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Email Log

v2.4.9
by Sudar Muthu · 4.3 (41 reviews)

Log and view all outgoing emails from WordPress. Very useful if you have to debug email related problems or have to store sent emails for auditing.

80K+ active installs Updated Jan 28, 2024 Tested to 6.4.5 Requires PHP 5.6
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Email Log

About Email Log

Email Log is a WordPress plugin that allows you to easily log and view all emails sent from your WordPress site. This is useful for debugging email issues or for storing sent emails for auditing purposes. You can also perform advanced actions like re-sending emails, automatically forwarding emails, or exporting logs with premium add-ons.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Email Log?
Email Log is a WordPress plugin that logs and displays all outgoing emails from WordPress. It helps in debugging email issues and auditing sent emails.
How can I view logged emails?
Logged emails are stored in a separate table and can be viewed from the WordPress admin interface. You can filter or sort emails by date, email, or subject.
Can I delete logged emails?
Yes, you can delete all logged emails in bulk or selectively by date, email, and subject from the admin interface. An add-on is available for automatic deletion after a set number of days.
Does Email Log work with WordPress Multisite?
Yes, Email Log is compatible with WordPress Multisite installations.
What are some premium features?
Premium add-ons allow you to resend emails, view more email fields like CC and BCC, and automatically forward emails to another address.

Changelog

v2.4.9 – (In Dev)

  • Tweak: Explicitly check the action name and only allow actions based on an allow list.

v2.4.8 – (2021-11-06)

  • Fix: Escape the search parameters before rendering them

v2.4.7 – (2021-10-13)

  • Fix: Fix the typo that was introduced in v2.4.6

v2.4.6 – (2021-10-13)

  • Fix: Enhance how order and order by works.
  • Tweak: Tested upto WordPress 5.8

v2.4.5 – (2021-04-13)

  • Fix: Don’t override WordPress plugin update in base plugin.

v2.4.4 – (2021-03-28)

  • Tweak: Use the jQuery UI that is bundled with WordPress.
  • Tweak: Don’t load add-on information from a local json file.

v2.4.3 – (2020-10-09)

  • New: Added el_log_time_display_format filter to change the email log display time.
  • New: Provide an option for translators to override the email log display time.
  • Tweak: Enhanced the nonce check.

v2.4.2 – (2020-07-07)

  • Fix: Fixed issues with email preview tab switcher that occurred in some installations.
  • Tweak: Enhanced the UI for lifetime license activation.

v2.4.1 – (2020-07-06)

  • Fix: Added a missing file that broke v2.4.0 release for some installations.

v2.4.0 – (2020-07-05)

  • New: Capture the error message when an email fails to be delivered.
  • New: Show seconds in send time.
  • Tweak: Enhance the email preview screen.
  • Tweak: Code enhancements for better maintenance.
  • Fix: Minor CSS alignment issues in addon list page.

v2.3.2 – (2020-03-03)

  • New: Added the ability to log BuddyPress emails which don’t use wp_mail function.
  • New: Supports PHP 5.6 to PHP 7.4
  • Tweak: Design tweaks for WordPress 5.3
  • Fix: Don’t throw a warning if wrong data is passed to wp_mail function.
  • Fix: Bulk Actions that were performed from the bottom dropdown in the Log List page was not working.

v2.3.1 – (2019-04-11)

  • Fix: Added a missing file that broke v2.3.1 release for some installations.

v2.3.0 – (2019-04-11)

  • New: The ‘To’ and ‘Subject’ fields now supports text upto 500 characters.
  • New: Store the name of the attachment file if present.
  • New: Store ip address of the request that triggered the email.
  • New: Setting to enable notification when the number of email logs reach a threshold.
  • New: Dashboard Widget – Provide an option to hide Dashboard Widget from all users.
  • Tweak: Dashboard Widget – Add a thousand separator for logs count.
  • Tweak: Improve the preview of HTML emails.
  • Tweak: Enhanced the output of System Info page.
  • Fix: Deleting logs in bulk was not working.
  • Fix: Added compatibility with wp-ses plugin.
  • Fix: Added the ability to deactivate expired license.

v2.2.5 – (2018-02-22)

  • Tweak: Show Dashboard Widget only if the user can view email logs.

v2.2.4 – (2017-11-23)

  • Tweak: Tweaks to how the license is handled.

v2.2.3 – (2017-11-09)

  • Fix: Escaped all the fields while displaying email details in popup.

v2.2.2 – (2017-11-07)

  • Tweak: Improved the way nonce checks are performed.
  • Fix: Escaped the email content before showing it in preview.

v2.2.1 – (2017-11-04)

  • Tweak: Improved the UX of the view email content screen.

v2.2.0 – (2017-10-09)

  • New: Dashboard Widget that display summary about email logs.
  • Tweak: Performance improvements in add-on license code.

v2.1.0 – (2017-09-21)

  • New: GUI option to choose the user roles that can access email logs.
  • New: GUI option to delete email log table when the plugin is uninstalled.
  • Tweak: Performance improvements.
  • Tweak: Delete all traces of the plugin from DB if the user chooses to destroy data during uninstall.
  • Fix: Handle cases where there is a quote in front of email address.
  • Fix: Handle cases where array passed to wp_mail may not contain all the required fields.

v2.0.2 – (2017-08-07)

  • Fix: Renamed include/util directory to correct case. This caused issues in some install.

v2.0.1 – (2017-08-04)

  • Fix: Fixed a JavaScript issue in view logs page.
  • Fix: Fixed a CSS issue in view logs page.
  • Fix: Fixed a race condition between plugin and add-ons.

v2.0.0 – (2017-08-04)

