{"id":5614,"date":"2018-08-08T19:30:51","date_gmt":"2018-08-08T14:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/?p=5614"},"modified":"2020-07-06T13:26:28","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T08:26:28","slug":"wp-security-audit-log-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-security-audit-log-review\/","title":{"rendered":"WP Security Audit Log Review \u2013 A Comprehensive Audit Trail Plugin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Is your website secure?<\/em>&nbsp;\u2013 This question is one of the most critical ones that you should ask yourself before launching a new website or taking over an old one. Because you have to stay on top of everything that is happening on&nbsp;your site.<\/p>\n<p>Programmers have always kept records of the events occurring in a system using an audit trail. It allows them to track changes, helps them to troubleshoot issues, and identify suspicious&nbsp;behavior.<\/p>\n<p>But nowadays an audit log has become the need of anyone who wants to keep track of the changes occurring on their website. It is almost impossible to track these changes manually because<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u23f3 It is time-consuming.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udd0d It is not possible to identify every bit&nbsp;of modifications done by a user of the website.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There is a range of plugins available for WordPress which help you keep an audit trail of your site. But the audit log is only as good as the details coming along with it. My first interaction with the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpsecurityauditlog.com\/?utm_source=WPCouple&amp;utm_medium=Partner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WP Security Audit Log<\/a> plugin was during the time I was searching such a plugin for my client.<\/p>\n<p>It has been a while now since <a href=\"https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wordpress-audit-logs\/\">we first reviewed the WP Security Audit Log<\/a>&nbsp;at WPCouple. Since then, I&#8217;m glad to share that this plugin has grown during all this time and has validated itself to be the best of the lot.<\/p>\n<p>After setting it up on my client&#8217;s site and using it for almost over a year, I am super excited to share my two cents and the progress of this plugin with you. So, let&#8217;s jump right in.<\/p>\n<h2>\ud83d\udc41\u200d\ud83d\udde8 WP Security Audit Log<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpsecurityauditlog.com\/?utm_source=WPCouple&amp;utm_medium=Partner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WP Security Audit Log<\/a> offers the most comprehensive audit log of&nbsp;a WordPress website. It is a <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-security-audit-log\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">free WordPress plugin<\/a> based on the Freemium model by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpwhitesecurity.com\/wordpress-security-services\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WP White Security<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>WP White Security is led by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/robertabela\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Abela<\/a> \u2013 WordPress Security Professional and Technical Blogger with over 15 years of experience in the IT industry \u2013 &amp; his team. His team rocks talented names like <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrAsharIrfan\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ashar Irfan<\/a> who is the&nbsp;Lead Developer and one of his strong pillars.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf1f <em>They recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpsecurityauditlog.com\/news\/2018-new-licensing-wp-security-audit-log-wordpress-plugin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">shifted their licensing model<\/a> from individual add-ons to packages based model.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"eckosc eckosc_full_width_block\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wpsecurityauditlog.com\/?utm_source=WPCouple&amp;utm_medium=Partner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5698\" src=\"https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-header-image.jpg\" alt=\"Wsal Header Image\" width=\"1440\" height=\"811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-header-image.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-header-image-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-header-image-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-header-image-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-header-image-1240x698.jpg 1240w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-header-image-860x484.jpg 860w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-header-image-680x383.jpg 680w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-header-image-500x282.jpg 500w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-header-image-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-header-image-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-header-image-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-header-image-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-header-image-76x43.jpg 76w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-header-image-50x28.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\ud83d\udc49&nbsp;There are nearly <strong>250+ WordPress events<\/strong> that can be logged with the help of this plugin. The included events are related to posts, custom post types, users, plugins, themes, menus, widgets, site settings, multisite, and third-party plugins including WooCommerce, BBPress, and Yoast SEO.