WordPress Questions and Answers (CMA) - Extras - Logs and Statistics

Extras - Logs and Statistics

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The WordPress Questions and Answers collects detailed statistics about your forum, providing insight into how users are interacting with your forum over time.

With access to information from the Logs and Statistics, admins can learn about how to improve their management and content development and watch their forums grow!

Enable Logs and Statistics

First, you will need to enable the collection of statistics to populate the log. Navigate to the Admin Dashboard → CM Answers Pro → Settings.

Navigation to the plugin settings - WordPress Forum Plugin — Navigation to the plugin settings

Click on General tab.

General settings - WordPress Discussion Forum — General settings

Scroll down to the Other section. Here, the admin can enable logs and enter a Geolocation API key to add the user's country to the log table. You can register for an account at ipinfodb.com to get a Geolocation API key to enter here.

Enabling logs and geolocation tracking - WordPress Q and A Plugin — Enabling logs and geolocation tracking

To view your log and statistics, navigate to Logs under CM Answers Pro from the admin dashboard.

Navigation to the Logs dashboard - Discussion Forum Plugin for WordPress — Navigation to the Logs dashboard

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Logs Table

You will be able to view a logs table for all posted questions and answers. The log includes the name of the post, the time it was posted, the user who posted the question or answer, the user's email, IP address, and country (if Geolocation is enabled). The admin can choose to clear the log at any time.

Example of the log - WordPress Question and Answer Plugin — Example of the log

You can also view a log for for the votes on questions and answers.

The log includes the name of the question and answer, the type of vote (up or down), the time the user voted, the name of the user who voted, the user's email, IP address, and country (if Geolocation is enabled).

Viewing the log for votes on answers - WordPress Forum Plugin — Viewing the log for votes on answers

Graphs

You can also view the statistics in graphic form over time (one week, one month, or one year) by selecting Graph from the dropdown menu and selecting a time period.

Setting up the graph log for posted questions - WordPress Discussion Forum — Setting up the graph log for posted questions

Example of the log in the graph view - WordPress Q and A Plugin — Example of the log in the graph view

Download Statistics to CSV

All of the types of statistics recorded in the log can be downloaded into CSV files for your records or for further analysis! Simply select the type of statistics you want and then select Download CSV.

Exporting log to CSV - Discussion Forum Plugin for WordPress — Exporting log to CSV

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