Ambiscale Activity Manager
by Ambiscale · Security
Also makes 1 other plugin · 80+ installs across the portfolio →
Monitor your website by logging all activities - from user behavior to system-level changes - giving you complete visibility directly from dashboard.
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Health
A 86/100
Few reviews
Active installs
80+
≈80 estimated
Momentum
-33%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: One page off on “activity”. #16 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
86 health vs 66 average across 1,777 Security plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.2%
of downloads still active
At least 80 of 2.5K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Security plugin keeps 1.4%, across 1,060 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Security plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 5 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 4 reviews to 2026-03-25Reviewers are consistently happy, calling out the flat-file logging that keeps sites fast and detailed, filterable logs that make it easy to see who changed what.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 58 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.17★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
45
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
29%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
+1.1
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| activity your tag | #16 | #21 | up 4 |
| activity monitor | #11 | #22 | 0 |
| site activity | #22 | #23 | — |
| activity logs | #24 | #23 | 0 |
| plugin activity | #24 | #23 | down 2 |
| history your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| logs your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| monitoring your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| security your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
11 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 5 listed. 6 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- One page off on “activity”. #16 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- “history”, “logs” and “monitoring” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Jul 2025 · 485 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 366 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #17,400 to #18,100, alongside the other plugins at 80+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
5
releases in the last 12 months
2mo ago
latest release · v1.3.0 · 4 Sep 2026
8
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “80+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 80.
At the current install trend, crossing 90+ in roughly 616 days.
Install history since 4 Jul 2025
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ MarcinGaw7mo ago
Very convenient, all changes logged in one place. No more digging around the panel if something breaks. Helpful to quickly spot the problem, fix and move on – saves a lot of time.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ joannajelenik8mo ago
We have many people managing content and it’s great to help you clearly see who changed what and when. The logs are detailed enough to be useful without becoming a mess. Log filtering is very useful – we can quickly find what we need. It’s gold if something glitches, cause you can go straight to the solution, without losing time to find the cause of a problem.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Piotr9mo ago
Most activity trackers dump everything into custom DB tables or wp_options, which quickly becomes a nightmare for performance on high-traffic sites. I love that this plugin handles logging via flat files instead. You get full auditability without sacrificing TTFB or database speed. It’s clean, lightweight, and doesn’t add technical debt to the project. Exactly what we needed for our larger WooCommerce and headless builds. Highly recommended if you care about performance.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Magdalena Ślęzak9mo ago
Provides complete transparency and peace of mind for any site administrator. This topic was modified 5 months, 2 weeks ago by Magdalena Ślęzak.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
7 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Monitor your website by logging all activities - from user behavior to system-level changes - giving you co..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 9 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 8 of 9 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, Contact Form 7, Yoast, WP-CLI.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 1 list.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,164 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "history", "security" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-27 60+ → 80+ up after 44 days in tier
- 2026-09-13 50+ → 60+ up after 13 days in tier
- 2026-08-31 60+ → 50+ down after 24 days in tier
- 2026-08-07 70+ → 60+ down after 28 days in tier
- 2026-07-10 80+ → 70+ down after 10 days in tier
- 2026-06-30 70+ → 80+ up after 38 days in tier
- 2026-05-23 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-22 70+ → 80+ up after 4 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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MainWP Child – Securely Connects to the MainWP Dashboard to Manage Multiple Sites 700K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Simple History – Track, Log, and Audit WordPress Changes 300K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
Modular DS: Monitor, update, and backup multiple websites 40K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
DecaLog 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
Wordfence Security – Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security 5M+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Hostinger Tools 3M+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag B
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