  • New: Ability to filter logs by date.
  • New: Ability to filter logs by name.
  • New: Complete rewrite for better performance.
  • Docs: Dropped support for PHP 5.2

v1.9.1 – (2016-07-02) – (Dev time: 0.5 hour)

  • Fix: Only allow users with manage_option capability to view email content.

v1.9 – (2016-06-19) – (Dev time: 6 hours)

  • Fix: Improve the performance of count query (issue #33)
  • Docs: Added access modifiers to class methods
  • Docs: Removed unused array_get() method
  • Docs: Inline documentation added
  • Tests: Added Unit tests

v1.8.2 (2016-04-20) – (Dev time: 1 hour)

  • Tweak: Log all emails from the TO field. Earlier the plugin was logging only the first email
  • Fix: Fixed issues in parsing reply-to and content-type headers

v1.8.1 (2015-12-27) – (Dev time: 0.5 hour)

  • Fix: Fixed the “Delete All Logs” issue that was introduced in v1.8

v1.8 (2015-12-26) – (Dev time: 5 hours)

  • New: Added filters and actions for addons
  • New: Added Resend Email Addon
  • Tweak: Optimize for large number of logs
  • Tweak: Use charset and collate that is defined in wp-config.php file
  • Tweak: Format email content
  • Tweak: Remove PHP4 compatible code
  • Fix: Sanitize the delete email log url

v1.7.5 (2014-09-23) – (Dev time: 1 hour)

  • Tweak: Remove PHP 4.0 compatibility code
  • Tweak: Tweak the install code (issue #26)
  • Fix: Include JavaScript only when needed
  • Fix: Fix a bug in the save user options function (issue #27)

v1.7.4 (2014-07-24) – (Dev time: 0.5 hours)

  • Fix: Handle cases where date_format or time_format are empty (issue #23)
  • Tweak: Remove excessive comments from include/class-email-log-list-table.php (issue #10)

v1.7.3 (2014-05-14) – (Dev time: 0.5 hours)

  • Fix: Fixed a compatibility issue with wpmandrill plugin (issue #20)

v1.7.2 (2014-04-16) – (Dev time: 0.5 hours)

  • Fix: Fix issue in register_activation_hook

v1.7.1 (2014-04-02) – (Dev time: 0.5 hours)

  • Fix: Fix the issue that was preventing the tables to be created

v1.7 (2014-03-29) – (Dev time: 2.5 hours)

  • Fix: Fix whitespace
  • New: Add support for WordPress Multisite (issue #18)
  • New: Add ability to delete all logs at once (issue #19)

v1.6.2 (2014-01-27) – (Dev time: 0.5 hours)

  • Fix: Fix unexpected output while activating the plugin

v1.6.1 (2013-12-17) – (Dev time: 0.5 hours)

  • Fix: Change prepare_items function so that it adheres to strict mode
  • Fix: Remove screen_icon function call which is not used in WordPress 3.8
  • New: Compatible with WordPress 3.8

v1.6 (2013-12-08) – (Dev time: 0.5 hours)

  • New: Add a link to view the content of the email in the log screen

v1.5.4 (2013-09-21) – (Dev time: 0.5 hours)

  • Fix issue in searching non-english characters
  • Add addon screenshots

v1.5.3 (2013-09-14) – (Dev time: 0.5 hours)

  • Fix issue in bulk deleting logs

v1.5.2 (2013-09-13) – (Dev time: 0.5 hours)

  • Add the ability to override the fields displayed in the log page
  • Add support for “More Fields” addon

v1.5.1 (2013-09-09) – (Dev time: 0.5 hours)

  • Correct the upgrade file include path. Issue #7
  • Fix undfined notice error. Issue #8
  • Update screenshots. Issue #6

v1.5 (2013-09-09) – (Dev time: 10 hours)

  • Rewrote Admin interface using native tables

v1.1 (2013-04-27) – (Dev time: 0.5 hour)

  • Added more documentation

v1.0 (2013-04-17) – (Dev time: 0.5 hour)

  • Added support for buying pro addons

v0.9.3 (2013-04-01) – (Dev time: 0.5 hour)

  • Moved table name into a separate constants file

v0.9.2 (2013-03-14) – (Dev time: 0.5 hour)

  • Added support for filters which can be used while logging emails

v0.9.1 (2013-01-08) – (Dev time: 0.5 hour)

  • Moved the menu under tools (Thanks samuelaguilera)

v0.9(2013-01-08) – (Dev time: 1 hour)

  • Use blog date/time for send date instead of server time
  • Handle cases where the headers send is an array

v0.8.1 (2012-07-23) (Dev time: 0.5 hour)

  • Reworded most error messages and fixed lot of typos

v0.8 (2012-07-12) (Dev time: 1 hour)

  • Fixed undefined notices – https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-email-log-notices-undefined-indices
  • Added Dutch translations

v0.7 (2012-06-23) (Dev time: 1 hour)

  • Changed Timestamp(n) MySQL datatype to Timestamp (now compatible with MySQL 5.5+)
  • Added the ability to bulk delete checkboxes

v0.6 (2012-04-29) (Dev time: 2 hours)

  • Added option to delete individual email logs
  • Moved pages per screen option to Screen options panel
  • Added information to the screen help tab
  • Added Lithuanian translations

v0.5 (2012-01-01)

  • Fixed a deprecation notice

v0.4 (2010-01-02)

  • Added German translation (Thanks Frank)

v0.3 (2009-10-19)

  • Added compatibility for MySQL 4 (Thanks Frank)

v0.2 (2009-10-15)

  • Added compatibility for MySQL 4

v0.1 (2009-10-08)

  • Initial Release

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