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Error Log Viewer by BestWebSoft icon

Error Log Viewer by BestWebSoft

Get latest error log messages to diagnose website problems. Define and fix issues faster.

By bestwebsoft·Error Log·Free
4.8(9 reviews)
·6.0K+ active installs·Updated 4 months ago
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As of April 2026, Error Log Viewer by BestWebSoft is a WordPress error log plugin with 6.0K+ active installations and a 4.8/5 rating from 9 reviews. It has been downloaded 95K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.2+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Downloads are down 14% this week. Top alternative: Debug.

4.8/59 reviews
6.0K+active installs
95K+total downloads
11 yearssince 2015

Overview

Simple utility plugin that helps to find and view log files with errors right from your WordPress admin dashboard. Get access to all your log files from one place. View the latest activity, select logs by date, or view a full log file. Get email notifications about log changes.

Get access to your website logs and troubleshoot issues faster!

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Features

  • Enable WordPress error logging with:
    • .htaccess
    • wp-config.php using inl_set
    • wp-config.php using WP_DEBUG
  • Search and view error logs:
    • PHP
    • WordPress
  • Configure email notifications about log changes:
    • Set the email
    • Change frequency
  • Configure log monitor settings:
    • Choose the log to be displayed
    • Choose what to show in the log:
      • Certain last lines in the file
      • Log for a certain period of time
      • Full file
  • View or save the part of…
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Ratings & Reviews

4.89 reviews
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Recent Reviews

Great for error log
by ali2swat·1 month ago

Thank you so much

Nice to read logs, but that is it. No real options
by Curtis Fraser·1 year ago·1 reply

Sending emails by time is rather basic. It would probably be more useful to send send emails when ‘new’ items are recorded that are actionable items.

PHP warnings from plugins are nothing too special.

More convenient than accessing the file manually
by 2Flow2·1 year ago

Yep, pretty much does what it says. It’s a much more convenient way to quickly check on any errors that have arisen in the PHP without having to open up the file manually. However, it would nice if there was a way to manually point it to a different save location than the default for the PHP error log.

I like to keep WP_DEBUG turned on all the time on my Production site with this plugin installed, and then I use .htaccess rules to keep anyone external from accessing the log. To suppress the WordPress default “Site Health Check” warning that comes up I add the following code into my child theme’s functions.php:

// WordPress' default Health Check dashboard flags some things that are irrelevant to us.
add_filter('site_status_tests', function (array $test_type) {
unset($test_type['direct']['debug_enabled']); // Remove warning about logging errors to a potentially public file. We are using the .htaccess file to block external debug file access.
return $test_type;
}, 1, 1);
jippi, i will be notified on issues e.g. after updating
by Saleswonder Team: Tobias·4 years ago

Thank you, very much for this plugin

Good one
by papacoderrs·5 years ago

Thank you

Download Trends

Today: 30Yesterday: 42This week: 214Period total: 26K

Compatibility

WordPress6.2+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4
PHPfalse+ required

Version Adoption

v1.1
99.3%
v1.0
0.7%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

V1.1.8 – 18.11.2025

  • Update : Added info about send email notifications
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

bestwebsoftbestwebsoft
Plugin Info
Version
1.1.8
Last Updated
Dec 3, 2025
WP Requires
6.2+
Tested Up To
6.9.4
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
6.0K+
Downloads
95K+
Added
Sep 8, 2015
Business
Free

Tags

error logdebug toolphp error logadd debug toolerror log viewer

Developer

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bestwebsoft
18 plugins0.2M+ total installs
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