<\/p>\n<div class=\"eckosc eckosc_contrast_block\"><div class=\"eckosc_contrast_block_inner\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">\ud83d\udd25<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpsecurityauditlog.com\/?utm_source=WPCouple&amp;utm_medium=Partner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WP Security Audit Log<\/a> currently <strong>monitors 70,000+ active websites<\/strong>, rocks <strong>900,000+ downloads<\/strong>, and <strong>a 4.7 stars rating<\/strong> at WordPress.org repository. It has also been recently added to the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/solution-center\/wp-security-audit-log\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">solution center of WP Engine<\/a><\/strong> under the section of security.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<h3>\ud83c\udf97 GDPR Compliance Ready<\/h3>\n<p>As of 25th May 2018, GDPR \u2013 General Data Protection Regulation \u2013 became enforceable on businesses dealing with EU citizens. The <strong>plugin also meets the GDPR compliance requirements<\/strong> and can be used on GDPR compliant websites. You can read more about it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpsecurityauditlog.com\/support-documentation\/wordpress-activity-log-gdpr-compliance\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">over here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>\u26a1\ufe0f Getting Started with WP Security Audit Log<\/h2>\n<p>As I mentioned earlier, WP Security Audit Log is a plugin based on the Freemium model. You can grab a <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-security-audit-log\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">free copy of the plugin from the WordPress repository<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpsecurityauditlog.com\/pricing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">buy the premium version of the plugin<\/a> from the plugin&#8217;s website. Let&#8217;s quickly set up the premium version of the plugin.<\/p>\n<h3>\u2192 Step #1<\/h3>\n<p>Log in to your WordPress website dashboard and navigate to&nbsp;<strong>Plugins &gt; Add New<\/strong>. Use the&nbsp;<strong>Upload Plugin<\/strong> button to upload the&nbsp;<em>zip file<\/em> of the plugin to your website and then activate the plugin.<\/p>\n<div class=\"eckosc eckosc_full_width_block\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wpsecurityauditlog.com\/?utm_source=WPCouple&amp;utm_medium=Partner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5705\" src=\"https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-step-1-install-plugin.jpg\" alt=\"Wsal Review Step 1 Install Plugin\" width=\"1440\" height=\"811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-step-1-install-plugin.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-step-1-install-plugin-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-step-1-install-plugin-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-step-1-install-plugin-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-step-1-install-plugin-1240x698.jpg 1240w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-step-1-install-plugin-860x484.jpg 860w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-step-1-install-plugin-680x383.jpg 680w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-step-1-install-plugin-500x282.jpg 500w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-step-1-install-plugin-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-step-1-install-plugin-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-step-1-install-plugin-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-step-1-install-plugin-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-step-1-install-plugin-76x43.jpg 76w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-step-1-install-plugin-50x28.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>\u2192 Step #2<\/h3>\n<p>Once you activate the plugin, it will redirect you to the <strong>plugin&#8217;s licensing page<\/strong>. Copy and paste the license key that you got after buying the premium package here and click on the&nbsp;<em>Agree &amp; Activate License \u2192&nbsp;<\/em>button.<\/p>\n<div class=\"eckosc eckosc_full_width_block\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5706\" src=\"https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-step-2-license-key.jpg\" alt=\"Wsal Review Step 2 License Key\" width=\"1440\" height=\"811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-step-2-license-key.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-step-2-license-key-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-step-2-license-key-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-step-2-license-key-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-step-2-license-key-1240x698.jpg 1240w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-step-2-license-key-860x484.jpg 860w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-step-2-license-key-680x383.jpg 680w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-step-2-license-key-500x282.jpg 500w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-step-2-license-key-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-step-2-license-key-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-step-2-license-key-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-step-2-license-key-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-step-2-license-key-76x43.jpg 76w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-step-2-license-key-50x28.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>\u2192 Step #3<\/h3>\n<p>After verifying your license key, it will redirect you to the <strong>Audit Log Page<\/strong>. The audit log of the website resides on this page. Here, you can view the events and their related parameters. The page also refreshes itself two times per minute to check if there is any new event in the audit log.