Using Logs and Error Monitoring to Keep Your Site Healthy

Types of Logs Available on Most Hosts

• Access logs: Show who visited your site and which pages they viewed.
• Error logs: Record PHP warnings, fatal errors and missing files.
• Mail logs: Track email sending behaviour and delivery problems.

How Logs Help You Debug Issues

When your site shows a blank page or error message, logs often contain more detailed information about the cause. This can point you toward a faulty plugin, theme or script.

Setting Up Automated Error Alerts

Some monitoring tools can watch your logs and notify you when new errors appear. This helps you react quickly before many visitors are affected.

Good Habits for Ongoing Maintenance

• Review logs regularly, not only when something is broken.
• Clean up old logs to save disk space.
• Use logs to understand how visitors actually use your site.