How to Find the Server Error Log for a WordPress Blog

1. Determine which Web server software is being used to host the WordPress blog. Apache is widely used and has been a favorite since the early days of the Web. If you are not sure which server your blog is using, you can look it up at Netcraft's 'What's That Site Running?' service.
2. Go to the website with the documentation for the server you are using for your blog and look up reference information on where the error log file is stored on the server hard drive. On Apache, when using the default settings, the error log file is named 'error_log' and is stored in the '/var/log/httpd' directory.

3. Log in to your Web server using your administrative username and password. These may not be the same as your WordPress administrative username and password; WordPress login credentials give you access to the WordPress dashboard only. You may have been given a different username and password for direct access to your server.
4. Navigate to the directory indicated by the documentation in Step 2. If your server is using the default configuration, the error log file will be located there. If not, go back to the server documentation to determine where configuration settings are made. For example, on Apache, the location of the error log can be changed (or looked up) in the 'httpd.conf' file located in the '/etc/httpd/httpd.conf' directory.