<\/p>\n<div class=\"eckosc eckosc_full_width_block\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wpsecurityauditlog.com\/?utm_source=WPCouple&amp;utm_medium=Partner\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5700 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-auditlog-view.jpg\" alt=\"Wsal Review Auditlog View\" width=\"1440\" height=\"811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-auditlog-view.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-auditlog-view-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-auditlog-view-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-auditlog-view-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-auditlog-view-1240x698.jpg 1240w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-auditlog-view-860x484.jpg 860w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-auditlog-view-680x383.jpg 680w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-auditlog-view-500x282.jpg 500w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-auditlog-view-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-auditlog-view-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-auditlog-view-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-auditlog-view-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-auditlog-view-76x43.jpg 76w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-auditlog-view-50x28.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>You can view the details of a particular event by clicking on the &#8220;&#8230;&#8221; icon.<\/p>\n<div class=\"eckosc eckosc_full_width_block\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wpsecurityauditlog.com\/?utm_source=WPCouple&amp;utm_medium=Partner\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5699 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-auditlog-data-inspector.jpg\" alt=\"Wsal Review Auditlog Data Inspector\" width=\"1440\" height=\"811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-auditlog-data-inspector.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-auditlog-data-inspector-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-auditlog-data-inspector-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-auditlog-data-inspector-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-auditlog-data-inspector-1240x698.jpg 1240w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-auditlog-data-inspector-860x484.jpg 860w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-auditlog-data-inspector-680x383.jpg 680w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-auditlog-data-inspector-500x282.jpg 500w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-auditlog-data-inspector-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-auditlog-data-inspector-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-auditlog-data-inspector-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-auditlog-data-inspector-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-auditlog-data-inspector-76x43.jpg 76w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-auditlog-data-inspector-50x28.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>You will also find a new menu in the sidebar of the WordPress dashboard. This menu contains some important links related to the plugin.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u2705 <strong>Audit Log Viewer<\/strong> \u2013 View all of your website&#8217;s events here.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\uddc2 <strong>Enable\/Disable Events<\/strong> \u2013 You can <em>find, enable, and disable<\/em> 250+ events of this plugin on this page.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udea6 <strong>Settings<\/strong> \u2013 This is where you can manage the&nbsp;<em>General, Audit Log, File Integrity, and Exclude Objects<\/em> settings.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc65<strong> Logged In Users<\/strong> \u2013 This page allows you to <em>manage<\/em> the currently <em>logged in users<\/em> of your website.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udcca <strong>Reports<\/strong> \u2013 Here you can find the settings to immediately&nbsp;<em>generate or schedule<\/em> reports of the events that occur on your website.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udcee <strong>Email Notifications<\/strong> \u2013 This is where you can <em>add, enable, and disable email notifications<\/em> for the events generated on your website.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udcbe <strong>DB &amp; Integrations<\/strong> \u2013 WSAL is also capable of using an <em>external database<\/em> to <em>store, mirror, and archive<\/em> events and their related metadata.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83e\udd1d <strong>Help<\/strong> \u2013 This page contains a <em>setup video<\/em> to help you get started and some <em>useful links<\/em> related to support and documentation.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udcc4 <strong>Account<\/strong> \u2013 You can find your <em>account details<\/em> and other information related to the package that you bought from <a href=\"https:\/\/wpsecurityauditlog.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wpsecurityauditlog.com<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>\u260e\ufe0f <strong>Contact Us<\/strong> \u2013 If you need to contact the team of WSAL for any purpose, then you will find this page useful. This page will help you <em>submit your support query<\/em> within a matter of minutes.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udcb0 <strong>Pricing<\/strong> \u2013 You can <em>view, buy, and upgrade<\/em> your package of WSAL using this page. This page is an <em>all-in-one fully secured shop<\/em> for this plugin.