Effortless PHP Error Monitoring with WP Remote

PHP error logs are essential, but managing them can be a chore. You can’t keep error logging enabled on your sites all the time, because it’s a security hazard. But every time something goes wrong, you need to sift through log files, hoping no critical issues slip through the cracks.

What if you could have a readymade error log that just works? No risk. No manual effort.

Enter WP Remote’s PHP error monitoring

PHP error monitoring smartly avoids all risks while providing necessary information.

It uses hooks to get PHP error information instead of relying on error logs. It works even if error logging through WP_DEBUG is disabled on your site.

This means you get your site’s PHP error data without any of the security concerns associated with error logs.

Identify repeat offenders

With PHP error monitoring, you can zero in on persistent issues quickly. 

One of your sites may throw errors during plugin installation. To figure out the problem, you need to enable WordPress debugging and PHP debugging to ferret out underlying server issues. 

It could be a plugin. It could be a database error. It could be a server issue. With PHP error monitoring you can see what causes the hurdles every time, and engineer your site stack to get rid of the problem from the root. 

As sites become more complex, the chances of incompatibilities increase exponentially. You’re expecting themes and plugins made by a variety of developers to play nicely with each other—but they often don’t. 

Add server config and network configs to that equation, and boom—errors, errors everywhere. 

This is where WP Remote’s PHP error monitoring excels. It not only catches errors but gives you enough information to fix them quickly. 

Know more, fix faster

Get comprehensive information on each error, including:

• Error code
• Error message
• File in which the error occurred
• Line number to locate the error
• When the error occurred

For instance, if an error is caused by a plugin or theme, it is flagged along with the name. This speeds up your troubleshooting, saving your team valuable time.

Need to dig deeper?

WP Remote’s PHP Error Monitoring feature gives you a detailed view of all errors from the past 24 hours, right off the bat.

You can also view older errors from up to 2 months. To narrow down issues, you can use custom filters based on:

• The origin of the error—whether a plugin, a theme, or something else
• The category of the error—whether an error, a warning, or something else
• The source of the error—which plugin or theme is causing it
• The error message
• The date range in which the error occurred

Why not keep error logs active all the time?

Continuous error logging can pose significant security risks. If not managed properly, error logs can expose sensitive information about your site’s structure and vulnerabilities.

Detailed error logs often contain paths, database queries, and other sensitive data. Keeping logs active all the time makes this information readily available.

If hackers gain access to this information, they can use it to exploit your site.

What’s next?

Going forward, we will roll out alert functionalities soon. This means you’ll get instant notifications whenever specific errors occur, allowing you to address problems before they become critical.