bitcoinapi

<p>PermaLogger is a comprehensive WordPress activity logging plugin that tracks user actions and system events in your WordPress admin area. All events are logged locally and can be synced to the PermaLogger external service for immutable storage and analysis using blockchain technology.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>User Login Tracking</strong> – Monitor successful and failed login attempts</li>
<li><strong>Profile Updates</strong> – Track changes to user profiles including password changes</li>
<li><strong>Email Changes</strong> – Log when users update their email addresses</li>
<li><strong>Dashboard Movement</strong> – Track page navigation within the WordPress admin</li>
<li><strong>Post & Page Tracking</strong> – Monitor creation, updates, deletions, and status changes</li>
<li><strong>Content Diff Tracking</strong> – Optional git-style diffs showing exact content changes</li>
<li><strong>Admin Hooks</strong> – Comprehensive tracking of all WordPress admin hooks (optional)</li>
<li><strong>Local Database Storage</strong> – All logs stored in your WordPress database</li>
<li><strong>API Sync</strong> – Automatic syncing to external PermaLogger service</li>
<li><strong>Log Viewer</strong> – Built-in interface to view and filter logs</li>
<li><strong>Pagination & Filtering</strong> – Easy navigation through your activity logs</li>
</ul>
<h4>Use Cases</h4>
<ul>
<li>Security auditing and compliance</li>
<li>Debugging user-reported issues</li>
<li>Monitoring content changes</li>
<li>Tracking admin activity</li>
<li>Compliance with data regulations</li>
</ul>
<h4>Privacy & Data</h4>
<p>PermaLogger logs user actions including usernames, IP addresses, and timestamps. The plugin can sync this data to an external service (PermaLogger.com) if you provide an API key. You should inform your users about this tracking in your privacy policy.</p>
<h4>Requirements</h4>
<ul>
<li>WordPress 5.0 or higher</li>
<li>PHP 7.0 or higher</li>
<li>bitcoinapi.io API key (get one at https://bitcoinapi.io)</li>
</ul>
<h3>External Services</h3>
<p>This plugin connects to the BitcoinAPI external service to sync and store WordPress activity logs. This connection is required for the plugin’s core functionality of providing immutable, blockchain-based log storage.</p>
<p><strong>What is sent:</strong><br />
* User activity data including usernames, user IDs, email addresses, IP addresses<br />
* Timestamps of actions performed<br />
* Details of WordPress actions (login attempts, profile updates, email changes, page/post modifications, admin navigation, etc.)<br />
* Request data associated with tracked events</p>
<p><strong>When is data sent:</strong><br />
* Data is sent automatically when the temporary log file reaches 100KB in size<br />
* Each batch contains all logged events since the last sync<br />
* Syncing only occurs if you have provided a valid API key</p>
<p><strong>Service Information:</strong><br />
* Service Provider: BitcoinAPI<br />
* Service Used: Log Storage and Blockchain Timestamping<br />
* API Endpoint: https://bitcoinapi.io/api/<br />
* Terms of Service: https://bitcoinapi.io/terms<br />
* Privacy Policy: https://bitcoinapi.io/privacy</p>
<p><strong>Important Notes:</strong><br />
* All logs are stored locally in your WordPress database regardless of API sync status<br />
* You must provide a valid API key from https://bitcoinapi.io for external syncing to occur<br />
* Without an API key, the plugin will still log events locally but will not sync externally<br />
* Users should be informed about this data transmission in your site’s privacy policy</p>
<h3>Privacy Policy</h3>
<p>PermaLogger logs user activity on your WordPress site. The following data is collected:</p>
<ul>
<li>Username and user ID</li>
<li>Email address</li>
<li>IP address</li>
<li>Timestamp of actions</li>
<li>Details of actions performed (page visits, content changes, etc.)</li>
</ul>
<p>If you provide an API key, this data is transmitted to BitcoinAPI external service via HTTPS (bitcoinapi.io). Make sure to disclose this data collection in your site’s privacy policy and obtain necessary user consent.</p>
<h3>Support</h3>
<p>For support, feature requests, or bug reports, please visit:<br />
* Plugin Support Forum: (will be available after plugin approval)<br />
* Documentation: https://bitcoinapi.io/docs<br />
* Website: https://bitcoinapi.io<br />
* Contact: support@bitcoinapi.io</p>
<h3>Credits</h3>
<p>Developed by BitcoinAPI<br />
https://bitcoinapi.io</p>


PermaLogger

Track all hookable actions in the WP-Admin area and log them to PermaLogger's external service for comprehensive activity monitoring.

Pierre Lannoy

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<p><strong>DecaLog</strong> captures events generated by WordPress core, PHP, database, plugins and themes, collates metrics and KPIs and follows traces of the full WordPress execution. It has the ability to enrich these events, metrics and traces with many details regarding their triggering, before storing them in WordPress database or passing them to external services.</p>
<p>If you don’t want to use external services, <strong>DecaLog</strong> provides the tools to leverage all the benefits of observability right in the WordPress admin dashboard. It supports multisite logs delegation and contains many features to help to protect personal information (user pseudonymization, IP obfuscation, etc.).</p>
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<blockquote>
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<h4>Developers</h4>
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<h4>Support</h4>
<p>This plugin is free and provided without warranty of any kind. Use it at your own risk, I’m not responsible for any improper use of this plugin, nor for any damage it might cause to your site. Always backup all your data before installing a new plugin.</p>
<p>Anyway, I’ll be glad to help you if you encounter issues when using this plugin. Please read carefully the FAQ at the bottom of this page before requesting support.</p>
<h4>Privacy</h4>
<p>This plugin, as any piece of software, is neither compliant nor non-compliant with privacy laws and regulations. It is your responsibility to use it – by activating the corresponding options or services – with respect for the personal data of your users and applicable laws.</p>
<p>This plugin doesn’t set any cookie in the user’s browser.</p>
<p>This plugin may handle personally identifiable information (PII). If the GDPR or CCPA or similar regulation applies to your case, you must use the anonymization options embedded in the plugin and/or adapt your processes (consent management, security measure, treatment register, etc.).</p>
<h4>Donation</h4>
<p>If you like this plugin or find it useful and want to thank me for the work done, please consider making a donation to <a href="https://www.laquadrature.net/en" rel="nofollow ugc">La Quadrature Du Net</a> or the <a href="https://www.eff.org/" rel="nofollow ugc">Electronic Frontier Foundation</a> which are advocacy groups defending the rights and freedoms of citizens on the Internet. By supporting them, you help the daily actions they perform to defend our fundamental freedoms!</p>


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Great plugin!

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