10 Best Simple History Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Simple History has 300,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Simple History
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Events Manager
Closest matchEvents Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, and more!
4.2 (548) 60,000+ active installsEvents calendar with bookings, scheduling, appointments, event registration, tickets, recurring events, and venue management.
About a quarter of the installs, rated 4.2 against 4.9, last updated 11 days ago.
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4.7 (488) 300,000+ active installsThe #1 user-rated activity log plugin for event logging, activity monitoring and change tracking.
Shares the event log, history, user tracking tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, rated 4.7 against 4.9, last updated 13 days ago.
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Newsletter
Paid version availableNewsletter – Send awesome emails from WordPress
4.6 (1,204) 200,000+ active installsAn email marketing tool for your blog: subscription forms to create your lists with unlimited subscribers and newsletters.
About half the installs, rated 4.6 against 4.9, last updated 19 days ago.
- 4
All-In-One Security (AIOS) – Security and Firewall
4.7 (1,715) 1 million+ active installsProtect your website investment with All-In-One Security (AIOS) – a comprehensive and easy to use security plugin designed especially for WordPress.
About 3.3 times the installs, rated 4.7 against 4.9, last updated 25 days ago.
- 5
SureForms – Contact Form Builder, AI Forms, Payment Form, Survey & Quiz
4.9 (91) 500,000+ active installsAI form generator and WordPress form builder for contact and Stripe payment forms, with surveys and quizzes in SureForms Business.
About 1.7 times the installs, last updated 5 days ago.
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Stream – Activity Log & Audit Trail
4.3 (76) 80,000+ active installsReal-time activity log and audit log for WordPress. Track every user action — logins, edits, plugin & settings changes — and get alerts.
Shares the audit log, event log, user tracking tags on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, rated 4.3 against 4.9, last updated 7 days ago.
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Revive Social – Social Media Auto Post and Scheduling Automation Plugin
4.0 (557) 20,000+ active installsAutomatically share your WordPress posts on multiple social networks like Facebook, X (Twitter), LinkedIn, Instagram and more.
20,000+ installs against 300,000+, rated 4.0 against 4.9, last updated 18 days ago.
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4.9 (82) 8,000+ active installsWith this lightweight plugin you can create an event list.
8,000+ installs against 300,000+, last updated 19 days ago.
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Eventin – Event Calendar, Tickets, Registration, Booking & WooCommerce
4.7 (397) 10,000+ active installsEvent calendar plugin for event registration, event tickets, bookings, RSVP, recurring and virtual events with WooCommerce and Zoom (AI-powered).
10,000+ installs against 300,000+, rated 4.7 against 4.9, last updated 11 days ago.
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AI Puffer – Chat. Create. Automate. (formerly AI Power)
4.6 (165) 10,000+ active installsChat. Create. Automate.
10,000+ installs against 300,000+, rated 4.6 against 4.9, last updated 2 days ago.
Switching from Simple History: common questions
What is the best alternative to Simple History?
Events Manager is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 60,000+ active installs with a 4.2 out of 5 rating.
Which Simple History alternative has the most users?
Security and Firewall, with 1 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Simple History alternative is rated highest?
SureForms, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 91 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Simple History alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Simple History score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Simple History on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Events Manager is the closest match to Simple History by the data we track, and Security and Firewall has the widest reach with 1 million+ active installs. AI Puffer shipped the most recent release, on September 5, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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