6 Best BugSnag Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
BugSnag has 2,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 6 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 6 closest alternatives to BugSnag
- 1
Custom 404 Pro
Closest match4.2 (22) 7,000+ active installsTake control of every 404 on your site — redirect visitors to a custom page or URL, log what broke, and get notified when it matters.
Shares the logging tag on WordPress.org. About 3.5 times the installs, last updated 8 days ago.
- 2
Mail logging – WP Mail Catcher
4.9 (107) 20,000+ active installsStop from ever losing your emails again! This fast, lightweight plugin (under 140kb in size!) is also useful for debugging or backing up your messages
Shares the logging tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated May 4, 2026.
- 3
HTTP 410 (Gone) responses
4.6 (21) 4,000+ active installsSends HTTP 410 (Gone) responses for deleted content, telling search engines the page is permanently removed.
Shares the error tag on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated August 5, 2026.
- 4
4.9 (54) 10,000+ active installsWPS Bidouille provides information about your WordPress and contains optimization tools.
Shares the error tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated 25 days ago.
- 5
4.0 (27) 800+ active installsNetwork monitor for WordPress. Connection overview for monitoring and controlling outgoing data traffic.
Shares the monitoring tag on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, last updated March 14, 2026.
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Check & Log Email – Easy Email Testing & Mail logging
4.8 (290) 100,000+ active installsCheck & Log email allows you to test if your website is correctly sending emails . Overriding of email headers and carbon copying to another address.
Shares the logging tag on WordPress.org. About 50 times the installs, last updated 5 days ago.
Switching from BugSnag: common questions
What is the best alternative to BugSnag?
Custom 404 Pro is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 7,000+ active installs with a 4.2 out of 5 rating.
Which BugSnag alternative has the most users?
Check & Log Email, with 100,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which BugSnag alternative is rated highest?
WP Mail Catcher, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 107 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these BugSnag alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with BugSnag score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against BugSnag on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Custom 404 Pro is the closest match to BugSnag by the data we track, and Check & Log Email has the widest reach with 100,000+ active installs. Check & Log Email shipped the most recent release, on September 2, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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