Title: Log HTTP Requests Author: Matt Gibbs Published: སྤྱི་ཟླ་བདུན་པ། 19, 2017 Last modified: སྤྱི་ཟླ་བཅུ་གཅིག་པ། 11, 2025 --- Search plugins ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/log-http-requests.svg) # Log HTTP Requests By [Matt Gibbs](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mgibbs189/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/log-http-requests.zip) * [Details](https://dzo.wordpress.org/plugins/log-http-requests/#description) * [Reviews](https://dzo.wordpress.org/plugins/log-http-requests/#reviews) * [Installation](https://dzo.wordpress.org/plugins/log-http-requests/#installation) * [Development](https://dzo.wordpress.org/plugins/log-http-requests/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/log-http-requests/) ## Description #### Log and view all WP HTTP requests How long do [core / plugin / theme] update checks take to run? What data about my site is being sent out? What about all those ajax requests? The answers to these questions are just a few clicks away. This plugin logs all WP_HTTP requests and displays them in a table listing for easy viewing. It also stores the runtime of each HTTP request. #### Available Hooks Customize the length (in days) before older log items are removed: ``` add_filter( 'lhr_expiration_days', function( $days ) { return 7; // default = 1 }); ``` Don’t log items from a specific hostname: ``` add_filter( 'lhr_log_data', function( $data ) { if ( false !== strpos( $data['url'], 'wordpress.org' ) ) { return false; } return $data; }); ``` In the above example, the `$data` array keys correspond to columns within the `lhr_log` database table. #### Important Links * [Github ](https://github.com/FacetWP/log-http-requests) ## Installation 1. Download and activate the plugin. 2. Browse to `Tools > Log HTTP Requests` to view log entries. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c27f26065e2252b8b77b4b7c0171731de172c279478813f74d27a60a432829fc? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Excellent plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excellent-plugin-9240/)󠁿 [Jarno Vos](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jarnovos/) སྤྱི་ཟླ་བདུན་པ། 24, 2024 The plugin does exactly what it says it does, and works perfect every time. I’ve used it quite a lot for troubleshooting purposes and have yet to discover any issues. Kind regards, Jarno ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/59b0253e5d04fe15f02efe46a8684eada33ce19105503a68e38e1d7accb7f9d3? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Useful for developing WordPress plugins that make HTTP requests](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/useful-for-developing-wordpress-plugins-that-make-http-requests/)󠁿 [Auke Piersma](https://profiles.wordpress.org/aukepiersma/) སྤྱི་ཟླ་དྲུག་པ། 7, 2024 I use this plugin regularly when developing WordPress plugins that make HTTP requests. This plugin works great, 5 stars from me. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/05448bfe4c5604a871c54cb36df5baeccb2724ebdb648c6870dcdf563076744a? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[awesome logs every http request/response](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/awesome-logs-every-http-request-response/)󠁿 [witoldor](https://profiles.wordpress.org/witoldor/) སྤྱི་ཟླ་དང་པ། 15, 2024 Do what it tells it, do! :)Amazing ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/12ef3b35f9ada8b41f2b9d0e36c093a0f4c66466f3edecd6adb0a350c972e9cc? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Invaluable Insight for HTTP Requests](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invaluable-insight-for-http-requests/)󠁿 [Shahidul Islam](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bdkoder/) སྤྱི་ཟླ་བཅུ་གཅིག་པ། 11, 2023 This plugin has proven to be an indispensable tool for tracking and analyzing HTTP requests. Its ability to reveal whether a request was made, along with detailed insights into the transmitted data and received responses, is simply remarkable. The clarity it provides is instrumental for troubleshooting and optimizing processes. A must-have for anyone dealing with HTTP interactions ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/86c2127742af331f638c0cc52efa510bb24a48733e6f34d19f50a09acee9479c? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Great Troubleshooting Aid](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-troubleshooting-aid/)󠁿 [Robin Cornett](https://profiles.wordpress.org/littlerchicken/) སྤྱི་ཟླ་དགུ་པ། 22, 2021 This plugin is so helpful for tracking down whether an HTTP request was made at all, and when it was, what data was sent and what response was received. It’s invaluable for tracking down bugs tied to unexpected responses and requests. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/41a5c300f799ca67c543f30a59d64778c7e1731e56f9a9f3ab2c09160e18df10? