Appinsights for Azure webapp -PHP wordpress

Question

Hello ,

We are working on a wordpress project using PHP as Runtime stack ,I am aware that Agent-based application monitoring for PHP and WordPress sites are not supported. We are currently migrating the live site to Azure app service. Can anyone kindly let me know how to configure appinsights for this app service .Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Thanks for asking question! If I have understood right you already have wordpress site in azure and want to configure application insights to this. If so, you can follow below steps to configure Application Insights.

1. Install Application Insights plugin from WordPress Plugins
2. Create Application Insights
3. Copy the Instrumentation Key from created Application Insights
4. Then go to Settings and Application Insights inside wordpress, and add the key there.
5. Access the website and look for details

Refer to this blog here might be helpful.

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Answer 2

Thanks for reply! Also, once you have migrated your azure web app you can enable Application insights from the Azure portal.

1. Go to your Azure Web App -> Application Insights.
2. Click Turn on Application insights.
3. You can either choose the existing Application Insights instance or create a new one by providing the Name and Location.
4. Click on Apply to turn on the Application Insights for this Web-App.

Also Check this blog Determine your WordPress web app usage with Application Insights might be helpful.

Let us know if further query or issue remains.