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Hard Boiled Security stands in contrast to the many heavily marketed security plugins available for WordPress. Rather than providing a barrage of configuration options and intrusive prompts and upsells, we silently close the most common security vulnerabilities.
This plugin was inspired by many painful situations we helped people out of over the years and developed to help people who do not code secure websites their with minimal effort.
<h3>Plugin Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Zero configuration, hardens security just by activating</li>
<li>Disables all file editing within WordPress Admin.</li>
<li>Pingbacks and Trackbacks are disabled on all existing and future posts.</li>
<li>Prevents username exposure by ensuring their nice name, which is used in their profile URL and Rest API endpoint, is not their username. Those with the <code>list_users</code> capability can change this if needed.</li>
<li>Tested and working with <a href="https://roots.io/bedrock" rel="nofollow ugc">Roots.io’s Bedrock</a> directory structure as a mu-plugin.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Planned features</h3>
There is more we can do to harden your WordPress website’s security. The features we will implement in the future will also be opinionated and require little to no configuration. 
– Block brute force attacks by limiting failed login attempts within a reasonable timeframe 
– Prevent email server spam and abuse by limiting password reset requests 
– Logging when brute force and spam prevention measures are triggered with optional opt-in email notifications
<h3>Keep it secret, keep it safe</h3>
This plugin is not a magic fix-all security solution. We don’t believe any plugin can do that.
Website security, regardless of platform, requires careful consideration around common security principles around access and permissions. Things like always using strong passwords, never reusing them across multiple websites, and limiting administrator accounts to those who actually need it. So many WordPress websites are compromised because administrator access is given out where the editor role is perfectly sufficient. Even if you are the website owner, using an editor account for your daily activities is a good idea.
<h3>What to do to stay secure beyond using this plugin</h3>
<ul>
<li>Strong, unique, randomised passwords.</li>
<li>Fewer administrator accounts given only to those that need access to how the website works.</li>
<li>Use editor accounts or lower for regular content updates where possible.</li>
<li>Ensure the plugins and themes you use have been updated within the last few months.</li>
<li>Abandoned themes or plugins will not be updated if security vulnerabilities are found so replace them.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Why this plugin may not be for you</h3>
This is an opinionated plugin built around our assumptions. These assumptions are based on our experiences over 15 years of building WordPress websites and may go against your workflow or philosophy.
One of the main reasons we wrote this plugin is to create an easy way for people to disable the built-in file editor in the WordPress admin. A compromised administrator account can easily add malicious code to any theme or plugin and it can be very difficult to detect and locate it. This is the main reason we disable this feature outright. Secondly, if you’re writing code, we consider it to be bad practice to edit files directly in a production environment (ie, a live website).

