Activity Logs Dashboard

The activity logs give you a quick overview of what's been happening on your WordPress site.

The activity logs give you a quick overview of what’s been happening on your WordPress site. It shows you important statistics and recent events to help you monitor your site’s activity.

activity log dasboard
  • Dashboard: Current view showing statistics and summaries
  • All Logs: View all recorded activities
  • Security Incidents: See only important security-related events

Time Period Filter

Choose how far back you want to see activity:

  • You can change this to see different time ranges

Statistics Overview

These boxes give you quick insights:

statistics overview
  • Total Events: How many activities have occurred (63 in this example)
  • High Severity: Number of important security events
  • Unique Users: How many different people have been active
  • Failed Logins: Any unsuccessful login attempts

Severity Distribution

This shows how serious the events were:

severity distribution
  • High: Most critical events
  • Medium: Moderately important events
  • Low: Less critical events

Top Event Types

See what activities happen most often:

top event types
  • post_created: New posts or pages added
  • post_delete: Posts or pages removed
  • user_login: Users logging in
  • taxonomy_add: Categories or tags created
  • login_success: Successful logins

Recent Critical Events

This section shows the most important recent activities:

recent critical events
  • Plugin deactivations
  • Critical setting changes
  • When they happened

Activity Trend

This is a visual graph of security events over time, which gives you an idea of patterns and unusual activity spikes

activity trend

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