---
title: "How to Test Whether Loggle Is Working"
url: "https://plugpress.co/docs/test-loggle-tracking.md"
canonical: "https://plugpress.co/docs/test-loggle-tracking/"
published: "2026-08-01"
modified: "2026-08-01"
author: "Fahim"
description: "Confirm Loggle is recording properly with five quick checks, from a private-window visit to a test order, plus WP-CLI commands that prove tracking end to end."
tags:
  - "Loggle"
---

# How to Test Whether Loggle Is Working

After installing Loggle, it is worth two minutes to confirm everything is recording. Work through these checks in order — each builds on the one before.

## Check 1: Is the plugin running?

1. Go to **Plugins → Installed Plugins**.
2. Confirm **Loggle** is listed and active.
3. Confirm a **Loggle** item appears in your admin sidebar.

If the menu is missing, you are either not an administrator or the plugin is not active.

## Check 2: Is a visit recorded?

This is the most important test.

1. Open a **private** or **incognito** browser window. This matters — you must be logged out.
2. Visit your website’s home page.
3. Click through to two or three other pages.
4. Return to your admin area and open **Loggle**.
5. Select the **Today** range.

You should see at least one visitor and several page views.

**Why a private window?** Logged-in administrators are not tracked by default. Testing while logged in will always show nothing, and that is correct behaviour rather than a fault.

## Check 3: Does the live widget see you?

This is the fastest confirmation of all, because it updates within a minute.

1. Keep your site open in a private window.
2. Go to **Dashboard** in your admin area.
3. Find the **Loggle** widget.

It shows visitors active in the last 30 minutes. With your private window open, that number should be at least one.

## Check 4: Is the source recorded correctly?

Loggle should identify where a visit came from, not just that it happened.

1. In a private window, visit your site with a test campaign tag on the end of the address, for example: `https://yoursite.com/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=test`
2. Open the Loggle dashboard and select **Today**.
3. In the **Sources** card, check the **Channel** tab — you should see **Email**.
4. Check the **Campaign** tab — you should see **test**.

If both appear, channel detection is working.

## Check 5: Is revenue recorded?

Only relevant if you sell something.

### For WooCommerce

1. Place a test order and take it through to a completed payment.
2. Open the Loggle dashboard on the **Today** range.
3. Check the **Revenue** figure.

Remember that Loggle records an order when payment **completes**. An order still marked pending will not appear yet.

### For Freemius

Confirm your keys are saved and the product you are testing is ticked in settings, then make a test purchase through your normal checkout.

## Testing with WP-CLI

If you have command-line access, these prove things quickly and precisely.

### Check the plugin’s health

`wp loggle status`

Shows whether the three tables exist, how many rows each holds, and whether the daily cleanup task is scheduled.

### Record a test visit without a browser

`wp loggle hit --page=/test --referrer=https://chatgpt.com/`

This runs a visit through the real tracking process and prints the result. It is the quickest way to confirm channel detection — the output should show the AI channel and `chatgpt.com` as the referrer.

### See your totals

`wp loggle summary --range=today`

Prints the same numbers the dashboard shows. If these match your dashboard, reporting is healthy.

### Check who is on the site now

`wp loggle realtime`

## How long until data appears?

- **The live widget** — within a minute.
- **The dashboard** — immediately on refresh. Loggle does not cache reports, so what you see is always current.
- **Revenue** — as soon as payment completes.

If you have waited a few minutes and still see nothing, work through the [troubleshooting guide](/docs/loggle-troubleshooting/).

## Tips

- Test from your phone on mobile data. It is a genuinely different visitor and rules out anything odd about your own browser.
- Ask a colleague to visit while you watch the live widget.
- Turn off admin tracking again if you switched it on for testing.

## Next steps

Everything working? Learn to read your numbers in [Understanding the Loggle Dashboard](/docs/loggle-dashboard-explained/). Something wrong? Start with [Common Loggle Errors and Fixes](/docs/loggle-common-errors/).