The #1 user-rated activity log plugin for event logging, activity monitoring and change tracking.
| Last updated | October 20, 2026Updated in the last 3 months |
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| Tested up to | WordPress 7.1.4Covers WordPress 7.1.4, the current release |
| Needs WordPress | 5.5 or newer |
| Needs PHP | 7.4 or newer |
| First published | May 23, 2013 |
| Support, last two months | 3 of 6 threads resolved (50%) |
4.7 / 5 from 490 reviews
| 5 stars | 434 |
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| 4 stars | 11 |
| 3 stars | 8 |
| 2 stars | 9 |
| 1 star | 28 |
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.
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
The opening of the plugin's own description. The full text, installation notes and changelog are on its WordPress.org page.
No, the free edition does not limit the data the plugin collects whatsoever. All events logged by the premium edition are available in the free edition. The premium edition adds additional features such as extensive log filtering options, external database/log management service integration, user session management, and much more.
Log data can be kept indefinitely in both free and premium editions. By default, the plugin retains all audit logging data for 3 months however this can be changed from the initial configuration wizards or the plugin’s settings (activity log retention policies).
By default, the log is stored in the WordPress database. WP Activity Log Enterprise edition includes an option to save the activity log to an external database and log mirroring to AWS Cloudwatch, Loggly, Papertrail, Syslog, & other SIEMs
Yes, the log can easily be exported as either CSV or HTML. The reports module in the Premium plugin is required for this functionality.
WP Activity Log keeps a record of security-related user and system activities, including logins, logouts, failed login attempts, changes to settings and configurations, and post edits among other things. This security log can not only uncover suspicious or untoward behaviour, but also aid in forensics and post-mortems for quicker recoveries.
By default, all users with administrator role can view the activity log. However, you can restrict this to a specific administrator or access can be given to other users through the plugin’s settings. Refer to the WordPress activity log privileges for more information on how you can do this.
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Read from the WordPress.org plugin API on , when WordPress 7.1.4 was the current release. WordPress.org rounds active installs into buckets. These are the directory's figures, not my verdict, and I haven't tested this plugin.
