Best history plugins for WordPress
The most popular history plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP Activity Log leads with 300K+ active installs, ahead of Simple History (300K+) and Timeline Widget For Elementor (Elementor Timeline, Vertical & Horizontal Timeline) (70K+). All 77 plugins tagged “history” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 history plugins
- 1.
WP Activity LogThe most installed history plugin, with 300K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 491 reviews, updated 5 days ago.
- 2.Simple History
300K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 493 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 3.
Timeline Widget For Elementor (Elementor Timeline, Vertical & Horizontal Timeline)70K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 248 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 4.
Cool Timeline (Horizontal & Vertical Timeline)20K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 333 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 5.
User Login History10K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 29 reviews, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 6.
Bold Timeline Lite10K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 5 months ago.
- 7.
Timeline Block For Gutenberg9K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 11 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 8.
WC Price History5K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 27 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 9.
Timeline Module for Divi3K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 9 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 10.Search Analytics for WP
3K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 30 reviews, updated 3 days ago.
All 77 plugins tagged “history”

WP Activity Log
Up in the last 7 days:2#171by Melapress5 days ago
The #1 user-rated activity log plugin for event logging, activity monitoring and change tracking.
- Installs
- 300K+
- Rating
- 4.7(491)
- Downloads
- 7.5K/day
Simple History
#175by Pär Thernström24 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(493)
- Downloads
- 3.9K/day

Timeline Widget For Elementor (Elementor Timeline, Vertical & Horizontal Timeline)
Down in the last 7 days:1#588by Narinder Singh16 days ago
Highlight your company’s history, milestones, and key events directly inside Elementor using stunning vertical and horizontal timelines.
- Installs
- 70K+
- Rating
- 4.8(248)
- Downloads
- 953/day

Cool Timeline (Horizontal & Vertical Timeline)
#1,175by Narinder Singh7 days ago
Showcase your story or company history, events, and roadmap in an interactive timeline using the powerful Cool Timeline plugin.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.7(333)
- Downloads
- 285/day

User Login History
Up in the last 7 days:3#1,590by Faiyaz Alam7 months ago
Helps you to know your website's visitors by tracking their login related information like login/logout time, country, browser and many more.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.6(29)
- Downloads
- 110/day

Bold Timeline Lite
Up in the last 7 days:4#1,751by boldthemes5 months ago
Bold Timeline Lite – WordPress Timeline Plugin
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 46/day

Timeline Block For Gutenberg
Down in the last 7 days:3#2,210by Cool Plugins11 days ago
Showcase your company history, process steps, milestones, and roadmap inside Gutenberg using the powerful Timeline Block
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 4.4(11)
- Downloads
- 200/day

WC Price History
Up in the last 7 days:28#3,109by kkarpieszuk11 days ago
What was the lowest price recently? Build customer trust through transparency! Track and display product price history in WooCommerce store.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 5.0(27)
- Downloads
- 154/day

Timeline Module for Divi
Down in the last 7 days:4#4,080by Narinder Singh2 months ago
Highlight your company's history, milestones, and future plans with the advanced Timeline Module for Divi.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.8(9)
- Downloads
- 33/day
Search Analytics for WP
Up in the last 7 days:25#4,131by Cornel Raiu3 days ago
See what visitors search for on your site and which searches come up empty. Popular search terms and statistics, stored in your own database.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(30)
- Downloads
- 57/day

History Timeline for Biography, Company History & Event Timeline
Down in the last 7 days:18#6,319by themesawesome2 years ago
Create animated horizontal and vertical timeline under 5 minutes for personal history, company timeline and event story timeline
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Event Timeline
Down in the last 7 days:9#6,467by richteam4 years ago
Timeline plugin is fully responsive. Timeline Is awesome WordPress plugin with many useful features and effects.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.7(20)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Post Timeline
Up in the last 7 days:52#7,606by Agile Logix2 months ago
Create stunning and interactive timelines for your WordPress posts with ease. Post Timeline is the ultimate plugin for displaying your WordPress conte …
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 4.2(21)
- Downloads
- 13/day

Timeline History
Down in the last 7 days:20#9,259by sehgal.sunny8 years ago
This plugin used for show History as a timeline in horizontally form by date and text both on your wordpress page, post etc.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day

DD Last Viewed
Down in the last 7 days:56#9,550by Mosterd3d6 years ago
Shows the users recently viewed/visited posts, filtered on types or terms, in a widget.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.9(26)
- Downloads
- 9/day

Simple History Beaver Builder Add-On
Up in the last 7 days:9#10,189by WEBDOGS8 months ago
Extends the Simple History plugin to log changes made with the Beaver Builder front-end editor.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day

