1 year ago 33
25 Simple Download with password Simple Download with password Simple, easy, lightweight download manager with password protection by enomoto celtislab 10+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 2 weeks ago 66
26 NIS2 Compliance NIS2 Compliance A comprehensive security compliance plugin implementing logging, monitoring and… by Babini Mazzari 10+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (1) 3 months ago 51
27 User Activity Tracker User Activity Tracker Track and monitor user activity effortlessly with User Activity Tracker. Stay informed… by whizPlugins 10+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 1 year ago 26
28 Ad Logger Ad Logger Ad Logger from [advancedhtml](http://www.advancedhtml.co.uk/ "advancedhtml") logs data… by reviewmylife 10+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (1) 15 years ago 30
29 Pagelog Pagelog This plugin registers and displays statistics of the usage of selected wp posts/pages. by Jacob N. Breetvelt 10+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 1 year ago 32
30 Tiny Search Logger Tiny Search Logger Logs searches made by end users on the Search form. Use this wisely by Juan C. (PotterSys) 10+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 12 years ago 23

Top Logging plugins, head to head

All comparisons →
Check & Log Email – Easy Email Testing & Mail loggingCheck & Log Email vs Mail logging – WP Mail CatcherMail logging Check & Log Email – Easy Email Testing & Mail loggingCheck & Log Email vs Sentry for WordPressSentry for WordPress Check & Log Email – Easy Email Testing & Mail loggingCheck & Log Email vs Custom 404 ProCustom 404 Pro Mail logging – WP Mail CatcherMail logging vs Sentry for WordPressSentry for WordPress Mail logging – WP Mail CatcherMail logging vs Custom 404 ProCustom 404 Pro Sentry for WordPressSentry for WordPress vs Custom 404 ProCustom 404 Pro

How we rank

Popularity first, then a health check you can trust

Plugins are ordered the way WordPress.org ranks them for this category. Next to each one you’ll see its health score, so a popular-but-neglected option never sneaks into your stack.

  • 25 Update freshness
  • 20 Works with the latest WordPress
  • 25 Rating, weighted by review count
  • 15 Support threads resolved
  • 15 Active installs

Popular plugins categories

woocommerce 11.9Kwidget 5.1Kseo 3.5Kadmin 3Kpost 2.8Kshortcode 2.4KAI 2.3Kposts 2.2Ksecurity 2.1Kcomments 2.1Kecommerce 2Kimages 1.8Kemail 1.8Kimage 1.7Kgoogle 1.6Kanalytics 1.6Kgutenberg 1.5Kfacebook 1.5Kelementor 1.5Ktwitter 1.5Kgallery 1.5Klogin 1.5Ksidebar 1.3Kcontent 1.3Kpayment gateway 1.3Kblock 1.2Ksocial 1.2Kperformance 1.2Kpayment 1.2Kvideo 1.2Kpage 1.2Kmedia 1.1Kwidgets 1.1Kslider 1.1Ke-commerce 1.1Kcontact form 1Kspam 1Kchatbot 1Ksearch 993links 977

FAQ

Quick answers

Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.

Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 28, 2026

What is the most popular logging plugin for WordPress?

Check & Log Email – Easy Email Testing & Mail logging is the most popular logging plugin with 100K+ active installs and a 4.8/5 rating on WordPress.org.

How many logging plugins are on WordPress.org?

There are currently 79 plugins tagged “logging” in the official WordPress.org plugin directory.

Which logging plugin has the best rating?

Among the most-installed options, Mail logging – WP Mail Catcher has the highest rating at 4.9/5 from 107 reviews.

Are these logging plugins actively maintained?

6 of the top 30 logging plugins were updated in the last 30 days. Check each plugin’s health score for update freshness, WordPress compatibility and support responsiveness.

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