The activity log shows a full list of management events that have occurred on your site.
Type of Activities Recorded
The events stored in your site’s activity log include:
- Login attempts by registered site users.
- Published or updated posts and pages.
- Comment submission and management activity.
- Plugin installations, updates, and removals.
- Theme installations, updates, and deletions.
- Settings and options modifications.
- See the complete list.
Viewing Your Site’s Activity Log
- Go to WordPress.com.
- Click My Sites in the top left corner. Select the Jetpack-connected site for which you’d like to see recent activity. (Note that you’ll only be able to view Activity for sites on which you are an Administrator. Editor role and below cannot view Activity.)
- Click Jetpack → Activity Log on the left menu. You’ll now be able to view the recent events recorded for your site.
Sites on the Free plan will have access to only the 20 most recent events. Customers on Jetpack Security Daily plans will be able to see events from the last 30 days, and customers on the Security Real-time and Complete plans see an unlimited number of events.
All sites with a paid plan have the added ability to filter activities by type and time range so you can quickly find the information you’re looking for.
The timestamp displayed in the Activity matches the timezone you’ve set in your site’s settings (configured from Settings → General in your dashboard).
Filtering Events
If your site has a paid plan, you’ll see a Filter by option at the top of your Activity, where you can customize your results. You can currently filter events by Date Range and Activity Type.
To filter by date range:
- Select Date Range
- Select the start date.
- Select the end date.
- Click Apply.
To filter by activity type:
- Select Activity Type.
- Select the checkbox next to each activity type you want to display.
- Click Apply.
For an even greater level of customization, Date Range and Activity Type filters can be combined.
To clear an individual filter, click the X next to it. To clear all active filters, click the larger X icon on the right.
Troubleshooting
If you’re having any trouble with your activity log, please contact support for help.
Privacy Information
This feature is activated by default. There is currently no way to deactivate this feature.
| Data Used | |
|---|---|
| Site Owners / Users
To deliver this functionality and record activities around site management, the following information is captured: user email address, user role, user login, user display name, WordPress.com and local user IDs, the activity to be recorded, the WordPress.com-connected site ID of the site on which the activity takes place, the site’s Jetpack version, and the timestamp of the activity. Some activities may also include the actor’s IP address (login attempts, for example) and user agent. | Site Visitors
None. |
| Activity Tracked | |
| Site Owners / Users
Recorded site management activities include: login attempts/actions, post and page update and publish actions, comment/pingback submission and management actions, plugin and theme management actions, widget updates, user management actions, and the modification of other various site settings and options. See Complete List. | Site Visitors
None. |
| Data Synced (Read More) | |
| Site Owners / Users
All core WordPress and Jetpack option/setting update actions are synced. This includes the current and previous state of a site’s options. Successful and failed login attempts (these include IP address and user agent) are synced. | Site Visitors
Successful and failed login attempts, which will include the actor’s IP address and user agent. |
Data Retention
The retention periods for activity log data depend on both the activity itself and the site’s plan.
* Activity present in a site’s activity log but not currently shown to the site owner in the UI.
NOTE: at the end of any retention periods outlined above, activity data is moved to long-term storage and is retained indefinitely. Once in long-term storage, activity data will no longer be visible in a site’s activity log.
