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Logs#

In addition to the essential logs recorded by your server(s), XenForo itself maintains a variety of logs.

All logs can be reviewed in the Admin Control Panel in the Logs section.

Statistics#

The Statistics section reflects records of how many times specific events took place on your site. These events include user registrations, replies to threads, uploads of images and a wide variety of other actions.

By setting a Date range and Grouping, together with one or more event types, you can see a graph showing the count of each event for each time division over the time period you specify.

A common configuration would be to show the number of posts and threads posted each day over the past month. To view this, set the date range to one month prior to now using the One month ago Date preset, set the Grouping to Daily and then check the boxes for Posts and Threads before hitting the Show button.

Logs#

Errors#

Server error log#

When PHP logs an error, XenForo captures a stack trace and records it in its own Server error log.

It can be useful to keep an eye on this log from time to time, as errors recorded here may be affecting your users' experience of the forum.

Clicking on any logged error here will reveal the full stack trace, with as much additional information as was available when the error was generated, which may be useful in isolating the problem.

If the Server error log grows very large as a result of a persistent problem, you may use the Clear button to empty the log and start again from scratch when the problem is identified and resolved.

Email bounce log#

If configured to do so, XenForo will log attempts to send email to addresses that bounce the message back due to errors such as the address not existing, the mailbox being full etc.

No action is required on your part, but it may be useful to note any user accounts whose associated email addresses are now bouncing.

Users#

User change log#

Whenever a user profile is edited, either by the user themselves or by a forum staff member, the date and time of the change is logged.

The original and edited version of the data is also recorded for your reference.

Username change log#

The most dramatic change to a user profile is when a user changes their username.

All username changes are logged with the original and new usernames along with the change reason if applicable.

When users complete the cookie consent challenge to accept or reject cookies set by your forum, their consent is logged in the Cookie consent log.

Moderator log and admin log#

All moderator-specific actions, such as opening and closing or moving threads are logged in the Moderator log.

All administrator actions within the Admin Control Panel are logged to the Admin log.

These logs also record the IP address of the user who performed the action.

It can be useful to audit these log from time to time for security purposes.

You may filter these logs by user.

Spam#

Spam trigger log#

When content is posted that is automatically rejected by the spam trigger, the results of the analysis that caused the content to be rejected is logged in the Spam trigger log.

These results can be useful in fine-tuning the parameters by which content is rejected as spam.

Spam cleaner log#

Whenever the spam cleaner is executed, its use is logged along with the user who performed the action.

You may reverse the effects of the spam cleaner, un-banning the posting user and un-deleting their content, by using the Restore control if you have reason to believe that the spam cleaner was run in error.

Rejected user log#

Similar to the spam trigger log, you may review the profiles of users whose registration was automatically rejected as being at high risk of posting spam.

Content#

Image proxy log#

When the image proxy is enabled, its use is logged in the Image proxy log. From here, you can see the original URL and properties of all proxied images, along with a count of how many times they have been viewed by users through the proxy.

As with the image proxy log, any URLs passed through the link proxy are logged here together with their hits counter.

oEmbed log#

When media is embedded in content and its containing HTML is fetched via oEmbed, statistics about the request and the number of hits on the media is recorded as part of the oEmbed log.

Miscellaneous#

Payment provider log#

Any interactions with your configured payment providers are recorded in the Payment provider log. This log can be particularly useful in determining a cause in the event that payments are failing, as a full copy of each request is stored.

Sitemap log#

When XenForo rebuilds your XML sitemap, its completion is noted in the Sitemap log. The log also notes across how many files the sitemap is spread, and how many URLs are recorded within the complete sitemap.