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WP Activity Log Premium v5.3.3 – WordPress Plugin

Monitor WordPress Site Activity with WP Activity Log

WP Activity Log provides detailed user and event logging, offering clear insights into activities on your WordPress site. With this powerful tool, you can keep track of everything happening across your sites and multisite networks.

Key Benefits of Using WP Activity Log

• Track user logins and logouts to ensure service level agreements (SLAs) are met.

• Record failed login attempts to detect potential security threats.

• Monitor user activity and productivity to maintain accountability.

• Identify events leading up to an outage for easier troubleshooting.

• Gain full visibility into user actions across your WordPress site.

• Ensure compliance with regulations such as GDPR and PCI DSS.

• Manage and organize your site and users more effectively.

• Detect suspicious activity early before it escalates into security issues.

WP Activity Log is a complete logging solution, relied upon by thousands of administrators and security professionals for real-time user activity monitoring.

What WP Activity Log Keeps Track Of

A website activity log is essential for improving troubleshooting, compliance, user management, and security. WP Activity Log captures detailed event logs, not only recording changes but also specifying what was modified, when it happened, and who made the change.

Here’s an overview of the types of changes the plugin records:

• Post, page, and custom post type changes such as content updates, status changes, title modifications, and custom field updates.

• Tag and category modifications, including creation, deletion, and removal from posts.

• Widget and menu updates, tracking additions, modifications, and deletions.

• User management actions, such as user creation, deletion, and role assignments in multisite networks.

• User profile changes, including updates to passwords, email addresses, display names, and roles.

• Access logs, capturing user logins, logouts, failed login attempts, and session terminations.

• WordPress core and settings modifications, such as installed updates, permalink structure, default roles, and other global settings.

• Multisite network changes, including adding, deleting, or archiving sites and modifying user assignments.

• Plugin and theme changes, such as installation, activation, deactivation, updates, and uninstalls.

• WordPress database changes, tracking when plugins create or remove tables.

• Changes to WooCommerce, SEO plugins, and forms, including updates to WooCommerce products, Yoast SEO settings, WPForms entries, and more.

• File changes on your WordPress site, detecting new, modified, or deleted files.

Detailed Event Logging Features

For each recorded event, WP Activity Log logs:

• Date and time, down to milliseconds.

• User details, including role and username.

• Source IP address, showing where the action originated.

• The affected object, specifying what was changed.

Enhanced Features with WP Activity Log Premium

The premium version offers advanced functionality for even better WordPress user activity tracking.

Premium Features

• Monitor logged-in users in real-time and see their current activities.

• Log off any user instantly with a single click.

• Generate detailed reports in HTML or CSV format.

• Receive instant alerts via email or SMS for critical changes.

• Use advanced search filters to quickly find specific activity logs.

• Store activity logs in an external database for improved security and scalability.

• Mirror activity logs to external systems like AWS CloudWatch, Loggly, and Papertrail.

• Integrate with business communication tools such as Slack for real-time updates.

• Export log data to a log file on your web server in real-time.

• Archive old log data in a separate database for better organization.

Third-Party Plugin Support

WP Activity Log supports logging for popular third-party plugins, including:

• WooCommerce – Track store settings, orders, product changes, and coupon updates.

• Yoast SEO – Log modifications to SEO settings and metadata.

• WPForms & Gravity Forms – Keep records of form settings, submissions, and modifications.

• MemberPress – Track membership, payment, and subscription changes.

• bbPress – Log updates to forums, topics, and settings.

• MainWP – Monitor MainWP network changes and child site activity logs.

• Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) – Track changes to post types and taxonomies.

• Redirection Plugin – Log modifications to redirects and redirect groups.

Additional Features in Free and Premium Versions

Both the free and premium editions offer additional useful features:

Free Version Features

• Supports reverse proxies and web application firewalls for added security.

• Integrates with WhatIsMyIpAddress.com for quick IP lookups.

• Restrict activity log access based on user roles.

• Enable/disable specific event IDs for tailored logging.

• Configurable dashboard widget showing recent critical events.

• Adjustable log retention policies for efficient log management.

• User avatars displayed in event logs for better recognition.

Premium Version Includes Everything in Free Version Plus:

• Full support for WordPress multisite networks.

• Custom alert and notification creation to monitor additional functionalities.

• Import/export plugin settings for easy backup and migration.

• Live activity log displayed in the WordPress admin toolbar.

How to Install WP Activity Log

Install via WordPress Dashboard

1. Go to Plugins > Add New.

2. Search for WP Activity Log.

3. Click Install and then Activate.

4. Choose whether to allow diagnostic tracking.

Manual Installation

1. Extract the plugin ZIP file and upload it to /wp-content/plugins/.

2. Activate WP Activity Log from the Plugins menu in WordPress.

3. Choose whether to allow diagnostic tracking.

WP Activity Log is an essential tool for tracking WordPress activity, improving security, and ensuring compliance. Whether you need basic logging or advanced real-time monitoring, this plugin provides the insights you need to manage your site effectively.