We automate log rotation and cleanup — preventing debug logs, error logs, or plugin logs from growing indefinitely and consuming disk space — running on a schedule after we’re done, joining the same category as any persistent automation: it needs an owner who can confirm it’s still working as time passes.
Log rotation & cleanup automation
Log rotation automated within a set retention period, with an initial cleanup of what's piled up.
- Full backup taken before we start
- If we can’t fix it, you get your money back
- We never ask for your own password
What we need from you
- Confirmation of which logs need rotation or cleanup, and your desired retention period
- Hosting or server access sufficient to configure the automation
- Confirmation of who should be notified if disk space becomes critical despite this automation
This or something else?
| You want log files automatically rotated or cleaned up on an ongoing schedule | This fix covers it |
| You want a one-time cleanup of existing, already-accumulated logs, not ongoing automation | Worth confirming — this fix can include an initial one-time cleanup alongside setting up the ongoing schedule |
| You want broader database maintenance automated, not specifically log files | Database maintenance automation, a related but distinct kind of automation |
| Your site is currently down or affected by a disk space issue right now | An urgent, different situation — worth describing directly, likely needing immediate diagnosis rather than a scheduled fix |
What we do
- Confirm which logs need managing and your desired retention period
- Perform an initial cleanup of existing, already-accumulated logs
- Build the ongoing rotation and cleanup automation
- Configure notification for continued disk space concerns, where feasible
- Test the automation’s first scheduled run
- Provide written documentation covering ownership and how to check disk usage
What is included
- An initial cleanup of existing accumulated logs
- Ongoing log rotation and cleanup automation built to your specified retention
- Notification configured where feasible for continued disk space concerns
- Written documentation on ownership and monitoring
Not included
- Ongoing, indefinite monitoring of disk space by us — that responsibility transfers to you, using the notification we’ve configured
- Diagnosing an unrelated, current disk space emergency, an urgent, separate need if that’s your actual situation
- Fixing whatever is generating an unusually large volume of logs in the first place, a separate, related fix if that’s the underlying issue
- Guaranteeing this alone prevents every future disk space concern, since other factors can also consume storage
Questions about this fix
Will this fix a disk space problem I'm having right now?
If you're experiencing an active, urgent disk space issue, that needs immediate diagnosis rather than waiting for a scheduled cleanup automation to be built — worth describing your current, specific situation so we can address the urgent need first.
What logs are typically the biggest problem?
Debug logs left enabled in production, and certain plugins' own logging features, are common culprits that can grow unexpectedly large if never rotated or cleaned up, which is exactly why bringing them under an automated schedule matters.
How would I know if this stops working properly in the future?
We configure notification for continued disk space concerns where feasible, and document how to check current usage directly — periodically confirming this yourself is the ongoing responsibility that comes with any automation like this.
Could this automation delete a log I actually needed to review?
We scope retention to a period you specify, balancing genuine usefulness for recent troubleshooting against unbounded growth — a log rotated out after your chosen retention period is the deliberate trade-off, worth setting thoughtfully rather than too aggressively.
Does this prevent all future disk space issues?
No single automation guarantees that, since other factors (media uploads, backups, database growth) also consume storage — this specifically addresses log accumulation, which is one common but not the only contributor to disk space concerns.
Related fixes
If this is the second time this year
A bad update breaking the site is a symptom of updates not being tested first. Care plans run every update on a staging clone before it reaches your live site, which is the actual fix for this happening again.
Your access, your rules
Create a separate admin account for us and delete it when we are done. For anything else, we get in touch and agree a method — never a form field on this site, never by reply to an email.
We back up first, always
Before anything is touched we take a full backup and keep it for 30 days. If a fix goes wrong, we put the site back exactly as it was.
If it is not what you bought
If the problem turns out smaller than what you ordered, we refund the difference. If it is bigger, we stop and send a quote before doing any extra work.
If we cannot fix it
You get back what we received. Diagnosis is on us — you only pay when the problem is actually solved. The payment processor takes its fee before the money reaches us, so we never hold it and it is not ours to return. That is true here as everywhere else.
If it comes back
Reply within seven days of delivery and we put it back on the bench at no cost. The fix is not finished until it holds.
What we are responsible for
If something goes wrong with a fix, our responsibility is limited to what you paid for it. We take a full backup first so mistakes can be undone, and we tell you before doing anything outside what you bought.