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Bravo 😍](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bravo-%f0%9f%98%8d/)󠁿 [Mansour JabinPour – منصور جبین پور](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mansourjabin/) སྤྱི་ཟླ་བརྒྱད་པ། 14, 2021 The plugin is very good and useful and I am very grateful to its developer. [ Read all 15 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/log-http-requests/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Log HTTP Requests” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Matt Gibbs ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mgibbs189/) “Log HTTP Requests” has been translated into 3 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/log-http-requests/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Log HTTP Requests” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/log-http-requests) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/log-http-requests/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/log-http-requests/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/log-http-requests/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/log-http-requests/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.5.0 * Security: Fixed SQL injection vulnerabilities in cleanup() and capture_request() methods * Security: Added prepared statements for all database queries * Security: Added input sanitization for POST/GET data with proper type checking * Security: Added proper output escaping throughout templates * Security: Fixed potential XSS vulnerability in JavaScript table rendering * Security: Improved data validation with absint() and floatval() for numeric values * Security: Replaced json_encode() with wp_json_encode() for better security * Security: Added capability check to settings page for better access control * Improvement: Updated WordPress compatibility to 6.8 * Improvement: Added text domain for internationalization support * Improvement: Modernized code to follow WordPress coding standards * Improvement: Replaced deprecated current_time(‘timestamp’) with modern WordPress functions * Improvement: Improved database table creation using dbDelta() and get_charset_collate() = 1.4.1 * Fixed PHP8 deprecation notices #### 1.4 * Added extra ajax role validation (props pluginvulnerabilities.com) #### 1.3.2 * Escaped URL field to prevent possible XSS (props Bishop Fox) #### 1.3.1 * Ensured compatibility with WP 5.8 #### 1.3 * Minor PHP cleanup * Ensured compatibility with WP 5.7 #### 1.2 * Moved “Log HTTP Requests” to the `Tools` menu (props @aaemnnosttv) * Added “Status” column to show HTTP response code (props @danielbachhuber) * Added prev/next browsing to the detail modal (props @marcissimus) * Added keyboard support (up, down, esc) to the detail modal (props @marcissimus) * Added raw timestamp to “Date Added” column on hover * Added hook docs to the readme #### 1.1 * Added `lhr_log_data` hook to customize logged data (return FALSE to skip logging) * Added `lhr_expiration_days` hook #### 1.0.4 * Minor styling tweak #### 1.0.3 * Better visibility for long URLs #### 1.0.2 * Minor design tweaks * Replaced `json_encode` with `wp_send_json` #### 1.0.1 * Tested compatibility against WP 4.9.4 #### 1.0.0 * Initial release ## Meta * Version **1.5.0** * Last updated **5 months ago** * Active installations **2ཨང་-སྒྲིག༌བཀོད-སྟོང༌-ཚག000+** * WordPress version ** 5.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.8.5** * Languages * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/log-http-requests/), [Polish](https://pl.wordpress.org/plugins/log-http-requests/), [Spanish (Chile)](https://cl.wordpress.org/plugins/log-http-requests/), and [Spanish (Spain)](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/log-http-requests/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/log-http-requests) * Tags * [api](https://dzo.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/api/)[log](https://dzo.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/log/) [requests](https://dzo.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/requests/)[update checks](https://dzo.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/update-checks/) [wp_http](https://dzo.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/wp_http/) * [Advanced View](https://dzo.wordpress.org/plugins/log-http-requests/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 15 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/log-http-requests/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/log-http-requests/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/log-http-requests/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/log-http-requests/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/log-http-requests/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/log-http-requests/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/log-http-requests/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Matt Gibbs ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mgibbs189/) ## Support Issues resolved in last two months: 0 out of 1 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/log-http-requests/)