Error Log Monitor

68 Quality Score

Active Installs

19/30

With 20,000 active installs, this is a respectable niche plugin rather than a mainstream utility, earning a moderate 64/30 on PluginCheck's popularity scale.

Update Freshness

17/25

Last updated October 1, 2025 and tested against WordPress 6.8.5, the plugin is clearly being maintained, scoring 80/25 for upkeep activity.

User Rating

13/15

An 86 out of 100 from 48 ratings reflects genuine user satisfaction, though the small sample size limits how much weight we can place on the number.

Support Health

8/15

With zero support threads opened and zero resolved, the support health score of 50/15 is essentially unmeasurable and should be treated as neutral rather than positive.

WP Compatibility

11/15

Compatible up to WordPress 6.8.5 on PHP 7.4+, it covers an older minimum PHP version which is reasonable for legacy sites but worth noting for modern-only stacks; this earned a 75/15 compatibility score.

Scores higher than 20% of indexed plugins

About

Adds a Dashboard widget that displays the latest messages from your PHP error log. It can also send logged errors to email.

Active Installs 20k+

Rating ★★★★ 4.3/5

Last Updated 2025-10-01 3:12pm GMT

Requires WordPress 4.5+

Tested Up To 6.8.8

Requires PHP 7.4+

Security History

3 known vulnerabilities, all patched

1 High 2 Medium

Most recent: July 18, 2023

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What It Does

Error Log Monitor adds a WordPress Dashboard widget that surfaces recent entries from your PHP error log so administrators can spot problems without leaving wp-admin. It also supports emailing logged errors to a configured address, giving site owners an early warning system when something breaks on the server. The plugin is intentionally narrow: it does not aggregate, chart, or rotate logs, it simply exposes what PHP has already written to disk.

Who It's For

This is a good fit for site owners or developers who want immediate visibility into PHP errors on small to mid-sized WordPress installs, especially production sites where catching a fatal error quickly matters. Web agencies managing a handful of client sites, managed WordPress hosts, and small business operators without dedicated monitoring tools will get the most value from the dashboard widget and email alerts. It is also useful for staging or pre-launch environments where debugging live output matters.

Who Should Skip It

If you already use a server-level log aggregator, a host-provided monitoring dashboard, or a dedicated observability tool, this plugin is redundant. Sites on managed hosts that restrict PHP error log access, or installations running hundreds of requests per second, will find the widget approach too limited and should look at log-forwarding solutions instead.

The Bottom Line

Error Log Monitor is a focused, well-maintained utility that does exactly one thing reasonably well: surfacing PHP errors inside wp-admin and optionally emailing them. It earns a PluginCheck quality score of 71.07/100, dragged down primarily by middling popularity and the absence of any trackable support history. For developers and site admins who want a lightweight, no-frills error watcher without subscribing to a third-party service, this is a sensible pick.

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