Audit Trail
by John Godley · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 14 other plugins · 2.1M+ installs across the portfolio →
Audit Trail is a plugin to keep track of what is going on inside your blog by monitoring administration functions.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
D 41/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
20K+
≈20K estimated
Momentum
+30%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “admin”, “audit” and “diff” 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.
41 health vs 56 average across 5,897 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →16%
of downloads still active
At least 20K of 127.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,191 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39, well behind 6.8.
Details
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 3260 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.7.39; the current branch is 6.8
2.8★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.00★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3260 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| admin your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| audit your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| diff your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| log your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| version your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “admin”, “audit” and “diff” 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 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 719 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
9.9y ago
latest release · v1.3 · 11 Dec 2016
9
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 83% run the current release. 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 “20K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 42 days ago and the previous band took 7.8 years to cross, so the real count is still just over 20K.
At the current install trend, crossing 30K+ in roughly 167 days.
Install history since 1 Jul 2021
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Lembit Kivisik10.8y ago
As the title says: simple and useful.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mageguild12.1y ago
Good idea, but all it shows is that a user saved a post. It does not say which page or what was changed.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ phatjay12.9y ago
Author is using load_textdomain instead of load_plugin_textdomain function. This may break behavior of WordPress, because some filters and actions won’t be executed anymore.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ phatjay12.9y ago
Author is using load_textdomain instead of load_plugin_textdomain function. This may break behavior of WordPress, because some filters and actions won’t be executed anymore.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ toddleweb12.9y ago
Easy to get going quickly and monitors most things needed for a membership site. Like that its multisite and kept current to the latestWP release.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ phatjay12.9y ago
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Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 1.3 Switch to JSON when saving data Fix creation of database on activation 1.3
- — Version 1.2.4 Don’t include revisions in a post update log entry Track plugin activation/deactivation 1.2.4
- — Version 1.2.3 Fix ajax bugs introduced by 1.2.2 1.2.3
- — Version 1.2.2 Fix double-serialization of audit data Fix ignore user 0 to ignore all anonymous users Small code cleanup 1.2.2
- — Version 1.2.1 Refresh for WP 4 Italian translation by Massimiliano 1.2.1
- — Version 1.2 Fix pagination Add failed login auditing Experimental error_log() support to be used alongside fail2ban 1.2
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 89 languages, 10 at 90% or more · development strings
Plus 65 more locales with partial translations.
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
2 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Audit Trail is a plugin to keep track of what is going on inside your blog by monitoring administration fun..."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 1 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("Installation Instructions").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 2 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 902 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "diff" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-09-20 10K+ → 20K+ up after 2865 days in tier
- 2018-11-16 20K+ → 10K+ down after 684 days in tier
- 2017-01-01 30K+ → 20K+ down after 573 days in tier
- 2015-06-08 40K+ → 30K+ down
Competes with
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