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Best Free WordPress Plugins for User Activity

14 plugins compared · Updated August 2026 · User Activity

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Choosing a WordPress plugin for user activity comes down to a few things: whether it is still actively maintained, whether real users rate it well, and whether it does the specific job you need without dragging the rest of the site down.

We ranked 14 plugins using our WPScore, which weighs the user rating (adjusted for how many people actually rated it), how many sites run it, how recently it was updated, and which WordPress version it is tested against. 14 of them have enough public data to be scored; the rest are listed below the ranked block, clearly marked, rather than being given a number we cannot justify.

How this list is funded. Some links here earn us a commission if you buy. It costs you nothing extra, and it does not move anything up the list — the order comes from the WPScore, which is calculated from public ratings, install counts and update history. See the method.

At a glance

  1. 1. Simple History Best overall 91/100
  2. 2. Activity Logs, User Activity Tracking, Multisite Activity Lo... 81/100
  3. 3. Online Active Users 81/100
  4. 4. Activity Log Pro 80/100
  5. 5. Social Proof Popups & Real-Time Notifications 78/100
  6. 6. Memberships and User Profiles for WooCommerce 78/100
  7. 7. User Activity Tracking and Log 77/100
  8. 8. Adminify Activity Log & Audit Trail 68/100
  9. 9. WP User Activity 64/100
  10. 10. Last Login Display 64/100
  11. 11. Page View Count by Webline 60/100
  12. 12. History Log by click5 54/100
  13. 13. LogDash Activity Log 52/100
  14. 14. User Activity 46/100
1 Simple History
Best overall Free by Pär Thernström

Simple History

Track changes and user activities on your WordPress site. See who created a page, uploaded an attachment, and more, for a complete audit trail.

4.9★
from 486 ratings
300k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
91

WPScore

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3 Online Active Users
Free by Nikul Valani

Online Active Users

Online Active Users is a lightweight, powerful plugin to monitor and display how many users are currently online active on your WordPress website.

4.7★
from 49 ratings
1k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
81

WPScore

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4 Activity Log Pro
Free by Activity Log Pro

Activity Log Pro

WordPress activity log & admin user tracking. Track logins, content changes, and security events to see who did what, when, and where.

5★
from 15 ratings
400+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
80

WPScore

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9 WP User Activity
Free by John James Jacoby

WP User Activity

WP User Activity is the best way to log activity in WordPress. Activity can be sorted, filtered, and viewed per-user, along with session data for logg …

3.3★
from 8 ratings
200+
active installs
Updated
Mar 2026
Tested to
WP 5.8.15
64

WPScore

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11 Page View Count by Webline
Free by WeblineIndia

Page View Count by Webline

This plugin allows user to see how many times a given page is viewed on each page load with reports for admin to do detail analysis

3.8★
from 5 ratings
200+
active installs
Updated
Dec 2024
Tested to
WP 6.7.7
60

WPScore

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14 User Activity
Free by windyjonas

User Activity

List number of posts per user. You can limit the search by date, post type and user name.

5★
from 2 ratings
100+
active installs
Updated
Oct 2020
Tested to
WP 5.5.20
46

WPScore

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