The Activity Log shows a full list of management events that have occurred on your site. For general features and FAQs, please see our information page.
Types of Activities Recorded
The events stored in your site’s activity log include:
- Published or updated posts and pages.
- Comment submission and management activity.
- Plugin installations, updates, and removals.
- Site performance score
- Theme installations, updates, and deletions.
- Settings and options modifications.
- Brute Force Attack Protection
- Login attempts by registered site users.
- See the complete list.
Customers on the Jetpack VaultPress Backup plan or Security plan will have access to events for the last 30 days, and customers on the Jetpack Complete plan will see events for one year. For Jetpack Complete, a maximum of 1,000 events will show on the feed. You can filter the events by date range and activity type and the feed will show up to 1,000 events from that filtered range as well.
To view your site’s activity on WordPress.com:
- Click My Sites in the top left corner and 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.

To view your site’s activity on Cloud.Jetpack.com:
- Select the 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 on Activity Log.

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 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. You can choose as many as you want.
- Click Apply.
For a 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.
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Privacy Information
This feature is activated by default. There is currently no way to deactivate this feature.
Data Used | |
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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 for Current Plan Offerings
The retention periods for activity log data depend on both the activity itself and the site’s plan. This table covers the retention periods for the plans currently available on our plans page.
Activity | Free | Backup 10 GB, Security | Backup 1TB, Complete |
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Attachments: uploads, updates, deletions | 30 days | 30 Days | 1 Year |
Comments: submissions, approvals, un-approvals, content edits, deletions, trash actions, spam/un-spam actions, restorations from trash | 30 days | 30 Days | 1 Year |
Jetpack: plan activations/deactivations | 1 year | 1 Year | 1 Year |
Jetpack: site connections/disconnections | 1 year | 1 Year | 1 Year |
Jetpack: user link/unlink actions | 1 Year | 1 Year | 1 Year |
Jetpack: downtime monitoring status changes | 1 Year | 1 Year | 1 Year |
Jetpack: Contact Form submissions | 30 Days | 30 Days | 1 Year |
Jetpack: feature activations and deactivations | 30 Days | 30 Days | 1 Year |
Jetpack: Jetpack Social actions* | 30 Days | 30 Days | 1 Year |
Jetpack: option additions and updates | 30 Days | 30 Days | 1 Year |
Jetpack: Brute Force Attack Protection recovery email sends* | 30 Days | 30 Days | 1 Year |
Jetpack: Backup — credentials updated or deleted | 1 Year | 1 Year | 1 Year |
Jetpack: Backup — backup complete, full backup complete, initial backup complete, backup error, successful restore actions, failed restore actions, scan result finds and fixes, restore download ready* | 30 Days | 30 Days** | 1 Year** |
Menus: additions, updates, deletions | 30 Days | 30 Days | 1 Year |
Pingbacks: receipts, approvals, un-approvals, deletions, trash actions, spam/un-spam actions, restorations from trash | 30 Days | 30 Days | 1 Year |
Plugins: updates, autoupdates, updates made available | 30 Days | 30 Days | 1 Year |
Plugins: installations, activations, network activations, deactivations, network deactivations, edits, deletions, failed deletions, failed updates | 30 Days | 30 Days | 1 Year |
Posts: publish actions, updates, deletions, trash actions, imports, exports* | 30 Days | 30 Days | 1 Year |
Terms(?): additions, updates, deletions* | 30 Days | 30 Days | 1 Year |
Themes: updates, updates made available | 30 Days | 30 Days | 1 Year |
Themes: installations, edits, deletions, switches, network enable/disable actions | 30 Days | 30 Days | 1 Year |
Users: login and logout actions | 30 Days | 30 Days | 1 Year |
Users: additions, deletions, network deletions, registrations, invite acceptance, removals, updates, invitations | 30 Days | 30 Days | 1 Year |
Widgets: additions, updates, removals, reorders, set-to-inactive actions | 30 Days | 30 Days | 1 Year |
WordPress Core: updates, network updates, updates made available | 30 Days | 30 Days | 1 Year |
WordPress Core: autoupdates, re-installations | 30 Days | 30 Days | 1 Year |
WordPress Core: option additions and updates | 30 Days | 30 Days | 1 Year |
Data Retention for Previous Plan Offerings
The retention periods for activity log data depend on both the activity itself and the site’s plan. This table covers the retention periods for the plans that you may currently be using, but are no longer available for purchase via Jetpack.com.
