Know what your WordPress site is really doing
Three essential monitoring tools in one clean plugin. Watch every cron execution, capture every email, audit every change — all locally stored, with zero cloud dependency and no subscription.
- Modules
- 3
- PHP
- 8.1+
- Overhead
- Zero
Three tools. One plugin.
Everything you wish WordPress told you, but never does.
Cron Monitor
WP-Cron fails silently. Newsletters stop sending. Backups stop running. Cache stops clearing. You find out weeks later. Oversight watches every execution — timing, memory, status, and full error traces.
- Timing & memory per execution
- Pause, resume, manually run
- Custom schedules (every 5 min)
- Overdue event detection
Email Log
WordPress silently drops emails. Password resets. Order receipts. Contact form notifications. The plugin fires wp_mail() and hopes for the best. Oversight captures everything.
- Full body, headers & attachments
- Originator detection via backtrace
- One-click resend on failure
- Delivery status & error reason
Audit Trail
"Who activated that plugin?" "When did this setting change?" "Why is this user role different?" Oversight answers with a searchable timeline filtered by user, action, context, and severity.
- Logins, logouts, failed attempts
- Post, user, option & plugin changes
- Before/after values stored
- 6 severity levels
Built for production
Everything you need. Nothing you don't.
Smart defaults. Zero overhead when modules are off. Full control when you need it.
Unified Dashboard
Stats at a glance. Three modules, one admin page. No jumping between separate logging plugins or reading three different tables.
REST API
12+ endpoints covering every module. Build your own dashboards, sync logs to external systems, or automate purge operations. emnes-oversight/v1 namespace.
WP-CLI Support
6 commands for status, purge, export, cron diagnostics, settings, and health checks. Scriptable for any ops workflow. wp oversight status.
Privacy First
All data stays in your WordPress database. No external services. No tracking. No telemetry. IP addresses only from REMOTE_ADDR; proxy headers explicitly not trusted.
GDPR Export & Erasure
Full integration with WordPress Privacy tools. Export a user's audit logs or erase them on request. Privacy policy suggestion auto-registered.
Per-Module Retention
Keep cron logs 30 days, emails 60 days, audit 90 days — or any range from 1 to 365. Configured independently. Daily automatic purge keeps the database lean.
Zero Overhead When Off
Disable a module and its providers don't even register. No dormant hooks firing. No queries running. Your site runs exactly as fast as it did before installing.
Settings Import/Export
Back up your entire plugin configuration as JSON. Restore on another site. Multisite consistency in one command. Perfect for staging / production parity.
Site Health Integration
Three custom checks for database tables, purge schedule, and module status. Show up in Tools → Site Health. Your site admins know at a glance if Oversight is running correctly.
Per-Module Toggles
Don't need email logging? Switch it off. Want audit only? Check one box. Each of the three modules is fully independent — turning one off completely disables its code path.
Modern PHP
Built on PHP 8.1+ with strict types, readonly properties, enums, and match expressions. PHPStan level 7 — fewer bugs, faster code, future-proof architecture.
Auto Cleanup
Daily background purge removes old entries based on your retention policy. No manual maintenance. No database admin needed. Set it and forget it.
Need alerts, dashboards, and log shipping?
Pro turns the free plugin into a serious observability stack. Real-time Slack alerts. Anomaly detection. Live charts. Elasticsearch, Datadog, and Syslog shipping. S3 archival. Compliance reports. Multisite network dashboard.
- Slack & Discord real-time notifications
- Login security — auto-block IPs & usernames on brute-force attempts
- Google reCAPTCHA v3 with score-threshold validation
- Anomaly detection (failed logins, bulk changes, off-hours activity)
- Chart.js live dashboards with 7-day trends
- Elasticsearch, Datadog, Syslog log shipping
- S3 archival with retention policies
- Visual diff viewer for audit changes
- User session timelines across all three modules
- WooCommerce order and product tracking
- Multisite network dashboard
- SMTP diagnostics & DNS validation
- Compliance reports ready for auditors
- Admin bar performance metrics
Built for
Who uses Emnes Oversight?
Developers
Modern PHP 8.1+ codebase. Full REST API, WP-CLI, action/filter hooks. Extend everything without forking.
Site Owners
Find out why emails aren't sending, catch silent cron failures, and prove nobody broke the site — all from one plugin.
Hosts & Agencies
Transparent audit trails for client sites. Export logs for forensic review. Track changes to prove you didn't touch it.
Security Teams
Every failed login logged with IP and user-agent. Plugin changes tracked. Suspicious activity visible in seconds.
Technical Reference
Deep-dive documentation for every feature & service
Every module, hook, and REST endpoint — with file paths, line numbers, database schemas, and extension points. Built for developers who want to extend, integrate, or audit the code.
Cron Monitoring
Execution logs, pause/resume, custom schedules, overdue detection
Email Logging
Capture, originator backtrace, resend, body logging, delivery status
Audit Trail
Logins, posts, plugins, options, themes — with before/after values
Platform & Core
Architecture, REST API, WP-CLI, privacy, Site Health, retention
Questions & answers
Frequently asked
Does this slow down my site?
DOING_CRON), not on regular page loads. Admin assets only load on Oversight's own pages. Modules you disable don't register their service providers — zero overhead.Where is the data stored?
wp_emnes_oversight_cron_logs, wp_emnes_oversight_email_logs, wp_emnes_oversight_audit_logs). Nothing leaves your server.Will logs fill up my database?
Does it work with multisite?
Is it GDPR compliant?
REMOTE_ADDR — proxy headers are not trusted.Can other plugins extend it?
What PHP version do I need?
Stop flying blind. Start knowing.
Install the free plugin in two clicks. No account. No subscription. No external dependencies. Your data stays yours.
100% open source · Zero telemetry · No registration required · GPL-2.0-or-later