How Can I Get A Digest Of The WordPress Activity Logs Via Email?

WP Activity Log can be configured to send a daily and/or weekly digest email that highlights what happened on your WordPress site or multisite network the day or week before. This KB entry details what information is included in the highlight emails, how to enable or disable them, and how to configure who the emails are sent to.

When is the activity log digest email sent?

The daily WordPress activity log digest email is sent every day at midnight. The weekly email, on the other hand, is sent on Sunday at midnight.

What information is included in the daily activity log digest email?

Below is a list of activity log highlights that are included in the emails:

• Users logins and their IP addresses
• List of failed logins and from where they originated
• Users password changes
• List of new users created on the site
• List of user role changes
• Multisite network activity
• Plugin-related activity 
• System settings changes
• Content and post changes

You can choose which event types are included in the email. We’ll cover this in the next section.

Configuring the daily activity log digest email

The email is disabled by default. To enable it, first, navigate to WP Activity Log > Notifications > Activity log highlights.

Head to the Daily Activity log highlights email section and enable the Send me a summary email of what happens every day by moving the slider to the right.

Email address: By default, the email is sent to the address configured in the Notifications settings. However, you can change the email address by replacing the address in the Email address field. You can also add additional email addresses, separated by commas.

Send empty summary emails: By default, if there are no events to report, WP Activity Log will not send the daily activity log highlights email. To start receiving emails anyway, move the slider next to Send empty summary emails to the right.

Configuring the weekly activity log digest email

Head to the Weekly Activity log highlights email section and enable the Send me a summary email of what happens every day by moving the slider to the right.

Email address: By default, the email is sent to the address configured in the Notifications settings. However, you can change the email address by replacing the address in the Email address field. You can also add additional email addresses, separated by commas.

Send empty summary emails: By default, if there are no events to report, WP Activity Log will not send the daily activity log highlights email. To start receiving emails anyway, move the slider next to Send empty summary emails to the right.

More configuration options

Include events: Select this option if you want to include individual events in the highlights email.

Number of events to include: Choose the number of events to include in the email.

• Last 10 events: Choose this option to include the last 10 events for each category individually.
• All of the events: Choose this option to include all of the events for each category individually.

Once ready, remember to click on Save Notifications for changes to take effect.

Activity Log Highlight Email Example

Below is an example of an activity log highlight email sent by WP Activity Log .