Activity | Personal, Premium | Professional | Backup Daily, Scan Daily, Security Daily | Backup Realtime, Security Realtime, Complete |
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Attachments: uploads, updates, deletions | 30 Days | Unlimited | 30 Days | 1 Year |
Comments: submissions, approvals, un-approvals, content edits, deletions, trash actions, spam/un-spam actions, restorations from trash | 30 Days | Unlimited | 30 Days | 1 Year |
Jetpack: plan activations/deactivations | 1 Year | Unlimited | 1 Year | 1 Year |
Jetpack: site connections/disconnections | 1 Year | Unlimited | 1 Year | 1 Year |
Jetpack: user link/unlink actions | 1 Year | Unlimited | 1 Year | 1 Year |
Jetpack: downtime monitoring status changes | 1 Year | Unlimited | 1 Year | 1 Year |
Jetpack: Contact Form submissions | 30 Days | Unlimited | 30 Days | 1 Year |
Jetpack: feature activations and deactivations | 30 Days | Unlimited | 30 Days | 1 Year |
Jetpack: Jetpack Social actions* | 30 Days | Unlimited | 30 Days | 1 Year |
Jetpack: option additions and updates | 30 Days | Unlimited | 30 Days | 1 Year |
Jetpack: Brute Force Attack Protection recovery email sends* | 30 Days | Unlimited | 30 Days | 1 Year |
Jetpack: Backup — credentials updated or deleted | 1 Year | Unlimited | 1 Year | 1 Year |
Jetpack: Backup — backup complete, full backup complete, initial backup complete, backup error, successful restore actions, failed restore actions, scan result finds and fixes, restore download ready* | 30 Days | Unlimited | 30 Days | 1 Year |
Menus: additions, updates, deletions | 30 Days | Unlimited | 30 Days | 1 Year |
Pingbacks: receipts, approvals, un-approvals, deletions, trash actions, spam/un-spam actions, restorations from trash | 30 Days | Unlimited | 30 Days | 1 Year |
Plugins: updates, autoupdates, updates made available | 30 Days | Unlimited | 30 Days | 1 Year |
Plugins: installations, activations, network activations, deactivations, network deactivations, edits, deletions, failed deletions, failed updates | 30 Days | Unlimited | 30 Days | 1 Year |
Posts: publish actions, updates, deletions, trash actions, imports, exports* | 30 Days | Unlimited | 30 Days | 1 Year |
Terms(?): additions, updates, deletions* | 30 Days | Unlimited | 30 Days | 1 Year |
Themes: updates, updates made available | 30 Days | Unlimited | 30 Days | 1 Year |
Themes: installations, edits, deletions, switches, network enable/disable actions | 30 Days | Unlimited | 30 Days | 1 Year |
Users: login and logout actions | 30 Days | Unlimited | 30 Days | 1 Year |
Users: additions, deletions, network deletions, registrations, invite acceptance, removals, updates, invitations | 30 Days | Unlimited | 30 Days | 1 Year |
Widgets: additions, updates, removals, reorders, set-to-inactive actions | 30 Days | Unlimited | 30 Days | 1 Year |
WordPress Core: updates, network updates, updates made available | 30 Days | Unlimited | 30 Days | 1 Year |
WordPress Core: autoupdates, re-installations | 30 Days | Unlimited | 30 Days | 1 Year |
WordPress Core: option additions and updates | 30 Days | Unlimited | 30 Days | 1 Year |
* Activity present in a site’s activity log but not currently shown to the site owner in the UI.
** Subject to your usage and storage limit. Learn more.
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.