WP Activity Log for WordPress Plugin Directory

Monitor activity on your WordPress sites and get clear insights into what’s happening with detailed user and event logging. Keep WordPress logs of everything that happens on your sites and multisite networks with WP Activity Log instantly, without writing a line of code.

Easily detect suspicious activity on your WordPress site before it escalates

Record failed login attempts to detect potential security breaches and strengthen site protection

Track user logins and logouts to ensure SLAs are consistently met

Monitor user activity and productivity to boost accountability

Know exactly what all your users are doing in real time

Know what happened before an outage for faster, easier troubleshooting

Ensure compliance with regulations and standards like GDPR and PCI DSS

Better manage & organize your site and users for smoother operations

Simple setup ensures you start benefiting quickly and easily

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.

What WordPress changes WP Activity Log tracks 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.

Event details recorded Detailed event logging ensures that for every event that the plugin records, it 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 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!

Premium features list

See who is logged in and monitor their current activities in real-time

Log off any user at the click of a button

Generate fully-configurable HTML and CSV reports for easy data analysis

Receive email, SMS, and Slack notifications for important changes (fully configurable)

Use search filters to fine-tune results and find what you need in seconds

Store the activity logs in an external database to enhance security and scalability

Mirror the activity log to log management systems such as AWS CloudWatch, Loggly, Papertrail, and others in real-time

Mirror the logs to business communication systems like Slack

Send a copy of your website’s activity log to a log file on your web server

Archive old activity log data to another database for improved storage and log management

Add notes to activity log entries for better context and internal documentation

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

Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) – Log changes to post types, taxonomies, and taxonomy terms

bbPress – Track changes to forums, topics, and bbPress settings

Gravity Forms – Track changes to Gravity Forms settings, forms, and entries (leads)

LearnDash – Track changes to courses, lessons, and other system changes, as well as student activity such as course, lesson, and quiz enrollments and completions.

MemberPress – Log changes to plugin settings, memberships, payments, subscriptions, and other actions

Multisite & management tools – Track changes across your network for MainWP, ManageWP, Modular DS, Infinite WP, WP Umbrella, WP Remote, and other multisite management plugins

Paid Membership Pro – Log changes to membership levels, user assignments, and more. Premium users can also track order and checkout activity, and access a Members Activity panel inside each member’s profile for instant visibility into recent actions.

RankMath – Log changes to RankMath settings, SEO configurations, and on-page SEO edits

Redirection – Keep a log of changes to redirections and redirection groups

Termly – Log changes to Termly settings and configurations

WooCommerce – Keep a log of changes to store settings, orders, products, coupons, and more

WPForms – Log changes to WPForms settings, forms, form files, and entries (leads)

Yoast SEO – Track changes to Yoast SEO settings and on-page SEO in the Yoast SEO meta box

Extra Features for Enhanced Monitoring and Management 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:

Free

Built-in support for reverse proxies and web application firewalls

Integration with WhatIsMyIpAddress.com – get all information about an IP address with a single click

Limit who can view the WordPress activity log by users or roles

Enable or disable individual event IDs from the activity log

Configurable dashboard widget highlighting the most recent critical activity

Configurable WordPress activity log retention policies

Display user avatars in events for better recognizability

And much more!

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

Full WordPress multisite support

Create custom alerts & notifications to monitor additional functionality

Import and export plugin settings

Real-time activity log visible in the WordPress admin toolbar

And much more!

🛠️ Free and premium plugin support 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.

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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