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\u2699\ufe0f Settings<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpsecurityauditlog.com\/?utm_source=WPCouple&amp;utm_medium=Partner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WP Security Audit Log<\/a> comes along with loads of settings to help you manage the plugin. These settings are divided into <strong>four major categories.<\/strong> Let&#8217;s quickly review each category of the plugin.<\/p>\n<h3>\ud83d\udea6 General Settings<\/h3>\n<p>This tab contains the general settings of the plugin. You can pick which users or user roles can manage the plugin settings or&nbsp;choose to restrict the access of the plugin to only you. By default, all the admins \u2013 or super admins in case of a multisite \u2013 have access to the plugin.<\/p>\n<p>You can also hide the plugin from <strong>Dashboard &gt;<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Plugins<\/strong> page \u2013 in case you don&#8217;t want any other admins to disable the plugin. WSAL also gives you the ability to show a notification on the login page of your site. This option helps you maintain <em>GDPR compliance<\/em> on your site.<\/p>\n<div class=\"eckosc eckosc_contrast_block\"><div class=\"eckosc_contrast_block_inner\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wpsecurityauditlog.com\/?utm_source=WPCouple&amp;utm_medium=Partner\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/9JLoxxq.gif\" alt=\"WSAL Settings \u2013 General\" width=\"1164\" height=\"723\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<h3>\ud83d\udcdd Audit Log<\/h3>\n<p>This category contains settings related to the audit log of your site. Depending on the activity on your website, the audit log can quickly grow large. To cope with this situation,&nbsp;there is a <strong>retention setting<\/strong> available which can delete events after certain limits are crossed.<\/p>\n<p>You can choose the events&#8217; timestamp, the user information to display, and the columns you want to hide in the audit log table. You can also select specific users and user roles who can view the audit log using these settings.<\/p>\n<div class=\"eckosc eckosc_contrast_block\"><div class=\"eckosc_contrast_block_inner\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wpsecurityauditlog.com\/?utm_source=WPCouple&amp;utm_medium=Partner\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/K4jI06T.gif\" alt=\"WSAL Settings \u2013 Audit Log\" width=\"1165\" height=\"725\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<h3>\ud83c\udfa9 File Integrity Checks &amp; Warnings<\/h3>\n<p>WSAL announced this feature at the start of June this year. This feature is single-handedly capable of <em>detecting addition, modification, and removal of files<\/em> present on the web server of your WordPress site.<\/p>\n<p>After enabling this feature, you only need to select the frequency and the time of the scan. The dev team has split the whole WordPress server into seven significant pools, and the file integrity engine scans each repository at a time.<\/p>\n<p>While talking to the dev team of WSAL, they told us that they had split the server so that scan engine does not take much time &amp; resources to go through the server. There are also settings related to filter directories, files, and file types while running the scan.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc49&nbsp;<em>A&nbsp;Scan Now button is also available to run an instant scan of the website server.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"eckosc eckosc_contrast_block\"><div class=\"eckosc_contrast_block_inner\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wpsecurityauditlog.com\/?utm_source=WPCouple&amp;utm_medium=Partner\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/HQHcAtJ.gif\" alt=\"WSAL Settings \u2013 File Changes\" width=\"1165\" height=\"724\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<h3>\u26a0\ufe0f Exclude Objects<\/h3>\n<p>This section contains exclude settings related to events. You can choose to exclude events if they include one or more of the following objects:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83d\udc65 Users<\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;\ud83d\udde3 User Roles<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udcbc Meta\/Custom Fields<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf0e IP Addresses<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udccb Post Types<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udd17 Non-Existing URL(s)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"eckosc eckosc_contrast_block\"><div class=\"eckosc_contrast_block_inner\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wpsecurityauditlog.com\/?utm_source=WPCouple&amp;utm_medium=Partner\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/APftG1K.gif\" alt=\"WSAL Settings \u2013 Excluded Objects\" width=\"1159\" height=\"720\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<h2>\ud83d\udce6 Premium Version of WP Security Audit Log<\/h2>\n<p>WSAL used to have a few premium add-ons which \u2013 after the release of version 3.0 \u2013 they combined these add-ons to form a premium version of the plugin. Now you can buy three types of premium versions from them, <strong>Starter, Professional, and Business<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"eckosc eckosc_full_width_block\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wpsecurityauditlog.com\/?utm_source=WPCouple&amp;utm_medium=Partner\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5703 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-pricing.jpg\" alt=\"Wsal Review Pricing\" width=\"1440\" height=\"811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-pricing.