Jetpack vs WP Activity Log
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| Feature | Jetpack v16.3.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 3.7/5 Visit Details | WP Activity Log v5.6.8 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 3M+ | 300,000+ |
| Last updated | October 12, 2026 | October 20, 2026 |
| Editions | Jetpack · Jetpack paid plans ($) | WP Activity Log · WP Activity Log Premium ($) |
| Pros | Many modules in one plugin, each switched on separately; Brute-force protection and an image CDN without extra services; Contact form with Akismet spam checks and entries kept in admin | Full event log of user and site changes in the free edition; Retention settings and a dashboard widget for recent critical activity; Covers WooCommerce, Yoast, LearnDash, bbPress and WPForms events |
| Cons | Needs a WordPress.com connection to work fully; Usage tracking runs once the site is connected, with no separate toggle found; Paid plans gate some features, such as multi-step forms | Logs attacks but does not block them; Alerts, SMS, Slack, log mirroring and exports need the Premium edition |
| Mentioned in our posts | 7 | — |
| Features (Security plugins checklist) | ||
| Firewall | Yes | No |
| Malware scan | Yes | No |
| Login protection | Yes | No |
| Two-factor login | Yes | No |
| Activity log | Yes | Yes |
| Free version | Yes | Yes |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Site stats dashboard, Brute force login protection, Photon image CDN, Social sharing buttons, Related posts, Newsletter and blog subscriptions, XML sitemaps, VideoPress video hosting ($), Secure sign-on through WordPress.com | Sensors record user, content, plugin and theme events, Configurable log retention, Dashboard widget for recent critical activity, Limit who can view the log by user or role, Enable or disable individual event IDs, IP address lookup through WhatIsMyIpAddress.com, Email, SMS and Slack alerts (Premium) ($), Mirror the log to Syslog or Papertrail (Premium) ($), User session management (Premium) ($), Export the log to CSV or HTML (Premium) ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | PayPal ($) | — |
| MailPoet | — | |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | — | Yoast SEO, LearnDash, bbPress, WPForms |
| Other | Akismet, WordPress.com | Freemius, EDD licence store ($), Twilio ($), Slack ($) |
| Requires WordPress | 7.0 | 5.5 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1.3 |
| Phones home | Yes | Only if you agree |
| External services | jetpack.wordpress.com, api.bruteprotect.com, public-api.wordpress.com, www.sandbox.paypal.com, www.paypal.com, api-m.sandbox.paypal.com, api.paypal.com, v0.wordpress.com, videopress.com, widgets.wp.com, pixel.wp.com, subscribe.wordpress.com | proxytron.wpwhitesecurity.com, plugins.svn.wordpress.org, api.twilio.com |
| Blocks | 60 | — |
| Shortcodes | 60 | — |
| Custom tables | 1 | — |