Title: Honeill Update Log Author: honeill Published: July 6, 2026 Last modified: July 6, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/honeill-update-log.svg) # Honeill Update Log By [honeill](https://profiles.wordpress.org/honeill/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/honeill-update-log.1.1.0.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/honeill-update-log/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/honeill-update-log/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/honeill-update-log/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/honeill-update-log/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/honeill-update-log/) ## 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 1. Upload the `honeill-update-log` folder to `/wp-content/plugins/`, or install the ZIP via Plugins Add New Upload Plugin. 2. Activate the plugin. Logging starts immediately. 3. View the log under **Tools Update Log**. ## FAQ ### Where is the log stored? 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? This version focuses on plugins. Theme and core support is a planned addition. ### Does it slow my site down? No. It only writes a row when a plugin event actually happens, and the log screen is admin-only. ### How long are entries kept? The most recent 5,000 entries are kept, and anything older than a year is pruned by a daily cleanup. ### Why does an update sometimes show “from” as blank? 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. ### Can someone wipe the log to hide what they did? 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' );` ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Honeill Update Log” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ honeill ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/honeill/) [Translate “Honeill Update Log” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/honeill-update-log) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/honeill-update-log/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/honeill-update-log/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/honeill-update-log/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/honeill-update-log/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## 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. ## Meta * Version **1.1.0** * Last updated **1 day ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 5.6 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.0** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Tags * [Activity Log](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/activity-log/)[audit log](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/audit-log/) [changelog](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/changelog/)[plugins](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/plugins/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/honeill-update-log/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/honeill-update-log/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/honeill-update-log/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ honeill ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/honeill/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? 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