Premium 1.13.0 makes the user and initiator cards in the activity log show a lot more at a glance — last login, last event, IP address, browser, and event counts — plus one-click links to filter the log down to a single user or source. Richer user and initiator cards Open the popover card for…
Your activity log is now part of WordPress’s personal-data export — so when someone asks for their data, the answer is finally complete. Plus a batch of navigation shortcuts and a few small fixes. When someone asks for their data, the log is finally part of the answer If you’ve ever handled a GDPR data…
Ready for WordPress 7.0 — with logging for the new AI Connectors Screen, plus WP-CLI, REST API, and AI agent actions in the activity log. WP-CLI and REST API changes now show up in the log This one has bothered us for a while. Several of Simple History’s loggers were tightly coupled to wp-admin, so…
Simple History 5.27.0 makes it visible when an action on your site was triggered through an AI tool, moves frequently used links into a dedicated action bar on every event row, and adds a “Copy as JSON” option for scripting and debugging. Two new experimental features come along for the ride: a “History” column on…
Premium 1.12.0 adds detailed breakdowns to the weekly email report, one-click alert creation from filters, and the full emoji set for event reactions. Richer weekly email reports The weekly email report now includes detailed breakdowns for the Media, Comments, and Themes sections that were added in core 5.26.0. You’ll see file names with who uploaded…
Simple History 5.26.0 makes event log actions more discoverable and introduces event reactions as an experimental feature. Actions are now inline buttons Export and Create Log Entry used to live behind a dropdown menu in the control bar. In 5.26.0 they’re inline buttons instead — one click away and clearly visible. This is good news…
Premium 1.11.0 adds post-specific filtering in the admin bar, new alert conditions, and richer email reports. “This page” filter in the admin bar The admin bar Quick View now has a “This page” filter that shows only events related to the post or page you’re currently viewing. If you’ve ever wanted to quickly check who…
Simple History 5.25.0 makes your activity log database smaller and your searches faster. Even on a typical site, activity logs can quietly accumulate more data than you need — especially around things like repeated login attempts (often due to brute force attempts) or detailed post diffs for large posts. Database size is one of the…
Simple History 5.24.1 is a patch release with a security fix, reduced log noise from capability changes, and a small user card improvement. Changelog Security Changed Fixed Added You can update from the WordPress plugin screen or download it from WordPress.org.
Simple History 5.24.0 brings user card popovers, a redesigned dashboard widget, detailed menu change logging, copy-as-image sharing, and a new Site Health Logger. This is one of the bigger releases in a while — focused on making the activity log faster to scan and faster to load, and more detailed where it matters. User card…