WPZOOM

User History tracks all changes made to user profiles and displays a complete history log on the user edit page. It also lets admins lock or unlock user accounts, change usernames, monitor login/logout activity, manage active sessions, and search for users by their previous details.
Profile Change Tracking:
<ul>
<li>Track Profile Changes – Automatically logs changes to username, email, display name, first/last name, nickname, website, bio, and role</li>
<li>Password Change Logging – Records when passwords are changed (without storing any password data)</li>
<li>See Who Made Changes – Each log entry shows whether the user changed their own profile or if an admin made the change</li>
<li>IP Address Tracking – Records the IP address for each change (can be disabled for GDPR compliance)</li>
<li>Search by Previous Values – Find users on the All Users page by their old email or username</li>
<li>Clear History – Admins can clear the history log for any user</li>
</ul>
Login & Session Monitoring:
<ul>
<li>Login/Logout Tracking – Records successful logins, logouts, and failed login attempts with date, IP address, and browser info</li>
<li>Failed Login Attempts – Track failed login attempts for existing user accounts</li>
<li>Active Sessions – View all active WordPress sessions for any user, including login time, IP address, browser, and expiry</li>
<li>Log Out Everywhere – Destroy all active sessions for a user with one click</li>
<li>Browser & OS Detection – Automatically detects and displays the browser and operating system from the user agent</li>
</ul>
Lock/Unlock User Accounts:
<ul>
<li>Lock User Accounts – Prevent users from logging in by locking their account</li>
<li>Instant Session Termination – Locked users are logged out immediately and all active sessions are destroyed</li>
<li>Application Password Blocking – Locked users cannot authenticate via application passwords (REST API, XML-RPC)</li>
<li>Status Column – See which users are locked at a glance with a status column on the All Users page</li>
<li>Bulk Lock/Unlock – Lock or unlock multiple users at once from the All Users page</li>
<li>Row Actions – Quickly lock or unlock individual users from the All Users list</li>
<li>Locked Users Filter – Filter the All Users list to show only locked accounts</li>
<li>Custom Lock Message – Set a custom message shown to locked users on the login screen (Settings > User History)</li>
<li>WP-CLI Access – Locked users can still be managed via WP-CLI</li>
</ul>
Admin Tools:
<ul>
<li>Change Username – Allows admins to change usernames directly from the user edit page (WordPress normally doesn’t allow this)</li>
<li>Delete User Button – Quick access button to delete a user directly from their profile page</li>
<li>Data Retention – Automatically delete old logs after a configurable number of days (default: 30 days)</li>
<li>Clear All Logs – Bulk delete all history logs for every user from the settings page</li>
</ul>
Privacy & Compliance:
<ul>
<li>IP Tracking Toggle – Enable or disable IP address recording for GDPR compliance (Settings > User History)</li>
<li>Configurable Retention – Set how long logs are kept (1-365+ days, or keep forever)</li>
<li>Automatic Cleanup – Daily cron job removes logs older than the configured retention period</li>
</ul>
Compatibility:
<ul>
<li>Multisite Compatible – Works with WordPress multisite installations, including super admin username changes</li>
<li>Members Plugin Compatible – Correctly tracks role changes when using the Members plugin for multiple role assignments</li>
<li>Migration from Lock User Account plugin – Automatically migrates locked users from the Lock User Account plugin</li>
</ul>
Use Cases:
<ul>
<li>Find customers who changed their email after making a purchase</li>
<li>Track when and who changed user roles</li>
<li>Audit user profile modifications for security</li>
<li>Monitor login activity and detect suspicious access</li>
<li>View and manage active user sessions</li>
<li>Allow username changes without database access</li>
<li>Lock compromised or suspended accounts instantly</li>
<li>Temporarily disable user access without deleting accounts</li>
</ul>

WPZOOM User History – Lock Users & Change Usernames

Track changes made to user accounts, lock/unlock users, change usernames, and monitor login activity.

