Simple History

Users can see what updates where made, what pages where published, what articles have been created, modified or deleted, and what attachments have been uploaded, modified or deleted.

Filters exist for seeing only certain type of changes.

The plugin adds a widget to the admin dashboard.

Installation:

Unpack and upload it to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.

What is new in this release:

• Added:
• Export! Now it's possible to export the events log to a JSON or CSV formatted file. It's your data so you should be able to export it any time you want or need. And now you can do that. You will find the export function in the Simple History settings page (Settings -> Simple History).
• Filter simple_history/add_custom_logger and function register_logger that together are used to load external custom loggers. See example-logger.php for usage example.
• Filter simple_history/header_initiator_use_you.
• Fixed:
• An undefined variable in get_avatar().
• When using HyperDB only one event was returned. Fixed by using adding NO_SELECT_FOUND_ROWS to the query. Should fix problems for users using HyperDB and also users using for example wpengine.com (that probably also is using HyperDB or a similar approach).
• Changed:
• Loggers now get default capability "manage_options" if they have no capability set.
• Misc internal cleanup.
• Removed:
• Filter simple_history/loggers_dir removed, because loggers are loaded from array instead of file listing generated from glob(). Should be (however to the eye non-noticable) faster.

What is new in version 2.0.30:

• Changed:
• Better compatibility with plugins like WP User Avatar.
• Updated:
• German translation update.

What is new in version 2.0.28:

• Changed:
• Better compatibility with plugins like WP User Avatar.
• Updated:
• German translation update.

What is new in version 2.0.21:

• Changed:
• Better compatibility with plugins like WP User Avatar.
• Updated:
• German translation update.

What is new in version 2.0.2:

• Fixed wrong number of arguments used in filter on RSS-feed.

What is new in version 1.3.5:

• Added a reload-button at top. Click it to reload the history. No need to refresh page no more.
• Fixed items being reloaded when just clicking the dropdown (not having selected anything yet).
• Fixed bug with keyboard navigation.

What is new in version 1.3.3:

• Capability for viewing settings changed from edit_pages to the more correct manage_options.

What is new in version 1.0.8:

• Added:
• Filter simple_history_allow_db_purge that is used to determine if the history should be purged/cleaned after 60 days or not. Return false and it will never be cleaned.
• Fixed:
• Fixed a security issue with the RSS feed. User who should not be able to view the feed could get access to it.

What is new in version 1.0.7:

• Fixed:
• Used a PHP shorthand opening tag at a place.
• Now loads scripts and styles over HTTPS, if that's being used.

What is new in version 1.0.5:

• Fixed:
• Some translation issues, including updated POT-file for translators.

What is new in version 0.6:

• Made the widget look a bit WordPress-ish by borrwing some of the looks from the comments widget.
• Fix for database that didn't use UTF-8
• Some security fixes
• Updated POT-file

What is new in version 0.5:

• Added author to RSS

What is new in version 0.4:

• Added:
• Now the user can search the history.
• Choose if to load/show more than just 5 rows from the history.

What is new in version 0.3.10:

• Added Chinese translation.
• Fixed a variable notice.
• More visible OK-message after setting a new RSS secret.

What is new in version 0.3.7:

• Directly after installation of Simple History you could view the history RSS feed without using any secret. Now a secret is automatically set during installation.

What is new in version 0.3.3:

• Moved JavaScript to own file.
• Added comments to the history, so now you can see who approved a comment (or unapproved, or marked as spam, or moved to trash, or restored from the trash).

What is new in version 0.3.2:

• Fixed PHP notice messages.

What is new in version 0.3.1:

• Forgot to escape HTML for posts.
• Reduced memory usage.
• Changes internal verbs for actions. some old history items may look a bit weird.
• Added RSS feed for recent changes - keep track of changes via your favorite RSS-reader.

What is new in version 0.3:

• The plugin shows now under dashboard (was previously under tools).
• Mouse over on date now display detailed date a bit faster
• Layout fixes to make it cooler, better, faster, stronger
• Multiple events of same type, performed on the same object, by the same user, are now grouped together. This way 30 edits on the same page does not end up with 30 rows in Simple History. Much better overview!
• The name of deleted items now show up, instead of "Unknown name" or similar
• Added support for plugins (who activated/deactivated what plugin)
• Support for third party history items. Use like this: simple_history_add("action=repaired&object_type=starship&object_name=USS Enterprise"); this would result in somehting like this: Starship "USS Enterprise" repaired by admin (John Doe), just now
• Capability edit_pages needed to show history.

Requirements:

• WordPress 3.8 or higher