Simple History – Track, Log, and Audit WordPress Changes v5.20.0

«So far the best and most comprehensive logging plugin» — @herrschuessler

Simple History shows recent changes made within WordPress, directly on your dashboard, on a separate page, or in the admin bar.

The plugin acts as an audit log of the most important events that occur in WordPress.

It’s a plugin that is good to have on websites where several people are involved in editing the content.

No coding is required to use the plugin. Just install it and it will start logging events.

**🔍 How Simple History Helps in Real Situations**

Track what’s happening on your site

«Has someone done anything today? Ah, Sarah uploaded the new press release and created an article for it. Great! Now I don’t have to do that.»

Identify issues and debug faster

«The site feels slow since yesterday. Has anyone done anything special? … Ah, Steven activated ‘naughty-plugin-x’, that must be it.»

Keep Freelancers & Agencies Accountable

«I hired a developer to optimize my site. But did they actually do anything? A quick glance at Simple History shows me exactly what they worked on, so I know I’m getting my money’s worth!»

**✨ Simple History Features**

Out of the box Simple History has support for:

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Posts and pages – see who added, updated or deleted a post or page

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Attachments – see who added, updated or deleted an attachment

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Taxonomies (Custom taxonomies, categories, tags) – see who added, updated or deleted an taxonomy

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Comments – see who edited, approved or removed a comment

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Widgets – get info when someone adds, updates or removes a widget in a sidebar

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Plugins – activation and deactivation

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User profiles – info about added, updated or removed users

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User logins – see when a user login & logout. Also see when a user fails to login (good way to catch brute-force login attempts).

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User edits – see when a user is added, updated or removed, and get detailed information about the changes made to the user.

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Failed user logins – see when someone has tried to log in, but failed. The log will then include ip address of the possible hacker.

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Menu edits

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Option screens – view details about changes made in the different settings sections of WordPress. Things like changes to the site title and the permalink structure will be logged.

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Privacy page – when a privacy page is created or set to a new page.

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Notes – track when notes are added, edited, or removed on posts and pages. Notes is a new collaboration feature in WordPress 6.9 that lets editors leave feedback without modifying the content.

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Data Export – see when a privacy data export request is added and when this request is approved by the user, downloaded by an admin, or emailed to the user.

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User Data Erasure Requests – see when a user privacy data export request is added and when this request is approved by the user and when the user data is removed.

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admin page access denied – see when a user tries to access an admin page they don’t have permission to access.

**Built-in logging for third-party plugins**

Simple History comes with built in support for many plugins:

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Jetpack – See which Jetpack modules are activated and deactivated.

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Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) – See when field groups and fields are created and modified.

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User Switching – See each user switch being made.

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WP Crontrol – See when cron events are added, edited, deleted, paused, resumed, and manually ran, and when cron schedules are added and deleted.

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Enable Media Replace – See details about the file being replaced and details about the new file.

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Limit Login Attempts – See login attempts, lockouts, and configuration changes made in the plugin Limit Login Attempts.

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Redirection – See redirects and groups that are created, changed, enabled or disabled and also when the global plugin settings have been modified.

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Duplicate Post –See when a clone of a post or page is done.

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Beaver Builder – See when a Beaver Builder layout or template is saved or when the settings for the plugins are saved.

Is your plugin missing? No problem – plugin authors can add support for Simple History in their plugins using the logging API.

**Plugins that have support for Simple History includes:**

• Simple History Beaver Builder Add-On

• WP-Optimize – Cache, Clean, Compress.

• Add Customer for WooCommerce

• Better WishList API

• AJAX Login and Registration modal popup + inline form

• Loginpetze

• Authorizer

• Ad Inserter

• FV Player Pro

• Login Me Now

**💬 What users say**

🌟 300+ five-star reviews speak to the reliability of this plugin. 🌟

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«The best history plugin I’ve found» – Rich Mehta

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«Custom Logs Are Crazy Awesome!» — Ahmad Awais

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«Amazing activity logging plugin» — digidestination

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«Fantastic plugin I use on all sites» — Duncan Michael-MacGregor

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«Useful Quick View of Activity» — Dan O

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«The best Activity Plugin» — Rahim

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«The best free history plugin ever» — abazeed

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«It is a standard plugin for all of our sites»...