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<h4>Adminify Activity Logs: Free WordPress User Activity Log</h4>
Adminify Activity Logs records every change made inside the WordPress dashboard. Who did what, when, and from which IP. Built for site owners and agencies who want a clean audit trail without paying for a premium tier or installing a heavy security suite. Everything in this readme is in the free plugin. No locked filters, no upsell modal, no nag screens.
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Why run a WordPress activity log
If you don’t know who deactivated that plugin or deleted that post, you can’t tell a mistake from a security incident. Activity logs answer who-did-what-when. Any WordPress site with more than one person in the dashboard eventually needs one. Agency builds, membership sites, and multi-author blogs all run into the same problem: someone made a change, nobody owns up, and you spend an afternoon working out what happened. An audit trail saves that afternoon.
<h4>What Adminify Activity Logs does that the others don’t</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wpadminify.com/activity-logs?utm_source=wordpressorg&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=adminify-activity-logs" rel="nofollow ugc">Free with no Pro tier upsell</a>: Every filter, every retention setting, and every detail view ships in the free plugin. Other activity log plugins lock IP tracking or longer retention behind a paid plan.</li>
<li><a href="https://wpadminify.com/activity-logs?utm_source=wordpressorg&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=adminify-activity-logs" rel="nofollow ugc">Real-time logging</a>: Activities appear in the log as soon as they happen. No cron, no batch delay.</li>
<li><a href="https://wpadminify.com/activity-logs?utm_source=wordpressorg&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=adminify-activity-logs" rel="nofollow ugc">IP address tracking</a>: Each entry records the source IP. Useful when you’re investigating a login or a change you didn’t expect.</li>
<li><a href="https://wpadminify.com/activity-logs?utm_source=wordpressorg&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=adminify-activity-logs" rel="nofollow ugc">Time, role, user, component, and action filters</a>: Narrow the log by time frame (today, yesterday, week, month), user role, specific user, WordPress component (Post, Plugin, Theme, etc.), or action type (Updated, Deleted, Activated).</li>
<li><a href="https://wpadminify.com/activity-logs?utm_source=wordpressorg&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=adminify-activity-logs" rel="nofollow ugc">Configurable retention</a>: Default is 30 days. Bump it up if you need a longer compliance window. Bring it down if database size is tight.</li>
<li><a href="https://wpadminify.com/activity-logs?utm_source=wordpressorg&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=adminify-activity-logs" rel="nofollow ugc">Searchable records</a>: Find a specific change by user, action, or keyword without scrolling.</li>
<li><a href="https://wpadminify.com/activity-logs?utm_source=wordpressorg&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=adminify-activity-logs" rel="nofollow ugc">Multisite compatible</a>: Works across WordPress network installations.</li>
<li><a href="https://wpadminify.com/activity-logs?utm_source=wordpressorg&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=adminify-activity-logs" rel="nofollow ugc">Built by Pixar Labs</a>: Same team that ships WP Adminify, Admin Bar Editor, Master Addons, and Loginfy.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Detailed Feature Breakdown</h4>
What gets logged for every entry
<ul>
<li>Date: Timestamp when the action happened.</li>
<li>Author: Username of the person who did it.</li>
<li>IP Address: Source IP for location tracking.</li>
<li>Type: Category of the action (post update, plugin installation, etc.).</li>
<li>Label: Short description of the activity.</li>
<li>Action: Specific operation (edited, deleted, added, etc.).</li>
<li>Description: Detailed explanation of the activity.</li>
<li>Delete control: Remove individual log entries with one click.</li>
</ul>
Time-frame filters
<ul>
<li>All time</li>
<li>Today</li>
<li>Yesterday</li>
<li>Week</li>
<li>Month</li>
</ul>
Role-based filters
View activities by user role: Administrator, Editor, Author, Contributor, Subscriber, Customer, Shop Manager, Guest, plus any custom roles registered on the site.
User filters
<ul>
<li>All users</li>
<li>Specific users (select individual users to track)</li>
</ul>
Component filters
Track activities tied to specific WordPress components:
<ul>
<li>Attachments</li>
<li>Comments</li>
<li>Options</li>
<li>Plugin</li>
<li>Post</li>
<li>Taxonomy</li>
<li>Theme</li>
<li>User</li>
</ul>
Action types tracked
<ul>
<li>Activated</li>
<li>Added</li>
<li>Approved</li>
<li>Created</li>
<li>Deactivated</li>
<li>Deleted</li>
<li>Installed</li>
<li>Trashed</li>
<li>Unapproved</li>
<li>Updated</li>
</ul>
Configuration options
<ul>
<li>Data Retention: Adjust the “Data Store for” value (default 30 days).</li>
<li>Search & Filter: Filter logs by user, action, or keyword via the search bar.</li>
</ul>
Common use cases
<ul>
<li>Security investigation: Spot unauthorized access attempts and unusual activity.</li>
<li>Accountability: Know who did what and when across the site.</li>
<li>Troubleshooting: Trace recent changes when something breaks.</li>
<li>Compliance: Keep an audit trail for regulatory requirements (GDPR, HIPAA, internal policy).</li>
<li>Team transparency: Track contributions across multi-author sites.</li>
<li>Disaster recovery: See what changed in the hours before a problem occurred.</li>
</ul>
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Adminify Activity Log & Audit Trail

Track every change in your WordPress dashboard. Free user activity log with role, time, component, and action filters. No setup, no paid tier.

WPZOOM User History – Lock Users & Change Usernames vs Adminify Activity Log & Audit Trail