--- title: "Managed Hosting for WordPress - Retrieving and analysing your logs" description: "Find out which logs your Managed Hosting for WordPress solution generates, how they are sent to Logs Data Platform, and how to query the available fields." url: https://docs.ovhcloud.com/en/guides/web-cloud/managed-hosting/wordpress-logs lang: en lastUpdated: 2026-06-11 --- # Managed Hosting for WordPress - Retrieving and analysing your logs ## Objective A log is an event recorded on a computer system (server, application, website, etc.). For a website, logs typically record each HTTP request received, the response returned, the client that issued the request, and how long the request took to serve. Your **Managed Hosting for WordPress** solution generates logs for the websites it hosts and forwards them to [Logs Data Platform](https://www.ovhcloud.com/en-gb/identity-security-operations/logs-data-platform/), where you can store, visualise, and query them. Unlike a raw log file, the logs sent to Logs Data Platform are **split into individual fields** (HTTP method, status code, client IP address, response time, etc.). This means you do not have to parse a single text line yourself: each piece of information is already available as a dedicated, searchable field. **Find out which logs are available for your Managed Hosting for WordPress solution and how to exploit them.** ## Requirements - A [Managed Hosting for WordPress](https://labs.ovhcloud.com/en/managed-wp/) solution with at least one website. - Access to the OVHcloud Control Panel. - Basic knowledge of [Logs Data Platform](/en/guides/manage-and-operate/observability/logs-data-platform/introduction.md) (EN). ## Instructions :::warning We provide this tutorial to help you with common tasks. However, we recommend contacting a [specialist provider](https://partner.ovhcloud.com/en-gb/directory/) if you experience any difficulties. We will not be able to assist you with interpreting the logs generated by your Managed Hosting for WordPress solution. More information in the [Go further](#go-further) section of this tutorial. ::: ### Available log kinds Your Managed Hosting for WordPress solution forwards two distinct types of logs to Logs Data Platform: | Log kind | Content | | -------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **HTTP access logs** | One entry per HTTP request received by your website (Apache access log). This is the main stream used to monitor traffic, errors, and response times. | | **PHP-FPM logs** | Messages emitted by the PHP-FPM engine that runs your WordPress code (PHP warnings, errors, slow scripts, etc.). | Each entry is enriched with information identifying the website it relates to, so you can filter the logs of a single site even when several sites share the same stream: - `service_id`: the identifier of your Managed Hosting for WordPress service. - `website_id`: the internal identifier of the website. - `fqdn`: the domain name (virtual host) targeted by the request. ### Viewing and forwarding your logs You can preview your most recent logs directly in the OVHcloud Control Panel and subscribe to Logs Data Platform to store, query, and visualise them. Click the tabs below to view each of the **2** steps. **Step 1** Go to the Managed Hosting for WordPress page in your OVHcloud Control Panel, then click Manage under the resource concerned. ![Managed Hosting for WordPress resource list with a Manage button on each resource card](/images/guides/web-cloud/managed-hosting/wordpress-logs/managed-hosting-for-wordpress-list.png) **Step 2** Open the Logs tab. Select the log type to display (for example **HTTP access logs**) to preview your most recent logs in real time. To forward them to Logs Data Platform, click Subscribe in the **Stream** panel on the right. ![Logs tab of a Managed Hosting for WordPress resource showing the live log viewer and the Logs Data Platform stream subscription panel](/images/guides/web-cloud/managed-hosting/wordpress-logs/logs-tab-subscribe-ldp.png) ### HTTP access log fields For each HTTP request, the following fields are available. The field names follow the [Logs Data Platform naming conventions](/en/guides/manage-and-operate/observability/logs-data-platform/field-naming-conventions.md) (EN): the suffix indicates