--- title: Accessing WordPress Error Logs on Your Site url: "https://pressable-staging.mystagingwebsite.com/knowledgebase/accessing-wordpress-error-logs/" published: 2019-10-11 modified: 2024-08-19 author: Wayne McWilliams --- In this article, we will review how to access WordPress error logs for your website to assist in debugging a problem and identifying theme and plugin errors. This error log file is automatically generated and errors can be reviewed via the MyPressable Control Panel, [WP-CLI,](https://pressable-staging.mystagingwebsite.com/knowledgebase/how-to-use-wp-cli/) or [SFTP](https://pressable-staging.mystagingwebsite.com/knowledgebase/setup-and-use-sftp-to-connect-to-your-wordpress-site/). ## MyPressable Control Panel Logs ### PHP Errors The **Logs** tab can be accessed from a site’s settings page ( > select individual site > **Logs** tab). Once, there, click on **PHP Logs.** For easy access and quick filtering, you can choose which error logs to show. These are sorted under 4 *Status Codes* and can be selected from the drop-down menu: ![](https://i0.wp.com/pressable-staging.mystagingwebsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Screenshot-2023-11-15-at-16.04.40.png?resize=1024%2C659&ssl=1) The **Get Latest** button loads the most recent logs. The logs are displayed on the Control Panel directly and are formatted to give important information at a quick glance. The **Email PHP Logs** button will send a CSV file with the most recent 500 logs of the site to your registered email address. ![](https://i0.wp.com/pressable-staging.mystagingwebsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/php-error-logs-latest-email-options.png?resize=1024%2C309&ssl=1)![](https://i0.wp.com/pressable-staging.mystagingwebsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/phperrors3.png?resize=1024%2C555&ssl=1)![](https://i0.wp.com/pressable-staging.mystagingwebsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/phperrors4.png?resize=1024%2C560&ssl=1) Important: If this method isn’t working, check to see if WP\_DEBUG and/or WP\_DEBUG\_LOG ([outlined below](https://pressable-staging.mystagingwebsite.com/knowledgebase/accessing-wordpress-error-logs/#wp_debug_log)) is enabled on the site. If so, it can break the my.pressable-staging.mystagingwebsite.com error log reporting for the site. ### Webserver Logs The **Logs** tab can be accessed from a site’s settings page ( > select individual site > **Logs** tab). Once, there, click on **Webserver Logs**: ![](https://i0.wp.com/pressable-staging.mystagingwebsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Screenshot-2023-11-15-at-16.06.32.png?resize=1024%2C646&ssl=1) Pressable provides the last seven days of server logs, 200 per page. For easy access and quick filtering, you can choose which logs to show based on *Status Code*, *Request Type*, and searching by *User IP*. More Webserver log information can be found here: ## SFTP ### **SFTP Access** A `php-errors` log is located above the site root, in a folder called `/tmp`. You will need to connect to the server via SFTP and then move up one directory (outside of the `/htdocs` directory) to find the `/tmp` folder. ![wordpress error log](https://i0.wp.com/pressable-staging.mystagingwebsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/php-errors1.png?ssl=1)![wordpress error logs](https://i0.wp.com/pressable-staging.mystagingwebsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/php-errors2-1.png?ssl=1)![accessing wordpress error logs](https://i0.wp.com/pressable-staging.mystagingwebsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/php-errors3.png?ssl=1)## WP-CLI You can also access the PHP error log via [SSH](https://pressable-staging.mystagingwebsite.com/knowledgebase/connect-to-ssh-on-pressable/). To view the most recent PHP error log’s entries, you’ll need to enter the following command: `wp php-errors` ![](https://i0.wp.com/pressable-staging.mystagingwebsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/wpcli-errors.png?resize=1036%2C273&ssl=1)## WP\_DEBUG\_LOG Important: Manually enabling WP\_DEBUG and/or WP\_DEBUG\_LOG could break the error logs we automatically provide. (outlined in [the sections above](https://pressable-staging.mystagingwebsite.com/knowledgebase/accessing-wordpress-error-logs/#php-errors)). Please disable this once your troubleshooting is done. You can enable a WordPress debug log through the wp-config.php file found via SFTP in your site root. You will need to edit wp-config.php and look for a line that reads: ``` define( 'WP_DEBUG', false ); ``` Replace it with these three lines: ``` define( 'WP_DEBUG', true ); define( 'WP_DEBUG_LOG', true ); define( 'WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY', false ); ``` Your debug.log file will then be generated within the `/wp-content` directory. ![how to access wordpress error logs with Pressable](https://i0.wp.com/pressable-staging.mystagingwebsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/debug-log.png?ssl=1) Important: If you have WP\_DEBUG and/or WP\_DEBUG\_LOG set as TRUE for more than a day or two, consider deleting the **debug.log file** in your **wp-content** directory as that can quickly grow in size and impact your site storage. ## WooCommerce wc-logs ### **WP Admin Access** If your site includes a WooCommerce store, WooCommerce-specific logs can be found under **WooCommerce > Status > Logs** as outlined here: ### **SFTP Access** WooCommerce logs can also be found within `/wp-content/uploads/wc-logs`. Those can be accessed through SFTP. ![Pressable wordpress error logs](https://i0.wp.com/pressable-staging.mystagingwebsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/wc-logs.png?ssl=1)![wordpress error log with Pressable](https://i0.wp.com/pressable-staging.mystagingwebsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/wc-logs2.png?ssl=1)