With Simple History 5.19.0 the core plugin added support for Backfilling Events on install. What? Backfilling? What is that, you may ask. Backfilling is a fancy term for “importing old events”. ‘Backfilling in data’ or data backfilling refers to the process of loading in missing data into a new dataset/system. — https://stackoverflow.com/a/78521982 We are happy…
Simple History’s backfill feature imports your existing WordPress posts, pages, and users into the activity log with their original dates. No more empty logs on established sites.
Simple History 5.19.0 is now available. This release prepares you for WordPress 6.9 with support for the new Notes feature, introduces automatic backfilling so your activity log is never empty on day one, and adds new filtering options to help you find what you’re looking for. Whether you’re upgrading an existing installation or setting up…
A new plugin called Changelogify has just landed in the WordPress plugin directory—and it comes with built-in Simple History support. The plugin transforms your activity log into polished, versioned changelogs. What is Changelogify? Changelogify is a free WordPress plugin developed by Eric Swanson that automatically generates versioned changelogs from various event sources. It follows the…
The next version of WordPress (WP 6.9) will extend the already useful Command Palette to be available on all screens – meaning you can quickly navigate to your site history with only your keyboard from any admin page.
WordPress 6.9, scheduled to be released in december, will among other things add support for notes. With notes a user can add comments – or reply to existing comments – to blocks. These comments can also be marked as resolved. This is very useful feature for websites with many users involved and where users work…
Your WordPress activity logs are disappearing every 60 days. Important security events, user changes, and compliance data – all gone when you need them most. Simple History Premium keeps your complete activity history for as long as you need it. And this Black Week, you can upgrade for 30% less. TLDR: use code BLACKWEEK30 at…
This release introduces new features alongside several bug fixes History Insights: Clickable stats and improved users list Most noticeable for most users are some changes to the History insights sidebar. Previously you could see the number of events today, for the last 7 days, and for the last 30 days. But in this update you…
Okay, it’s just a number – but what a number! Simple History has now been downloaded more than 10 million times from WordPress.org. Combined with an average review rating of 4.9 (out of 5 stars) and over 300.000 active installations, this milestone feels pretty awesome to hit. Thanks to everyone in the community who’s made…
This release of the Premium add-on improves stat accuracy and consistency across your dashboard. We’ve aligned date range calculations with the latest core release to ensure your timezone is handled correctly. This means the event counts you see in the main log, history insights sidebar, and weekly email reports will now match perfectly with no…