Getting Started

Introduction

What helloLOG is and how it moves your WordPress activity log off your server.

helloLOG is a WordPress activity log: a plugin that watches logins, content edits, plugin and theme changes, WooCommerce orders, and 30+ other integrations, paired with a backend that stores the history so your WordPress database doesn't have to.

How it works

The plugin queues locally

Every tracked event is written to one small table in your WordPress database. Nothing else about the event stays in WordPress.

The queue drains off-site every 60 seconds

A scheduled job flushes the queue to the helloLOG backend roughly once a minute. Delivery retries with backoff; entries that keep failing move to a dead-letter state you can inspect and requeue.

The backend keeps the history

Events land in a database built for write-heavy audit data — chunked, compressed, and retained per your plan. Read them from the dashboard at app.hellolog.io, or, on paid plans, over the API and MCP.

Nothing here is instant to the second — the plugin batches on a schedule, so expect new events to show up within about a minute, not immediately.

Where to go next

Installation

Requirements and how to install the plugin.

Connect a site

Create an account, get a site key, and activate logging.

What gets logged

The full catalog of tracked events and integrations.