12. Pinboard – pinned log monitoring

Pinboard is a separate PRO workspace for selected log snippets in the main Log Viewer screen. It is not a Log Hub feature. It helps you keep a few important log sections close while you debug, compare related entries or work through a support session.

Best use: Pinboard is for “keep these few logs close while I work.” Start with only the most important selections so the workspace stays readable.

Pinboard pinned log monitoring workspace

Figure 12. Pinboard lets you keep selected logs pinned for quick access and side-by-side observation during debugging or support work.

How pinning works

Open the main Log Viewer screen.
Select text inside a displayed log window.
Use the small selection toolbar to copy, pin a static snippet, pin a follow snapshot or send the selection to Explain when available.
Pinned items appear in a floating Pinboard panel at the top of the admin screen.

Static and follow pins

Static pins keep the exact selected text as a snapshot.
Follow pins remember the selected log and number of selected lines, then refresh the pinned snippet from the latest visible log content when that log changes.
Follow pins watch the current main log output, including the active Diff view when Diff is enabled for that log.
Follow updates depend on the existing log window update flow, such as Refresh, Auto-refresh, Live Tail, Diff refreshes or compatible log update events.

What is remembered

Pinboard stores pinned items in the browser using localStorage. Pins are local to that browser/profile, can sync with another open admin tab or the Pinboard pop-out window, and are not saved as WordPress database settings.

The current implementation keeps up to 12 pinned items.
New pins are added first.
You can remove individual pins, clear the board, hide it or open a pop-out view.

How it differs from other PRO modules

Main Log Viewer is for detailed single-log work.
Log Hub is for aggregated/current signal overview across selected logs.
Reports are for historical review of collected activity.
Pinboard is a quick pinned observation workspace for a few selected snippets or follow snapshots.

Privacy note: Pinned snippets can contain real log content. Avoid sharing screenshots or pop-out windows that show private paths, customer data, secrets or sensitive log lines.