Description
Honeill Update Log keeps a tidy record of everything that happens to the plugins on your site, so you always know what changed and when — invaluable when a site breaks right after an update, or when several people manage the same install.
For every event it records:
- the date and time,
- the plugin name and folder/file,
- the event — installed, updated, activated, deactivated, or deleted,
- the version (and, for updates, the version it came from and went to),
- whether it succeeded,
- and who did it (or “Auto-update / system” for unattended updates).
View the log under Tools Update Log, filter by event type, page through it, and export the whole thing to CSV. Old entries are pruned automatically.
Unlike the big all-in-one activity loggers, this does one thing: plugin lifecycle events, lightweight and exportable.
Privacy / data
Everything is stored in a single custom table in your own database. The plugin makes no external connections and sends no data anywhere. It records the WordPress display name (or login) of the user who performed each action, purely for your own audit trail.
Installation
- Upload the
honeill-update-logfolder to/wp-content/plugins/, or install the ZIP via Plugins Add New Upload Plugin. - Activate the plugin. Logging starts immediately.
- View the log under Tools Update Log.
FAQ
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Where is the log stored?
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In a custom table (
{prefix}_honeill_update_log) in your site’s database. Deleting the plugin removes that table. -
Does it log theme or WordPress core updates?
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This version focuses on plugins. Theme and core support is a planned addition.
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Does it slow my site down?
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No. It only writes a row when a plugin event actually happens, and the log screen is admin-only.
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How long are entries kept?
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The most recent 5,000 entries are kept, and anything older than a year is pruned by a daily cleanup.
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Why does an update sometimes show “from” as blank?
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The previous version is captured just before an update runs. For a brand-new install (or if the plugin was added before this plugin was active) there is no earlier version to record.
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Can someone wipe the log to hide what they did?
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Clearing is limited to administrators (super admins on multisite), and every clear writes a “Log cleared” entry recording who did it — so it can’t be done silently. To disable clearing completely, add:
add_filter( 'honeill_update_log_can_clear', '__return_false' );
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Changelog
1.1.0
- Hardened “Clear log”: administrators only (super admins on multisite), the clear is itself logged so it can’t be done silently, and it can be disabled via the honeill_update_log_can_clear filter.
- Added a “Log cleared” event type, shown in the log and the events filter.
- Branded the admin menu label (Tools Honeill Update Log), tidied the plugin description, and resolved Plugin Check warnings on the plugin’s own custom-table queries.
1.0.0
- Initial release: logs plugin install, update (from/to version), activate, deactivate and delete, with user, timestamp and success. Tools screen with filtering, pagination, CSV export and daily auto-prune.