10 Best WP Activity Log Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
WP Activity Log 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 WP Activity Log
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CleanTalk
Closest matchSpam protection, Honeypot, Anti-Spam by CleanTalk
4.8 (3,211) 200,000+ active installsTop-rated antispam for contact forms, comments, WooCommerce, eCommerce, and login. No CAPTCHAs, no friction, just background anti spam protection.
About half the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.7, last updated 5 days ago.
- 2
Events 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 4.7, last updated 11 days ago.
- 3
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, last updated 25 days ago.
- 4
MailPoet
Paid version availableMailPoet – Newsletters, Email Marketing, and Automation
4.4 (1,432) 500,000+ active installsSend beautiful newsletters from WordPress. Collect subscribers with signup forms, automate your emails for WooCommerce, blog post notifications & more
About 1.7 times the installs, rated 4.4 against 4.7, last updated 6 days ago.
- 5
Forminator Forms
Paid version availableForminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder
4.8 (2,121) 600,000+ active installsBest WordPress form builder plugin. Create contact forms, payment forms & order forms with 1000+ integrations.
About 2 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.7, last updated 11 days ago.
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4.9 (2,631) 900,000+ active installsGoogle Reviews Widget for WordPress. Display Google reviews in 1 minute with 45 professional layouts. Build trust, boost SEO, and increase sales.
About 3 times the installs, rated 4.9 against 4.7, last updated 3 days ago.
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Wordfence Security
Paid version availableWordfence Security – Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security
4.7 (4,992) 5 million+ active installsFirewall, Malware Scanner, Two Factor Auth, and Comprehensive Security Features, powered by our 24-hour team. Make security a priority with Wordfence.
About 17 times the installs, last updated 28 days ago.
- 8
4.8 (2,770) 7 million+ active installsAll-in-one unbeatable acceleration & PageSpeed improvement: caching, image/CSS/JS optimization...
About 23 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.7, last updated 5 days ago.
- 9
UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin
4.8 (8,637) 3 million+ active installsBackup, restore or migrate your WordPress website to another host or domain. Schedule backups or run manually. Migrate in minutes.
About 10 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.7, last updated 17 days ago.
- 10
Spectra Legacy – Gutenberg Blocks
4.7 (1,870) 1 million+ active installsGutenberg blocks for existing Spectra websites. Maintained, stable, and fully supported — no action needed on your part.
About 3.3 times the installs, last updated 12 days ago.
Switching from WP Activity Log: common questions
What is the best alternative to WP Activity Log?
CleanTalk is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 200,000+ active installs with a 4.8 out of 5 rating.
Which WP Activity Log alternative has the most users?
LiteSpeed Cache, with 7 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which WP Activity Log alternative is rated highest?
Widgets for Google Reviews, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 2,631 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these WP Activity Log 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 WP Activity Log 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 WP Activity Log 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
CleanTalk is the closest match to WP Activity Log by the data we track, and LiteSpeed Cache has the widest reach with 7 million+ active installs. Widgets for Google Reviews shipped the most recent release, on September 4, 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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