Yes, Log Emails is free to use. It is available as a free plugin on WordPress.org.

How many websites use Log Emails?

Log Emails has 6.0K+ active installations as tracked by WordPress.org.

What are the best Log Emails alternatives?

Popular alternatives to Log Emails include Stream, WP Mail Log, DecaLog. You can compare them side-by-side on our comparison pages.

Does Log Emails work with the latest WordPress?

Log Emails has been tested up to WordPress 6.9.4. It requires WordPress 4.0+ and PHP 7.4+.

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Log Emails

Name: Log Emails
Rating: 5 (11 reviews)
Author: webaware

Log emails to the database, to enable email problem analysis

By webaware·Logs·Free

5(11 reviews)

·6.0K+ active installs·Updated 3 months ago

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As of April 2026, Log Emails is a WordPress logs plugin with 6.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 11 reviews. It has been downloaded 55K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.0+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Downloads are up 100% this week. Top alternative: Stream.

5/511 reviews

6.0K+active installs

55K+total downloads

12 yearssince 2014

Overview

Log emails to the WordPress database for later analysis. Access is restricted to administrators, and emails with WordPress passwords are obfuscated for security / privacy. Useful for diagnosing lost email problems.

Use this plugin with Disable Emails to divert all WordPress emails into logs, especially handy for developers.

Logs are automatically purged after a defined period, set through a settings page in the WordPress admin. Setting the period to 0 prevents logs from being purged. Uninstalling the plugin purges all logs.

Translations

Many thanks to the generous efforts of our translators:

Czech (cs-CZ) — Rudolf Klusal
English (en_CA) — the English (Canadian) translation team
English (en_GB) — the English (British) translation team
French (fr-FR) — Hugo Catellie…

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Ratings & Reviews

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Recent Reviews

Faith restored!

by Anonymous User 652281·4 years ago

Thank you so much.

At last a simple, lightweight plugin that works! No upselling or additional frameworks.

And it adds itself discretely and sensibly in the WP menu system.

This topic was modified 4 years, 9 months ago by Anonymous User 652281.

Really great plugin!

by Boat·5 years ago

Great feature for free, why not to get another 5 stars
Thanks!

Simple is good

by rvnd·5 years ago

no premium features, just great community spirit.
thanks dev.

compact and free from vulnerabilities

by tazotodua·7 years ago

I’ve checked it’s functionality and with first sight, it didn’t contained vulnerable parts. Thank you.

This topic was modified 7 years, 3 months ago by tazotodua.

Only sad I didn’t find this plugin sooner!

by John Hawkins·7 years ago

Seriously, this plugin is so freakin’ helpful. I work on a lot of sites that I have set up on my local development machine and don’t have outgoing email set up on purpose. Only rarely do I need access to test those emails. But when I need it, it’s typically urgent. This plugin has completely saved the day multiple times over the past month.

Thank you so much for the great work!