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-pricing-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-pricing-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-pricing-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-pricing-1240x698.jpg 1240w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-pricing-860x484.jpg 860w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-pricing-680x383.jpg 680w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-pricing-500x282.jpg 500w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-pricing-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-pricing-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-pricing-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-pricing-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-pricing-76x43.jpg 76w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-pricing-50x28.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>1\ufe0f\u20e3 Starter Package<\/h3>\n<p>The starter package of the plugin includes <strong>two premium add-ons<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h4>\ud83d\udd26 Search<\/h4>\n<p>This module allows you to s<strong>earch your audit log using a combination of filters and search term<\/strong>. You can also save your searches for your ease of use or future reference.<\/p>\n<div class=\"eckosc eckosc_contrast_block\"><div class=\"eckosc_contrast_block_inner\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wpsecurityauditlog.com\/?utm_source=WPCouple&amp;utm_medium=Partner\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/BrsUzsn.gif\" alt=\"WSAL Premium \u2013 Search\" width=\"1165\" height=\"716\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<h4>\ud83d\udcee&nbsp;Email Notifications<\/h4>\n<p>It is one of the essential add-ons of WSAL. It enables a user to create <strong>conditions or group conditions to verify<\/strong> that an event occurred on a website and sent an email notification about it to the user.<\/p>\n<p>To create an email notification, browse to&nbsp;<strong>Audit Log &gt; Email Notifications<\/strong> and click on the&nbsp;<strong>Add New&nbsp;<\/strong>button. Then \u2013 using the&nbsp;<em>Add Trigger<\/em> button \u2013 add conditions that will match your criteria to send you an email notification.<\/p>\n<p>For example, if you want to be notified everytime an author logs in to your site,<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\u2705 Click on the&nbsp;Add Trigger button.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf9f Select <em>EVENT CODE<\/em>&nbsp;from the first select box and enter <em>1000<\/em> in the input after the comparison select box.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udca5 After that, add another trigger using Add Trigger button.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc64 Select <em>USER ROLE<\/em> in the new trigger and then select AUTHOR.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udcc7 Enter the email address that you want to notify after the triggers and hit the&nbsp;<em>Add Notification<\/em> button.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"eckosc eckosc_full_width_block\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wpsecurityauditlog.com\/?utm_source=WPCouple&amp;utm_medium=Partner\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5701 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-email-notifications.jpg\" alt=\"Wsal Review Email Notifications\" width=\"1440\" height=\"811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-email-notifications.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-email-notifications-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-email-notifications-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-email-notifications-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-email-notifications-1240x698.jpg 1240w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-email-notifications-860x484.jpg 860w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-email-notifications-680x383.jpg 680w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-email-notifications-500x282.jpg 500w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-email-notifications-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-email-notifications-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-email-notifications-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-email-notifications-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-email-notifications-76x43.jpg 76w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-email-notifications-50x28.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>2\ufe0f\u20e3 Professional Package<\/h3>\n<p>This package contains everything a starter package contains and three other modules which combines to make a complete solution to monitor your WordPress site.<\/p>\n<h4>\ud83d\udcca Reports<\/h4>\n<p>This module allows you to <strong>configure reports<\/strong> related to the events that occur on your website. Once the reports are scheduled, they are automatically delivered according to the selected frequency of the report \u2013 <em>Daily, Weekly, Monthly, and Quarterly.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"eckosc eckosc_contrast_block\"><div class=\"eckosc_contrast_block_inner\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wpsecurityauditlog.com\/?utm_source=WPCouple&amp;utm_medium=Partner\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/psCeaoh.gif\" alt=\"WSAL Premium \u2013 Reports\" width=\"1163\" height=\"724\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<h4>\ud83d\udcbe DB &amp; Integrations<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpsecurityauditlog.com\/?utm_source=WPCouple&amp;utm_medium=Partner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WP Security Audit Log<\/a> plugin uses <strong>custom tables<\/strong> to store events and their metadata. This feature enables you to store your events in a custom database remotely on another server. You can also set databases to mirror and archive the events in separate databases.