Hard Boiled Security

A simple plugin that hardens some common Wordpress vulnerabilities

ArielK

Elementor

Yakir Sitbon

pojo.me

Maor Chasen

AN EASY TO USE & FULLY SUPPORTED WORDPRESS ACTIVITY LOG PLUGIN
Want to monitor and track your WordPress website activity? Find out exactly who does what on your WordPress website with this plugin. Activity Log is like an airplane’s black box that logs every action in the WordPress admin, and lets you see exactly what users are doing on your WordPress website.
<ul>
<li>If someone is trying to hack your site</li>
<li>When a post was published, and who published it</li>
<li>If a plugin/theme was activated/deactivated</li>
<li>Suspicious admin activity</li>
</ul>
It’s so essential; you’ll wonder how you ever managed your website without it. The plugin is also lightning fast and works behind the scenes, so it doesn\’t affect site and admin performance. For optimal performance, we built the plugin so that it runs on a separate table in the database.
If you have more than a handful of users, keeping track of who did what is virtually impossible. This plugin solves that issue by tracking what actions were initiated by which users, and displaying it in an easy-to-use and easy-to-filter view on the dashboard of your WordPress site.
New! Introducing Email Logging – Capture all emails sent from your WordPress site for streamlined debugging and compliance. Gain better visibility into email communication, aiding both troubleshooting and record-keeping. This is particularly beneficial for WooCommerce stores, allowing you to easily track sent emails alongside other critical site events.
Export to CSV – Export your Activity Log data records to CSV. Developers can easily add support for custom data formats with our new dedicated Export API.
Data Privacy and GDPR Compliance – We provide the tools to help you adhere to GDPR compliance standards, including Export/Erasure of data via the WordPress Privacy Tools.
<h3>With the Activity Log you can record:</h3>
<ul>
<li>WordPress – Core updates</li>
<li>Posts – Created, updated, deleted</li>
<li>Pages – Created, updated, deleted</li>
<li>Custom Post Type – Created, updated, deleted</li>
<li>Tags – Created, updated, deleted</li>
<li>Categories – Created, updated, deleted</li>
<li>Taxonomies – Created, updated, deleted</li>
<li>Menus – Created, updated, deleted</li>
<li>Media – Created, updated, deleted</li>
<li>Comments – Created, approved, unapproved, trashed, untrashed, spammed, unspammed, deleted</li>
<li>Users – Login, logout, login failed, update profile, registered, deleted</li>
<li>Plugins – Installed, updated, activated, deactivated, changed</li>
<li>Themes – Installed, updated, deleted, activated, changed (Editor and Customizer)</li>
<li>Widgets – Added to sidebar, deleted from sidebar, order widgets</li>
<li>Setting – General, writing, reading, discussion, media, permalinks</li>
<li>Options – Extended custom settings for 3rd party plugins</li>
<li>Export – Exported activity log file</li>
<li>WooCommerce – Track products, orders, customers, and more</li>
<li>bbPress – Forums, topics, replies, taxonomies, and other actions</li>
<li>Emails sent from WordPress site – Sending successful, sending failed</li>
<li>There’s more, of course, but you get the point…</li>
</ul>
For each event recorded by the activity log, the following details are also logged:
<ul>
<li>Date and time of occurrence</li>
<li>User and user role responsible for the change</li>
<li>Source IP address from which the change originated</li>
<li>Affected object where the change occurred</li>
</ul>
The plugin doesn\’t require any kind of setup; it works right out of the box (just another reason people love it)!
<h3>Data Storage and Performance Optimization</h3>
In order to ensure optimal performance of your website, all events and logs data are stored in a dedicated custom table within your WordPress database. This approach significantly reduces the impact on your website’s performance, ensuring seamless operation even during peak traffic periods.
<h3>Uninstall Clean-up</h3>
We understand the importance of maintaining a clean and efficient database environment. That’s why our plugin features an uninstall hook that seamlessly removes all traces of its presence from your website when uninstalling. This meticulous clean-up process ensures that your database remains lean and clutter-free even after our plugin has been removed.
With our optimized data storage, thorough logging, and meticulous clean-up process, you can trust that our plugin will enhance the functionality and security of your WordPress site without compromising its performance.
<h3>What users have to say</h3>
<ul>
<li>“Its tools, particularly for data privacy and GDPR compliance, make it indispensable for websites operating within European Union boundaries or dealing with EU citizens’ data” – <a href="https://blog.hubspot.com/website/8-best-plugins-tracking-user-activity-wordpress" rel="nofollow ugc">HubSpot.com</a></li>
<li>“If you’re after a competent WP security audit log plugin with all the basic features you need, Activity Log is it!” – <a href="https://wpastra.com/plugins/wordpress-activity-log-plugins/" rel="nofollow ugc">WPAstra.com</a></li>
<li>“Activity Log features a remarkably straightforward dashboard interface, providing administrators with an at-a-glance understanding of site interactions” – <a href="https://www.malcare.com/blog/wordpress-activity-log/" rel="nofollow ugc">Malcare.com</a></li>
<li>“Best 10 Free WordPress Plugins of the Month: Keeping tabs on what your users do with their access to the Dashboard” – <a href="https://managewp.com/best-free-wordpress-plugins-july-2014" rel="nofollow ugc">ManageWP.com</a></li>
<li>“Thanks to this step, we’ve discovered that our site was undergoing a brute force attack” – <a href="https://artdriver.com/blog/wordpress-site-hacked-solution-time" rel="nofollow ugc">Artdriver.com</a></li>
<li>“Optimized code – The plugin itself is blazing fast and leaves almost no footprint on the server” – <a href="https://www.freshtechtips.com/2014/01/best-audit-trail-plugins-for-wordpress.html" rel="nofollow ugc">FreshTechTips.com</a></li>
<li>“Activity Log lets you track a huge range of activities. Overall, very easy to use and setup” – <a href="https://www.elegantthemes.com/blog/tips-tricks/5-best-ways-to-monitor-wordpress-activity-via-the-dashboard" rel="nofollow ugc">ElegantThemes.com</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Contributions:</h3>
Would you like to contribute to this plugin? You’re more than welcome to submit your pull requests on the <a href="https://github.com/pojome/activity-log" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub repo</a>. And, if you have any notes about the code, please open a ticket on the issue tracker.

Activity Log – Monitor & Record User Changes

if i open notification settings of this plugin i get 

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errors

I want to thank the developer for this plugin which I find very useful and well done. thanks for the work.

Very helpful

Love it! Have it installed on about ~300 sites, no issues except one site that was getting slammed with spam login attempts and the log grew to big to quick but ultimately this plugin helped identify the need to restrict the login url.  

Simple & Lightweight

WP Plugin guidelines state that plugins should not create a top level navigation element in /wp-admin if it's not necessary.

That and the ad for Elementor made for an instant uninstall for me.

Instantly showing ads and top level nav

This top rated Activity Log plugin helps you monitor & log all changes and actions on your WordPress site, so you can remain secure and organized.

Hard Boiled Security vs Activity Log – Monitor & Record User Changes