how the value is typed and indexed (`_ip` is geolocated, `_int` is an integer, `_num` is a number, `_date` is a date). | Field | Example | Description | | ---------------------- | ----------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `time` | `2026-06-04T10:04:53.000Z` | Date the entry was received by Logs Data Platform. | | `host` | `wp004.eu-west-001` | Hostname of the server that generated the log. | | `service_id` | `wp-xxxxxxxx` | Identifier of your Managed Hosting for WordPress service. | | `website_id` | `a1b2c3d4e5` | Internal identifier of the website. | | `fqdn` | `www.example.com` | Domain name (virtual host) targeted by the request. | | `remote_host_ip` | `203.0.113.42` | Client IP address. Because of the `_ip` suffix, it is automatically geolocated by Logs Data Platform (country, city, coordinates, etc.). | | `http_method` | `GET` | HTTP method of the request. | | `http_path` | `/wp-login.php` | Path requested by the client. | | `http_protocol` | `HTTP/1.1` | Protocol and version used. | | `http_status_int` | `200` | HTTP response status code, stored as an integer so you can run numeric comparisons. | | `bytes_sent` | `1234` | Size of the response sent to the client, in bytes. | | `referer` | `https://www.google.com/` | Value of the `Referer` header. | | `user_agent` | `Mozilla/5.0 (...)` | Value of the `User-Agent` header. | | `request_time` | `04/Jun/2026:10:04:53 +0000` | Time the request was received, in a human-readable form. | | `request_time_date` | `2026-06-04T10:04:53Z` | Same request time as an ISO 8601 (UTC) date, so it can be used in date-based queries and dashboards. | | `request_duration_num` | `114` | Time taken to serve the request, **in milliseconds**. Use it to monitor your response times. | | `message` | `203.0.113.42 - - [04/Jun/2026...]` | The complete raw access log line, kept for reference. | ### PHP-FPM log fields The PHP-FPM kind is lighter and exposes the following fields: | Field | Description | | ------------ | --------------------------------------------------------- | | `time` | Date the entry was received by Logs Data Platform. | | `host` | Hostname of the server that generated the log. | | `service_id` | Identifier of your Managed Hosting for WordPress service. | | `website_id` | Internal identifier of the website. | | `message` | The PHP-FPM message (warning, error, notice, etc.). | ### Querying and analysing your logs Once your logs reach Logs Data Platform, you can explore them through the Graylog web interface included with your solution, build dashboards, and set up alerts. For the basics, refer to the [Quick start with Logs Data Platform](/en/guides/manage-and-operate/observability/logs-data-platform/getting-started-quick-start.md) (EN) guide. Because the access logs are split into typed fields, you can run targeted searches directly from the Graylog search bar. A few examples: - Display the requests of a single website: ```text website_id:a1b2c3d4e5 ``` - Find every server error (HTTP 5xx): ```text http_status_int:>=500 ``` - Identify slow requests that took more than one second to serve: ```text request_duration_num:>1000 ``` - Monitor brute-force attempts on the WordPress login page: ```text http_path:"/wp-login.php" AND http_method:POST ``` - Filter traffic by the geolocated country of the client (provided by the `_ip` suffix): ```text remote_host_ip_country_code:FR ``` :::info The HTTP access logs are generated in UTC. Use the `request_time_date` field (an ISO 8601 date) or the `time` field for any date-based query, sorting, or histogram. ::: ## Go further [](#) - [Discover Managed Hosting for WordPress](/en/guides/web-cloud/managed-hosting/wordpress.md) - [Introduction to Logs Data Platform](/en/guides/manage-and-operate/observability/logs-data-platform/introduction.md) (EN) - [Quick start with Logs Data Platform](/en/guides/manage-and-operate/observability/logs-data-platform/getting-started-quick-start.md) (EN) - [Logs Data Platform field naming conventions](/en/guides/manage-and-operate/observability/logs-data-platform/field-naming-conventions.md) (EN) For specialised services (SEO, development, etc.), contact [OVHcloud partners](https://partner.ovhcloud.com/en-gb/directory/). Join our [community of users](https://community.ovhcloud.com/).