WP Activity Log

WP Activity Log is the most comprehensive real-ime user activity and monitoring log plugin. It helps hundreds of thousands of WordPress administrators and security professionals keep an eye on what is happening on their websites and is the most highly-ated activity log plugin for WordPress.

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WordPress changes and details the WP Activity Log keeps a log of

As a comprehensive and thorough activity log solution for WordPress, WP Activity Log not only tells you that a post, a user profile, or an object was updated, it also lets you know exactly what was changed within the post, the user profile, or the object.

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

Post, page and custom post type changes such as status, content changes, title, URL, custom field, and other metadata changes
Tags and categories changes such as creating, modifying or deleting them, and adding or removing them from posts
Widgets and menus changes such as creating, modifying, or deleting them
User changes such as user created or registered, deleted, or added to a site on multisite network
User profile changes such as password, email, display name, and role changes
User activity such as login, logout, failed logins, and terminating other sessions
WordPress core and settings changes such as installed updates, permalinks, default role, URL, and other site-wide changes
WordPress multisite network changes such as adding, deleting or archiving sites, adding or removing users from sites etc (activity logs for multisite networks).
Plugins and Themes changes such as installing, activating, deactivating, uninstalling, and updating
WordPress database changes such as when a plugin adds or removes a table
Changes on WooCommerce Stores & products, Yoast SEO, WPForms, Gravity Forms, Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), MainWP and other popular WordPress plugins.
WordPress site file changes such as new files are added, or existing ones are modified or deleted.

For every event that the plugin records it also reports the:

Date & time (and milliseconds) of when it happened
User & role of the user who did the change
Source IP address from where the change happened
The object on which the change has taken place

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.

Upgrade to WP Activity Log Premium and get even more

The premium version of WP Activity Log comes bundled with even more features to take your WordPress website administration and security to the next level.

With the premium edition of WP Activity Log, you get:

Premium features list

See who is logged to your website in real-time,
See what everyone is doing in real-time,
Log off any user with just a click,
Generate HTML and CSV reports,
Get notified via email of important changes,
Get instant SMS message alerts of critical site changes,
Search filters to fine tune the search results and find what you need in seconds,
Store activity log in an external database to improve security and scalability,
Mirror the activity log to logs management systems such as AWS CloudWatch, Loggly and Papertrail in real-time,
Easily mirror the logs in real-time to business communication systems such as Slack,
Send a copy of your websites’ activity log to a log file on your web server in real-time,
Archive old activity log data to another database for better storage and log management.

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

WP Activity Log third-party plugin support

WP Activity Log can keep also a detailed log of changes that happen on third-party plugins, including:

WooCommerce: Keep a log of changes you and your team do in the WooCommerce store settings, orders, products, coupons, and much more.
Yoast SEO: Keep a log of the Yoast SEO plugin settings changes, and also of the on-page SEO changes you and your team make in the Yoast SEO meta box.
WPForms: Keep a log of the changes your team does in the WPForms plugin settings, forms, form files, entries (leads) and more.
Gravity Forms: Keep a log of the changes your team does in the Gravity Forms plugin settings, forms, forms settings, entries (leads) and more.
MemberPress: Keep a log of the changes in your MemberPress powered website, including plugin settings changes, memberships, payments, subscriptions and other changes that your team does on your website.
bbPress: Keep a log of changes in bbPress forums, topics, bbPress settings and more.
MainWP: Keep a log of the MainWP network changes and can see the activity logs of all child sites from one central location – the MainWP dashboard.

Refer to activity logs for third party WordPress plugins for a complete list of all the plugins WP Activity Log can keep a log of.

Other Noteworthy Features

On top of the comprehensive activity log, WP Activity Log also has a number of non-logging specific features that make it a complete WordPress logging solution, such as:

Full WordPress multisite support
Easily create your custom alerts & notifications to monitor additional functionality
Built-in support for reverse proxies and web application firewalls
Integration with WhatIsMyIpAddress.com allow you to get all information about an IP address with just a mouse click.
Limit who can view the WordPress activity log by users or roles
Settings to toggle (enable/disable) individual event IDs from the activity log
Configurable dashboard widget highlighting the most recent critical activity
Configurable WordPress activity log retention policies
User avatar is displayed in the events for better recognizability
and much more…

Free and premium support

Premium world-class support for WP Activity Log is free via email or through the WordPress support forums.

Note: Paid customer support is given priority and is provided via one-to-one email. Upgrade to Premium to benefit from priority support.

For any other queries, feedback, or if you simply want to get in touch with us, please use our contact form.

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Installing WP Activity Log

Install WP Activity Log from within WordPress

Visit ‘Plugins > Add New’
Search for ‘WP Activity Log’
Install and activate the WP Activity Log plugin
Allow or skip diagnostic tracking

Install WP Activity Log manually

Extract the plugin ZIP file and upload it to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
Activate the WP Activity Log plugin from the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
Allow or skip diagnostic tracking

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About WP Activity Log

Description

WP Activity Log is the most comprehensive activity log plugin for logging user and system changes.