ManicSoup Activity Log keeps a detailed, searchable record of everything that happens on your WordPress site — the who, what, when, and from-where of each change. Use it to monitor for security issues, hold users accountable, and troubleshoot problems fast.
Everything logs to a dedicated database table (it doesn’t bloat your posts table) and shows up in a clean, fast admin viewer with search, filtering, and CSV export. No external service, no account required — your data stays on your site.
What gets logged
- Logins & sessions — successful logins, logouts, and failed login attempts.
- Content — publishing, editing, status changes, trashing, restoring, and deleting posts, pages, and custom post types.
- Users — registrations, deletions, role changes, profile edits, password changes and resets.
- Plugins & themes — installs, activations, deactivations, updates, deletions, and theme switches.
- System — WordPress core updates and changes to key site settings.
Built-in attack detection
The plugin watches your login activity and alerts you by email when it spots trouble — repeated failed logins, attacks targeting your admin or specific accounts, and logins from new locations. You stay informed about credential attacks as they happen.
Features
- Full activity logging engine
- Searchable, sortable, paginated log viewer
- Free-text search across the log
- CSV export of the current view
- Enable or disable individual event types
- Exclude specific users or IP addresses from logging
- Configurable retention (auto-purge old entries, or keep forever)
- Reverse proxy / WAF support (resolves real client IPs)
- Attack detection & email alerts
Everything listed above is fully functional with no restrictions, no license key, and no time limits.
A separate premium edition
A separate premium edition of this plugin, with additional investigation, response, and automation tools, is available from the developer at https://www.manicsoup.com/. The premium edition is a distinct product and is not hosted on WordPress.org. This free edition is complete and fully functional on its own; you never need the premium edition to use everything described above.
Screenshots
The activity log viewer — searchable, filterable, sortable, with CSV export.
Dashboard with attack detection alerts for credential attacks and suspicious logins.
Settings — control what's tracked, retention, and exclusions.