WP Activity Log vs WPS Hide Login
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| Feature | WP Activity Log v5.6.8 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | WPS Hide Login v1.9.19 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 300,000+ | 2M+ |
| Last updated | October 20, 2026 | August 13, 2026 |
| Editions | WP Activity Log · WP Activity Log Premium ($) | WPS Hide Login |
| Pros | Full event log of user and site changes in the free edition; Retention settings and a dashboard widget for recent critical activity; Covers WooCommerce, Yoast, LearnDash, bbPress and WPForms events | Moves the login page to a custom URL with no core file changes; Restores the standard login when deactivated; Supports multisite network settings |
| Cons | Logs attacks but does not block them; Alerts, SMS, Slack, log mirroring and exports need the Premium edition | Hiding the URL is not a substitute for login rate limiting; Forgotten login URLs lock editors out until the plugin is disabled; Maintained without guaranteed free support |
| Features (Security plugins checklist) | ||
| Firewall | No | No |
| Malware scan | No | No |
| Login protection | No | Yes |
| Two-factor login | No | No |
| Activity log | Yes | No |
| Free version | Yes | Yes |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Sensors record user, content, plugin and theme events, Configurable log retention, Dashboard widget for recent critical activity, Limit who can view the log by user or role, Enable or disable individual event IDs, IP address lookup through WhatIsMyIpAddress.com, Email, SMS and Slack alerts (Premium) ($), Mirror the log to Syslog or Papertrail (Premium) ($), User session management (Premium) ($), Export the log to CSV or HTML (Premium) ($) | Custom login URL slug, Custom redirect page for blocked wp-admin visitors, Blocks direct access to wp-login.php and wp-admin, Network settings on multisite, Site Health test for the login URL |
| Integrations | ||
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Plugins | Yoast SEO, LearnDash, bbPress, WPForms | — |
| Other | Freemius, EDD licence store ($), Twilio ($), Slack ($) | — |
| Requires WordPress | 5.5 | 4.1 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.0 |
| Tested up to | 7.1.3 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | No |
| External services | proxytron.wpwhitesecurity.com, plugins.svn.wordpress.org, api.twilio.com | — |