Looking for information about the Activity Log in the Jetpack plugin? See our article about the Activity Log in the Jetpack Plugin.
Jetpack VaultPress Backup’s activity log shows a full list of events that have occurred on your site. You can view those events via cloud.jetpack.com.
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

Customers on the Jetpack Backup Daily plan will have access to events for the last 30 days, and customers on the Jetpack Backup Real-time plan will see an unlimited number of events. For Jetpack Backup Real-time plans, a maximum of 1,000 events will show on the feed, but 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:
- Go to https://cloud.jetpack.com/.
- Select your site that’s connected to Jetpack VaultPress Backup for which you’d like to see recent activity.
Note: you can only view activity for sites on which you’re an administrator. Editor role and below cannot view activity. - Click Activity Log in the left menu. You’ll be able to view the recent events recorded for your site.
Filtering Events
In the activity log, you have the ability to filter the events you would like to see. You can currently filter by Date Range and Activity Type.
To filter by date range:

- Click Date Range.
- Select the start date.
- Select the end date.
- Click Apply.
To filter by activity type:

- Click Activity Type.
- Select the checkbox next to each activity type you want to display.
- Click Apply.

To customize the events you view even further, you can combine the Date Range and Activity Type filters. 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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Troubleshooting
If you’re having any trouble with your activity log, please contact support for assistance.
Privacy Information
This feature is deactivated by default, and unlocking/activating it requires an upgrade to a paid solution.
Data Used | |
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Site Owners / Users We currently back up the following data: WordPress database tables (any tables which begin with your WordPress table prefix and also have a unique key or a primary key). We also back up the files in your plugins, themes, and uploads directories, as well as select files from your WordPress root directory and `wp-content` directory. This includes all the unique and irreplaceable data in WordPress, as well as everything properly integrated into the WordPress installation. In addition to the data that we back up and store, we also use (and store) your server access credentials (if provided): SSH and/or FTP/SFTP. These credentials are explicitly provided by you when activating Jetpack VaultPress Backups. For feature usage tracking (detailed below): IP address, WordPress.com user ID, WordPress.com username, WordPress.com-connected site ID, user agent, referring URL, timestamp of event, browser language, country code, and user site count. Please also refer to the activity log’s privacy information. | Site Visitors
None. |
Activity Tracked | |
Site Owners / Users We track several events around the usage of this feature: backup requests/downloads/confirmations, restore requests/confirmations/cancellations, date-picker changes/expansions, and backup storage upgrade requests or indications of interest. Please also refer to the activity log’s privacy information. | Site Visitors
None. |
Data Synced (Read More) | |
Site Owners / Users None. Please also refer to the activity log’s privacy information. | Site Visitors
None. |
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 |
---|---|---|---|
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
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.