by Janis Elsts 4.3 (48 reviews)

Error Log Monitor

Name: Error Log Monitor
Rating: 4.3 (48 reviews)
Author: Janis Elsts

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

Error Log Monitor ranks #1,275 among WordPress.org plugins with 20,000+ active installations, is #63 of 1,658 in the Performance category, a 4.3/5 rating from 48 reviews, and was last updated Oct 12, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v1.7.13 Current Version v1.7.13

Updated 3 weeks ago Last Update on 12 Oct, 2026

Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on

#63 of 1,658 in Performance Top 5% by installs Downloads -55.4% this week Actively maintained

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#1,275

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Active Installs

20K+

-19.6%

KW Avg Position

0.4 worse

Downloads

632.3K

+53 today

Support Resolved

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Rating

86%

Review 4.3 out of 5

4.3 (48 reviews)

Next Milestone 30K

Total Progress 48%

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Reviews & Ratings

4.3

48 reviews

Overall 86%

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

7 known vulnerabilities on record · 0 in the last 24 months · checked 2 weeks ago

Oct 16, 2024

Error Log Monitor [error-log-monitor] < 1.7.1

CVE-2022-4974 · Fixed in v1.7.1
Jul 18, 2023

Error Log Monitor [error-log-monitor] < 1.7.7 (closed)

CVE-2023-33999 · Fixed in v1.7.7
Mar 4, 2022

Error Log Monitor [error-log-monitor] < 1.7.1 (closed)

CVE-2022-4974 · Fixed in v1.7.1
Feb 28, 2022

Error Log Monitor [error-log-monitor] < 1.7.1 (closed)

Fixed in v1.7.1
Feb 28, 2022

Error Log Monitor [error-log-monitor] < 1.7.1 (closed)

Fixed in v1.7.1
Feb 25, 2019

Error Log Monitor [error-log-monitor] < 1.6.5 (closed)

Fixed in v1.6.5
Error Log Monitor [error-log-monitor] < 1.6.5 (closed)

Fixed in v1.6.5

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.7.13
Last Updated: Oct 12, 2026
Requires WP: 4.5+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: Janis Elsts

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4.3
Reviews: 48
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

admin administration dashboard widget error reporting php

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site administrators who want visibility into PHP errors without leaving the dashboard. It solves the problem of having to manually check server error log files by surfacing recent log entries in a Dashboard widget and optionally emailing error notifications.