WP Activity Log

wp-security-audit-log · By Melapress
300k+ installs 4.7 (488) Updated 4 weeks ago v5.6.6 WP 5.5–7.1.1 PHP 7.4+

Impact score

Footprint Score across the two most representative contexts.

Homepage Score

Impact measured on the public homepage

Scan being analyzed. The score will be published once we have enough measurements.

Admin Score

Impact measured in the WordPress admin

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v5.6.5 · 1 scan
Consolidated score over 90 days · 1 versions
Not enough data to publish the grade (15 scans min, currently 1).
Time
72 ms
Memory
4.0 MB
SQL
+25
Assets
1
HTTP ext.
0

About

Keep WordPress logs of everything that happens on your sites and multisite networks with WP Activity Log instantly, without writing a line of code.

WP Activity Log is a complete logging solution, helping hundreds of thousands of administrators and security professionals track changes on their websites thanks to real-time user activity monitoring.

💎 Need more extensive features? Unlock advanced reporting, exports/mirroring, session management, and real-time alerts with WP Activity Log premium or enterprise.

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A website activity log is important for improving troubleshooting, compliance, user management, and security.
Get WP Activity Log and keep track of events on your site. The log not only tells you that a post, a user profile, or an object was updated, it also lets you know exactly what changed, when, and includes a user log (by whom), so you always have the information you need.

Below is a summary of the changes that the plugin can keep a record of:

Post, page, and custom post type changes: Status, content changes, title, URL, custom field, and other metadata changes

Tags and category changes: Creating, modifying, deleting, and adding/removing them from posts

Widget and menu changes: Creating, modifying, or deleting them

User changes: User created or registered, deleted, or added to a site on multisite network

User profile changes: Password, email, display name, and role changes

Access logging: User login, logout, failed logins, and terminating other sessions

WordPress core and settings changes: Installed updates, permalinks, default role, URL, and other site-wide changes

WordPress multisite network changes: Adding, deleting, or archiving sites, adding or removing users from sites, etc.

Plugin and Theme changes: Installing, activating, deactivating, uninstalling, and updating

WordPress database changes: When a plugin adds or removes a table

Third-party plugin changes: WooCommerce Stores & products, Yoast SEO, RankMath, Termly, WPForms, Gravity Forms, Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), MainWP, ManageWP, WP Umbrella, and other popular WordPress plugins

WordPress site file changes: New files added, or existing files modified or deleted.

Detailed event logging ensures that for every event that the plugin records, it reports the:

Refer to WordPress activity log event IDs for a complete list of all the changes WP Activity Log can keep a record of and a detailed explanation of what change every event ID represents.

The premium edition of WP Activity Log takes WordPress user activity tracking to the next level. It comes bundled with even more features, including log mirroring, enterprise-grade support, user session management, and much more!

Refer to the WP Activity Log plugin features and benefits page to learn more about the benefits of upgrading to WP Activity Log Premium.

All WP Activity Log editions include activity tracking for third-party plugins, including (in alphabetical order):

Both free and premium editions of WP Activity Log include a number of non-logging specific features that make the plugin a complete WordPress monitoring solution. Here is what is included:

Everything that’s included in the Free edition, plus:

If you encounter any issues with the free edition of WP Activity Log, you can post and get help on the WordPress.org support forums. You can also find more technical information and plugin documentation on the Melapress knowledge base.

Premium plugins include a full year of free updates and dedicated one-to-one premium email support. This means you get direct access to our support team who will assist you with any questions or issues related to the plugins.

Melapress develops high-quality WordPress management and security plugins such as Melapress Login Security, WP 2FA, and Melapress Role Editor.

Browse our list of WordPress security and administration plugins to see how our plugins can help you better manage and improve the security and administration of your WordPress websites and users.

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Activity Log event log history logger user tracking

Screenshots

Author-supplied previews from wordpress.org.

The WordPress activity logs from where the site administrator can see all the user and site changes.
The WordPress activity logs from where the site administrator can see all the user and site changes.
See who is logged in to your WordPress and manage user sessions with User Sessions Management in the Premium edition.
See who is logged in to your WordPress and manage user sessions with User Sessions Management in the Premium edition.
The plugin settings from where the site administrator can configure generic plugin settings, such as reverse proxy support, who can manage the plugin, etc.
The plugin settings from where the site administrator can configure generic plugin settings, such as reverse proxy support, who can manage the plugin, etc.
Use the event Inspector to see more technical details about each event in the activity log, such as the session ID and UserAgent string.
Use the event Inspector to see more technical details about each event in the activity log, such as the session ID and UserAgent string.
Configuring WordPress email and instant SMS or Slack alerts with the Email, SMS & Slack Notifications module in the Premium edition.
Configuring WordPress email and instant SMS or Slack alerts with the Email, SMS & Slack Notifications module in the Premium edition.
Search in the WordPress activity log using filters to fine-tune the search results.
Search in the WordPress activity log using filters to fine-tune the search results.
The Enable/Disable events section from where Administrators can disable or enable activity log events.
The Enable/Disable events section from where Administrators can disable or enable activity log events.
The Activity Log Viewer of a Super Admin in a WordPress multisite network installation allows the admin to view the logs from all the network, or filter the logs of a specific site.
The Activity Log Viewer of a Super Admin in a WordPress multisite network installation allows the admin to view the logs from all the network, or filter the logs of a specific site.
WP Activity Log is integrated with the built-in revision system of WordPress, thus allowing you to see what content changes users make on your WordPress posts, pages and custom post types. For more information read Keep Record of All WordPress Content Changes
WP Activity Log is integrated with the built-in revision system of WordPress, thus allowing you to see what content changes users make on your WordPress posts, pages and custom post types. For more information read Keep Record of All WordPress Content Changes
Mirror the WordPress activity log to an external solution such as Syslog or Papertrail to centralize logging in the Premium edition, to ensure logs are always available and cannot be tampered with in the unfortunate case of a hack attack.
Mirror the WordPress activity log to an external solution such as Syslog or Papertrail to centralize logging in the Premium edition, to ensure logs are always available and cannot be tampered with in the unfortunate case of a hack attack.
Use the plugin settings to exclude objects from the logs, configure automatic pruning of events, which timestamp to be shown in the logs, and much more. The plugin is fully configurable.
Use the plugin settings to exclude objects from the logs, configure automatic pruning of events, which timestamp to be shown in the logs, and much more. The plugin is fully configurable.
Generate any type of statistics reports from the activity log with the Premium edition. You can see statistics such as number of newly registered users, number of user profile changes, number of logins, different IP addresses per user, and much more.
Generate any type of statistics reports from the activity log with the Premium edition. You can see statistics such as number of newly registered users, number of user profile changes, number of logins, different IP addresses per user, and much more.

Per-version history

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How the plugin evolves version by version.

Version Homepage Admin Last scan
v5.6.5 1 scan 1 month ago

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Scan history

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Date Version Context Score Grade Time Memory
1 month ago v5.6.5 Admin 81/100 B 72 ms 4.0 MB