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History Log by click5

Description

Best WordPress plugin to track user activity and log changes on your website.

Keep a detailed record of important events that occur in the WordPress Dashboard of your website. It helps to know what has been changed or what plugins have been updated while troubleshooting possible errors. Easy to navigate report, which can be easily filtered down only to the events of your interest, will make the task much easier. No more wondering who deleted the last post, or who installed a new plugin. All the activities are logged and displayed in the History Log report.

Main plugin features include tracking of:

– Page and Post changes (including custom post types),
– Plugin changes (installed, activated, deactivated, deleted, or updated),
– WordPress core and Theme updates,
– User logins and profiles (new, updated, or deleted),
– Media file updates,
– Menu updates,
– Comment updates,
– Taxonomies (categories, tags, custom taxonomies).

Additionally our plugin offers Email Alerts about Critical Errors and Technical Issues with your website, so you are always the first one to know if there are any problems.

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Third party plugins supported by our History Log:

– Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) and ACF Pro,
– Advanced Custom Fields: Repeater Fields,
– All in One SEO and All in One SEO Pro,
– All-in-One WP Migration,
– BackWPup,
– Better Search Replace and Better Search Replace Pro,
– Classic Editor,
– Classic Widgets,
– click5 CRM add-on to Contact Form 7,
– click5 CRM add-on to Gravity Forms,
– click5 CRM add-on to Ninja Forms,
– click5 CRM add-on to WPForms,
– Contact Form 7,
– Disable Comments by click5,
– Duplicator – WordPress Migration Plugin,
– Health Check & Troubleshooting,
– Jetpack,
– Limit Login Attempts Reloaded,
– Loco Translate,
– Ninja Forms,
– Polylang,
– Rank Math SEO and Rank Math SEO Pro,
– Redirection,
– Site Kit by Google,
– SiteGround Optimizer,
– Sitemap by click5,
– Smash Balloon Instagram Feed,
– String locator,
– UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin,
– User Role Editor,
– Wordfence Security,
– WPForms and WPForms Pro,
– WP Go Maps and WP Go Maps – Pro Add-on,
– WP Mail Log
– Yoast Duplicate Post,
– Yoast SEO and Yoast SEO Premium.

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Donations

Feel free to donate here:
https://www.click5interactive.com/wordpress-history-log-plugin/

Screenshots

  • History Log report of events tracked by our plugin. Easy to navigate, filter and search.
  • Settings page allowing to set the log storage time and to decide which plugins will be tracked.
  • Email Alerts page allowing to enable email notifications whenever there is an issue with your website.
  • Example of an Email Alert notification. Becomes pretty handy when troubleshooting why your website went down.

Installation

AUTOMATIC INSTALLATION

Automatic installation method is the easiest and most recommended option.

  1. Log in to your WordPress Dashboard, navigate to the Plugins menu, and click on “Add New”.
  2. Enter ‘click5’ (without quotes) in the search field and click the ‘Search Plugins’ button.
  3. On the list of search results, click the ‘Install Now’ button for the ‘History Log by click5’ plugin.
  4. Then click the red ‘Active’ button to finalize the installation.
  5. You will be automatically redirected to the plugin page.

MANUAL INSTALLATION

  1. Download the plugin and unzip the contents. You should see a single folder named ‘history-log-by-click5’.
  2. Connect to the FTP server with your WordPress installation.
  3. Upload the ‘history-log-by-click5’ plugin folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ folder on your FTP server.
  4. Continue to step 3 of Automatic Installation instructions above.

FAQ

How long are the logs stored for?

Events in the history log are stored for 6 months (by default). Events older than this will be automatically removed.
Depending on your needs, history log data can be stored for 1 week, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months, or Indefinitely.

Is this plugin free?

Yes, our plugin is completely free. There’s no premium version and no need to pay to get access to ‘extra’ features. We just love helping others!

Reviews

ഒക്ടോബർ 31, 2022 2 replies
It’s a great plugin! Simple and it has many integrations from the box.
ഫെബ്രുവരി 6, 2022
History Log plugin makes my life so much easier. I can finally see what my users are doing and what plugins are being installed or updated. Gives me a great peace of mind!!
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Contributors & Developers

“History Log by click5” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

Changelog

1.0.13

  • Bug fixes and general improvements.

1.0.12

  • Additional plugins support – WP Mail Log,
  • Bug fixes and general improvements.

1.0.11

  • Dashboard widget with recent events,
  • Ability to enable/disable which WP modules are being tracked,
  • Additional plugins support – BackWPup, SiteGround Optimizer, String locator and User Role Editor,
  • Bug fixes and general improvements.

1.0.10

  • Improved email alerts including HTML version,
  • Bug fixes and general improvements.

1.0.9

  • Email alerts about Critical Errors and/or Technical Issues with your website,
  • Additional plugins support – All-in-One WP Migration, Duplicator – WordPress Migration Plugin, Limit Login Attempts Reloaded, Loco Translate, Polylang, and UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin,
  • Bug fixes and general improvements.

1.0.8

  • Additional plugins support – Jetpack and Yoast Duplicate Post,
  • Bug fixes and general improvements.

1.0.7

  • Additional plugins support – Classic Widgets, Health Check & Troubleshooting, Smash Balloon Instagram Feed, and WP Go Maps,
  • Bug fixes and general improvements.

1.0.6

  • Additional plugins support – Better Search Replace, Redirection, and Site Kit by Google,
  • Support of premium versions of Advanced Custom Fields, All in One SEO, Better Search Replace, Rank Math SEO, WPForms, and Yoast SEO plugins,
  • Bug fixes and general improvements.

1.0.5

  • Additional plugins support – Ninja Forms and WPForms,
  • Bug fixes and general improvements.

1.0.4

  • Additional plugin support – click5 CRM add-on to Contact Form 7, click5 CRM add-on to Gravity Forms, click5 CRM add-on to WPForms and click5 CRM add-on to Ninja Forms,
  • WordPress 6.0 support,
  • Bug fixes and general improvements.

1.0.3

  • Additional plugin support – All in One SEO and Rank Math SEO,
  • Ability to search history logs,
  • Ability to enable / disable automatic plugin updates,
  • Bug fixes and general improvements.

1.0.2

  • Themes and Translations update tracking,
  • User registration and updates via custom forms tracking,
  • Forgot password and password update tracking,
  • Bug fixes and general improvements.

1.0.1

  • Ability to enable/disable which plugins are being tracked,
  • PHP 8.0 support,
  • Bug fixes and general improvements.

1.0.0

  • Initial plugin release.