Best activity plugins for WordPress
The most popular activity plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Simple History leads with 300K+ active installs, ahead of BuddyPress Group Email Subscription (1K+) and Counter-Hits (1K+). All 103 plugins tagged “activity” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 activity plugins
- 1.Simple History
The most installed activity plugin, with 300K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 492 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 2.BuddyPress Group Email Subscription
1K+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 32 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 3.
Counter-Hits1K+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 4.
BuddyPress Edit Activity700+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 17 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.
- 5.
Wbcom Designs600+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 10 reviews, updated 4 days ago.
- 6.
Track, Analyze & Optimize by WP Tao500+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 17 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 7.
Wbcom Designs400+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 19 reviews, updated 4 days ago.
- 8.
History Log by click5300+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.3.14.
- 9.
WP User Activity200+ active installs. Rated 3.3 from 8 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 10.Plainview Activity Monitor
100+ active installs. Rated 3.6 from 12 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
All 103 plugins tagged “activity”
Simple History
#175by Pär Thernström22 days ago
Track changes and user activities on your WordPress site. See who created a page, uploaded an attachment, and more, for a complete audit trail.
- Installs
- 300K+
- Rating
- 4.9(492)
- Downloads
- 4.5K/day
BuddyPress Group Email Subscription
Down in the last 7 days:25#6,291by Boone Gorges2 years ago
This powerful plugin allows users to receive email notifications of group activity. Weekly or daily digests are available.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.0(32)
- Downloads
- 26/day

Counter-Hits
Down in the last 7 days:24#6,455by wpgear9 months ago
A simple, easy, fast, adaptive, local, objective counter to visit your site.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 12/day

BuddyPress Edit Activity
Down in the last 7 days:28#7,754by Syed Balkhi6 years ago
BuddyPress Edit Activity allows your members to edit their activity posts on the front-end of your BuddyPress-powered site.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 4.6(17)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Wbcom Designs
Down in the last 7 days:30#8,473by wbcomdesigns4 days ago
Show the BuddyPress activity stream, members directory and groups directory on any post or page, with shortcodes or Elementor widgets.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 4.6(10)
- Downloads
- 23/day

Track, Analyze & Optimize by WP Tao
Down in the last 7 days:53#8,560by Michal Jaworski1 year ago
Track website visitors, log and analyze their behavior and increase your sales using WP Tao – a powerful, easy-to-use WordPress tracking plugin.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 4.9(17)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Wbcom Designs
Down in the last 7 days:28#9,950by wbcomdesigns4 days ago
Add a Share button to BuddyPress activity so members can post it to Facebook, X, LinkedIn, Pinterest, WhatsApp or email.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.2(19)
- Downloads
- 12/day

History Log by click5
Down in the last 7 days:97#10,217by click53 years ago
Best WordPress plugin to track user activity and log changes on your website.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 6/day

WP User Activity
Up in the last 7 days:52#11,532by John James Jacoby23 days ago
Log, sort, and filter user activity in WordPress.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.3(8)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Plainview Activity Monitor
Up in the last 7 days:54#13,485by edward_plainview8 years ago
Real-time monitoring of users, content, functionality, appearance, security, and updates.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.6(12)
- Downloads
- 11/day
BuddyPress Activity Autoloader
Down in the last 7 days:132#14,282by BuddyDev7 years ago
BuddyPress Activity Autoloader plugin autoload activities when a user reaches at the bottom of the page. It just simulates facebook like infinite acti …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
BuddyPress Activity Privacy
Down in the last 7 days:28#14,322by meg@info11 years ago
BuddyPress Activity Privacy plugin add a privacy level to activity stream component.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.7(23)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Activity Link Preview For BuddyPress
Down in the last 7 days:336#14,395by Varun Dubey5 days ago
BuddyPress activity link preview displays image, title and description from websites when links are shared in activity posts.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.0(5)
- Downloads
- 10/day

Wbcom Designs
Down in the last 7 days:547#16,457by Varun Dubey5 days ago
Show ads inside the BuddyPress activity stream. No longer actively developed: new sites should use WB Ad Manager.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 19/day

Wbcom Designs
Up in the last 7 days:58#17,009by wbcomdesigns5 days ago
Let BuddyPress and BuddyBoss members add a place to activity posts, keep a map of where they have been, and set a profile location.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 3.5(11)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Wbcom Designs
Up in the last 7 days:76#17,523by wbcomdesigns5 days ago
Let members post activity updates from any page. Add the Post From Anywhere block or the [bppfa_postform] shortcode where you want the form.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Ambiscale Activity Manager
Down in the last 7 days:4#17,596by Ambiscale2 months ago
Monitor your website by logging all activities - from user behavior to system-level changes - giving you complete visibility directly from dashboard.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 6/day

Re-post Activity for BuddyPress
Up in the last 7 days:110#17,642by Bunty2 months ago
Re-Post an Activity from activity stream. Re-post an activity to your group and personal activity.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Block for Strava
Up in the last 7 days:543#18,070by Konstantin Obenland2 months ago
Add your Strava activities, routes, and segments to any post or page with a single block.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day