<\/p>\n<div class=\"eckosc eckosc_contrast_block\"><div class=\"eckosc_contrast_block_inner\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wpsecurityauditlog.com\/?utm_source=WPCouple&amp;utm_medium=Partner\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/kZVfbfL.gif\" alt=\"WSAL Premium \u2013 DB &amp; Integrations\" width=\"1162\" height=\"721\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<h4>\ud83d\udc65 Users&#8217; Sessions Management<\/h4>\n<p>Sessions Management gives you the ability to control and manage users&#8217;&nbsp;sessions on your website. You can terminate a session at any time. You can also set the rules to allow multiple user sessions \u2013 allow, block, or override multiple user sessions.<\/p>\n<p>There are also a bunch of other options available that makes the task of user sessions management a piece of cake.<\/p>\n<div class=\"eckosc eckosc_full_width_block\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wpsecurityauditlog.com\/?utm_source=WPCouple&amp;utm_medium=Partner\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5704 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-sessions-management.jpg\" alt=\"Wsal Review Sessions Management\" width=\"1440\" height=\"811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-sessions-management.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-sessions-management-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-sessions-management-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-sessions-management-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-sessions-management-1240x698.jpg 1240w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-sessions-management-860x484.jpg 860w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-sessions-management-680x383.jpg 680w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-sessions-management-500x282.jpg 500w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-sessions-management-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-sessions-management-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-sessions-management-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-sessions-management-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-sessions-management-76x43.jpg 76w, https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-sessions-management-50x28.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>3\ufe0f\u20e3 Business Package<\/h3>\n<p>Like the previous package, this one also contains everything that is a part of a professional package. The other three features that make this a complete business package are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83d\udcde Setup Consultation Call<\/li>\n<li>1\ufe0f\u20e3 Priority Support<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf93 Personal Success Manager<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\ud83d\ude80 Integration with MainWP<\/h2>\n<p>WSAL released another update <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpsecurityauditlog.com\/releases\/3-2-2-mainwp-integration\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">announcing support for MainWP<\/a>&nbsp;last month. For those of you who don&#8217;t know, MainWP is a WordPress plugin which allows its users to manage multiple WordPress sites from a single dashboard.<\/p>\n<h2>\ud83e\udd11 Membership Discount<\/h2>\n<p>Robert Abela was kind enough to let us know that the exclusive discount coupon for WPCouple readers from last year still works.&nbsp;Just use the coupon code <strong>WPCOUPLE25P<\/strong> at checkout to <strong>avail 25% discount on the premium packages.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>\ud83d\ude4c Final Words!<\/h2>\n<p>Robert and his team have put a lot of efforts into transforming their plugin into a complete audit log solution. The number of features offered by WSAL alone makes it a far more sophisticated plugin than any other plugin available in the market.<\/p>\n<p>The plugin can be used by a vast range of people provided how easy this plugin makes the users see the details of an event on their website. That&#8217;s why I&#8217;d say that this plugin is worth a shot for those who want to keep a close watch on the security of their website.<\/p>\n<p><em>That\u2019s pretty much it! Do you have any experience of using WP Security Audit Log or any other audit log plugin? Would you like to share your experience with me? Please leave your comments in the section below. \u2193<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Peace! \u270c\ufe0f<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been a while now since we first reviewed the WP Security Audit Log\u00a0at WPCouple. Since then, I&#8217;m glad to share that this plugin has grown during all this time and has validated itself to be the best of the lot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5702,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[112,26,27],"coauthors":[230],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wsal-review-featured-image.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5614"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5614"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5761,"href":"https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5614\/revisions\/5761"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/5702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5614"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedevcouple.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=5614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}