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Metrics and logs

Bandwidth, access statistics, error log and logged SQL queries.

6 articles in this topic

  1. Save WordPress SQL queries to a log Log the SQL queries WordPress runs to a file, with their timing, using SAVEQUERIES and a small mu-plugin to find the slow ones; or analyse them without touching code using PHP X-Ray or Query Monitor. 2 min · Reviewed 10/2026
  2. View access statistics with AWStats View AWStats reports based on the server logs and tell apart requests, visits and automated traffic when comparing them with other analytics. 2 min · Reviewed 09/2026
  3. Check data transfer (bandwidth) in cPanel Check in cPanel the data transfer your hosting has used this month and in previous months, broken down by domain and traffic type, and find out what is making it grow. 2 min · Reviewed 10/2026
  4. Enable statistics from the Metrics Editor Enable AWStats from cPanel's Metrics Editor only when you need local statistics, avoiding resource and disk usage when you do not use it. 1 min · Reviewed 09/2026
  5. Raw access log Download the raw HTTP and HTTPS logs from cPanel, with IP, browser, URL and response code, to analyse them or carry out audits. 2 min · Reviewed 09/2026
  6. Error log View the recent entries in the web error log in cPanel, link them to an incident and tell their scope apart from the PHP and access logs. 2 min · Reviewed 09/2026