What log files does a WordPress installation write to?

When tracking down WordPress problems, I’ve had a hard time finding where WordPress sends errors to. Where does WordPress send errors by default? Are there multiple files that different kinds of errors are directed to?

(I’m either a terribly ungifted Googler or WordPress’s own documentation is hard to sort through.)

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  1. If you have access to it on that system (unlikely on a shared host) have a look in the messages log. I’ve found most failures will log something in there. You might also check the web server logs. As far as I’m aware WordPress doesn’t generate it’s own logs.