Simple Login Notification
Sends a notification email when admins and other users log in to your site.
The facts
- Rating
- 5★ from 9
- Active installs
- 2k+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 9 Aug 2026
- Added
- Sep 2022
- Requires WP
- 5.3
- Tested up to
- WP 7.1
- Requires PHP
- 5.6.20
- Downloads
- 17,251
Our analysis
AI-assistedSimple Login Notification is a WordPress plugin that sends email notifications when users, particularly admins, log into your site. You can configure it to alert you based on user roles and exclude specific users or IP addresses from notifications. Each alert includes detailed information about the login, such as the username and IP address, making it useful for monitoring unauthorized access.
This plugin is suitable for site administrators who want to keep track of user logins for security purposes. It is lightweight and easy to set up, requiring minimal configuration to start receiving alerts.
Best for: Site administrators looking to monitor user logins for security purposes.
What it does well
- ✓Sends detailed email notifications for user logins
- ✓Allows exclusion of specific users and IP addresses
- ✓Includes information like username and IP address in alerts
- ✓Lightweight plugin size under 100KB
- ✓Does not collect or store user data
Where it falls short
- •Limited to login notifications without additional features
Verdict
Simple Login Notification provides a straightforward solution for tracking logins without unnecessary complexity. It is particularly beneficial for those prioritising site security.
From the developer
Jeff Starr's own description of Simple Login Notification, lightly tidied.
Sends a detailed notification email when admins and other users log in to your site. Choose the user levels/roles for which you would like to receive login notifications. Optionally exclude users and/or IP addresses.
This plugin is useful for keeping an eye on any unauthorized administrator or user logins. Each email alert includes the user name, IP address, user agent, and other details. Very useful for forensic investigations.
👁️ Keep an eye on things..
Features
- Send email alerts for any user level/role
- Option to exclude alerts for any user ID
- Option to exclude alerts for any IP address
- Send alerts to additional email addresses
- Automatically send alerts to main Admin user
- Option to disable alerts for main Admin user
- Provides detailed information about each login
- Lightweight and fast: total plugin size < 100KB
- Simple to use: configure a few options and done
- No permanent changes are made to anything
- Easy peasy mac and cheesy
👇 Check out the screenshots
Why is this useful?
I use this plugin to keep an eye on any unauthorized login attempts. Probably a bit paranoid but I don’t care, paranoid works well for me.
How is this plugin different?
While researching for this plugin, I found four other “admin login notification” type plugins:
- Email Notification on Login
- Email notification on admin login
- Kaya Login Notification
- KolorWeb Access Admin Notification
Unfortunately none of these plugins suited my specific needs:
- Lightweight, clean and simple
- Current with latest WordPress
- No requirement for PHP sessions
So I decided to build my own. Let me emphasize the utter simplicity of this plugin. It does one thing and does it well: sends an email whenever an admin-level user logs in to WordPress. No bells and whistles, no bloat. If you need more functionality, check out the above plugins should get you there.
Privacy
This plugin does not collect or store any user data. It does not set any cookies, and it does not connect to any third-party locations. The only thing this plugin does is send an email for each admin-level login. Each email includes information about the user, such as username, IP address, user agent, and other details.