BuddyPress Favorite Notification
#18,304by Varun Dubey5 days ago
Notify BuddyPress members when someone favorites their activity or comment, with realtime popups and email alerts.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Activity Feed Anywhere For BuddyBoss
Down in the last 7 days:254#19,157by Digitalera AB1 year ago
Activity Feed Anywhere For BuddyBoss adds a native BuddyBoss activity post box and/or feed on any page.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Fabrica Dashboard
Down in the last 7 days:47#19,316by Yes We Work1 month ago
Replaces the default Dashboard to provide a much better overview of your content and activity as soon as you log in. Requires no configuration.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
NextCellent Simple History
Up in the last 7 days:105#19,317by niknetniko10 years ago
Add Simple History integration for NextCellent.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
HashBuddy
Down in the last 7 days:89#19,437by modemlooper12 years ago
Hashtags for WordPress, BuddyPress and bbPress. Adds hashtag links to BuddyPress activity and bbPress topics. Hashtags turn into links that are used t …
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 4.8(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
BuddyPress Activity Comment Notifier
Down in the last 7 days:314#20,810by Brajesh Singh9 years ago
BuddyPress Activity Comment Notifier plugin emulates the facebook style notification for the comments made on user activity.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 4.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
BuddyPress Wall
#22,410by meg@info11 years ago
BuddyPress Wall (BP-Wall) turn your Buddypress Activity Component to an activity stream similar to a Facebook “Wall”.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 3.4(13)
- Downloads
- 0/day
BuddyPress Social
Up in the last 7 days:104#22,572by nit3watch13 years ago
Bringing social engagement to Buddypress - let your community share to their hearts content all while promoting your website to social networks.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 2.9(8)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Log Action
Up in the last 7 days:879#24,415by webheadcoder1 year ago
Add error or debug logging in your code and leave it there. Logs will only be recorded with this plugin, otherwise will be ignored.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 4/day
BuddyPress Block Activity Stream Types
Down in the last 7 days:465#24,620by rich! @ etiviti15 years ago
This plugin will "block" an activity record from being saved to the stream/database. Such as new member registration, joining groups, friend …
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Pinned Feed Notices
#26,375by The WP Garden1 month ago
Pin announcements to the top of the BuddyPress or BuddyBoss activity feed. Target them by member type and let members dismiss them.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
BuddyPress Sticker
Down in the last 7 days:58#26,402by aghajoon10 years ago
BuddyPress stickers Allow Users to add stickers in activity posts and message by clicking on icons
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 4.6(10)
- Downloads
- 0/day

BP Activity Share
#26,638by Sanket Parmar9 years ago
Using BP Activity Share plugin you can share any activity locally like we share any post in FaceBook.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 4.0(9)
- Downloads
- 0/day

BP Profile Status
#27,437by Sanket Parmar9 years ago
Using BP Profile Status plugin you can set status in your BuddyPress Profile.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
BP MPO Activity Filter
Up in the last 7 days:81#27,543by Boone Gorges3 years ago
When using More Privacy Options, this plugin removes items from BP activity streams according to user roles.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Activity Plus Styling for BuddyPress
#28,291by Maksym Marko2 months ago
Additional CSS styles for the Buddypress Activity Plus plugin.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 2.5(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day

BP Add Post Updates to Activity
Down in the last 7 days:149#28,571by Venutius2 years ago
This plugin adds post updates (revisions) to the BuddyPress Activity Stream, other post-types are selectable, as is the minimum time before re-updatin …
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 3.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
MH User Activity Monitor
Up in the last 7 days:808#29,099by Mailhilfe4 months ago
Live monitoring for WordPress visitors, users, WooCommerce carts, bots and suspicious requests with privacy-friendly options.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
BP Searchable Activity
Down in the last 7 days:473#31,207by BuddyDev8 years ago
BuddyPress Searchable Activity allows users to search BuddyPress Activity
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
bbPress Activity Tracker
Down in the last 7 days:1,600#31,481by Ankit Pokhrel11 years ago
Track bbPress Forum Activities. Never miss a single thread.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Activity Logs
Up in the last 7 days:341#32,777by tbuteler13 years ago
A WordPress plugin which logs and displays relevant activity within your blog or network.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 2/day
DM User Tracking
Down in the last 7 days:755#33,277by digmedia13 years ago
An extensive, customisable, fully featured user tracking plugin.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 2.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

BP Template Overloader
Up in the last 7 days:1,019#33,356by Venutius2 years ago
This plugin is designed to simplify, improve and make the management of BuddyPress Template Overloads more accessible.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
BuddyPress Activity Stream Hashtags
Up in the last 7 days:12,880#34,135by rich! @ etiviti15 years ago
This plugin will convert #hashtags references to a link (activity search page) posted within the activity stream
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
BP Import Blog Activity
Up in the last 7 days:2,466#36,124by Boone Gorges14 years ago
Updates BuddyPress activity streams with missing blog comments and posts
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
ultimate activity bbpress
Up in the last 7 days:8,386#36,576by Marcos Robles10 years ago
get the latest activity of your bbpress forum and configure it! - Obtenga la más reciente actividad de su foro bbPress y configurela a su gusto
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
BP Lotsa Feeds
Up in the last 7 days:1,115#36,585by Boone Gorges16 years ago
Gives your BuddyPress installation lotsa feeds.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
BP Include Non-member Comments
#37,081by Boone Gorges13 years ago
Inserts blog comments from non-logged-in users into the activity stream
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Global threat activity level Widget
Up in the last 7 days:10,478#37,352by pcrisk8 months ago
Displays global virus and spyware activity level and latest spyware threats with guidelines how to remove them.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Fancy Github Activity
Up in the last 7 days:3,933#38,318by stopspazzing8 years ago
Displays Github activity in a fancy way via shortcode.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
BuddyPress XMLRPC
#39,092by rich! @ etiviti16 years ago
This plugin allows certain XML-RPC commands for BuddyPress (Requires a client!)
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day