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Audit Trail

v1.3
by John Godley · 2.8 (4 reviews)

Audit Trail is a plugin to keep track of what is going on inside your blog by monitoring administration functions.

10K+ active installs Updated Nov 28, 2017 Tested to 4.7.29
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Audit Trail

About Audit Trail

Audit Trail is a plugin that tracks user actions and stores them in a log. It also allows you to restore previous versions of posts and pages. The plugin is available in multiple languages and has full documentation on the Urban Giraffe website.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Audit Trail?
Audit Trail is a plugin to keep track of what is going on inside your blog. It records certain actions and stores this information in the form of a log. It also allows you to restore a post to a previous version at any time.
What actions does Audit Trail record?
Audit Trail records user actions inside your blog, making it useful for finding out who did what in a multi-user system. It also allows other plugins to add and display items in the Audit Trail.
Can Audit Trail track registered user page visits?
Yes, Audit Trail has the ability to track registered user page visits.
Is Audit Trail available in multiple languages?
Yes, Audit Trail is fully localized and available in multiple languages including English, Estonian, Belorussian, Simplified Chinese, German, Japanese, Romanian, and Lithuanian.
Where can I find the full documentation of Audit Trail?
The full documentation of Audit Trail can be found on the Audit Trail Page on the website.

Changelog

1.3

  • Switch to JSON when saving data
  • Fix creation of database on activation

1.2.4

  • Don’t include revisions in a post update log entry
  • Track plugin activation/deactivation

1.2.3

  • Fix ajax bugs introduced by 1.2.2

1.2.2

  • Fix double-serialization of audit data
  • Fix ignore user 0 to ignore all anonymous users
  • Small code cleanup

1.2.1

  • Refresh for WP 4
  • Italian translation by Massimiliano

1.2

  • Fix pagination
  • Add failed login auditing
  • Experimental error_log() support to be used alongside fail2ban

1.1.16

  • Fix WP 3.5 warning

1.1.15

  • Restore per-page for logs to 25

1.1.14

  • Clean up all code
  • XSS review

1.1.13

  • Lithuanuan
  • Russian

1.1.12

  • Add bulk action to bottom of trail list
  • Fix pager
  • Updated Romanian translation

1.1.11

  • Use WP local time to for audit trail

1.1.10

  • 3.2 compat
  • Romanian translation, thanks to Mikalay Lisica

1.1.9

  • Add Japanese translation, thanks to Chestnut
  • Fix bug with display post details
  • Fix delete button

1.1.7

  • Add Chinese translation, thanks to maoanyuan!

1.1.6

  • Add Belorussian translation

1.1.5

  • Fix actions to monitor

1.1.4

  • Add Estonian
  • Put delete item back

1.1.3

  • Remove deep slashes

1.1.2

  • Don’t save post differences
  • Fix username in CSV export

1.1.1

  • jQueryify
  • Remove post edit difference – this has been built into WordPress for several versions now

1.1

  • WP 2.8 compatibility

1.0.10

  • Only include prototype on AT pages

1.0.9

  • WP 2.5 compatibility

1.0.8

  • Show log items according to blog timezone offset

1.0.7

  • Fix favicon.ico logs
  • Ignore certain users
  • Track failed login attempts

1.0.6

  • Fix warning
  • Allow searching by username

1.0.5

  • Fix expiry
  • Stop logging auto-saves

1.0.4

  • Support for Admin SSL

1.0.3

  • Fix typos.
  • Add option to reverse post edit order

1.0

  • Revised code
  • More AJAX action
  • Extensible auditors

0.3

  • Made work with different database prefixes

0.2

  • Added versioning history

0.1

  • Initial release

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