History Log by click5
Down in the last 7 days:99#10,330by click51 day ago
Best WordPress plugin to track user activity and log changes on your website.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 6/day
On This Day (by Room 34)
Up in the last 7 days:99#12,682by Room 34 Creative Services, LLC5 months ago
Display your blog posts from this date in previous years as a sidebar widget.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Update History Panel
Up in the last 7 days:75#14,276by crossandcrown8 months ago
Log WordPress core, theme, and plugin update history and display it on the Updates screen. A REST API endpoint is available for administrators.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day

Years Ago Today
Down in the last 7 days:114#15,627by Scott Reilly5 months ago
Lists posts published to your site on this day in previous years via admin dashboard widget, block, shortcode, and/or optional daily email.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Ambiscale Activity Manager
Down in the last 7 days:158#17,671by 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
- 11/day

eHive Access
Up in the last 7 days:38#18,268by Vernon Systems Limited5 months ago
The base plugin for the eHive plugin suite.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Better Revisions
Down in the last 7 days:21#18,363by slehner3 years ago
Extend your Revisions: Add important fields like "Permalink" or "Status" to the revisions for a better Content Management.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
NextCellent Simple History
Up in the last 7 days:282#19,055by niknetniko10 years ago
Add Simple History integration for NextCellent.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

eHive Object Details
Up in the last 7 days:57#19,201by Vernon Systems Limited5 months ago
A plugin to display a detail page for an eHive Object Record.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

eHive Objects Image Grid
Up in the last 7 days:253#19,774by Vernon Systems Limited5 months ago
A plugin that enabled you to embed a grid of images from eHive on your site.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

eHive Search
Up in the last 7 days:34#19,821by Vernon Systems Limited5 months ago
A plugin that give you the power to search eHive Objects from your WordPress website.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Changes Tracker
Up in the last 7 days:68#21,569by pixeline14 years ago
Maintain a log of all themes, plugins and wordpress changes.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 3.2(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Time Machine
Up in the last 7 days:55#22,138by Aleksandar Urošević1 month ago
Time Machine widget and block display a list of articles published in on this day in past, including offset in days, weeks and months.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 5/day

WBD Timeline Block For Gutenberg
Up in the last 7 days:841#22,839by wpbranddigital11 days ago
Build beautiful, responsive animated timelines with a native Gutenberg block.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
A Year Before
Down in the last 7 days:38#22,951by Ralf7 years ago
"A Year Before" shows a list of articles, which were written a certain time ago. So you can show in a history, what happend in your blog in …
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Flik Timeline
#23,288by rufataskerov10 years ago
Flik Timeline is a responsive WordPress Plugin that allows you to create beautiful vertical storyline.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Product Revisions for WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:669#23,376by Saasco2 months ago
Automatic change history for WooCommerce products. See what changed, who changed it and from where — and compare any version with the current state.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day

Permalink History
Up in the last 7 days:2,624#23,417by Palasthotel GmbH1 month ago
Saves the history of your WordPress site permalinks and provides automatic redirects.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

eHive Objects Gallery widget
Up in the last 7 days:405#24,006by Vernon Systems Limited5 months ago
A widget plugin that displays a gallery of objects arranged by category.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

ActivityLog
Up in the last 7 days:101#24,432by Anton1 year ago
A WordPress plugin that logs user logins, logouts, post/page creation/updates/deletion, and plugin activation/deactivation/deletion events.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 3/day

PlacePress
#24,583by Center for Public History + Digital Humanities2 months ago
An elegant mapping solution for public historians, urbanists, and other humanities researchers.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Better Login Security and History
Up in the last 7 days:306#25,729by trieuvinh150812 years ago
By this smart plugin you can protect your login page from Brute-force attacks also you can track login history
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

eHive Search widget
Up in the last 7 days:45#26,710by Vernon Systems Limited5 months ago
A widget plugin that provides access to eHive Search from a widget.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

eHive Objects Tag Cloud
Up in the last 7 days:522#27,708by Vernon Systems Limited5 months ago
A plugin that allows you to embed a cloud of popular eHive tags on your website.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

eHive Objects Tag Cloud widget
Up in the last 7 days:306#30,294by Vernon Systems Limited5 months ago
A widget plugin that allows you to embed a cloud of popular eHive tags on your website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

AIFORYA Activity Log
#30,727by aiforya2 months ago
Log important admin activity (logins, content, plugins, users) with adjustable retention. Fully local, no API key, no external service.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

eHive Object Comments
#30,794by Vernon Systems Limited5 months ago
A plugin that allows you to add and display user comments on eHive Object Records.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

eHive Object Tags widget
Up in the last 7 days:627#30,851by Vernon Systems Limited5 months ago
A plugin that allows you to display the tags for a specific Object Record.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Timeliner
Down in the last 7 days:143#33,334by Pierre Saïkali7 years ago
Create highly-customizable timelines in WordPress and display achievements in a chronological way.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

eHive Account Details
#33,454by Vernon Systems Limited5 months ago
A plugin that allows you to display a public profile page for an eHive account.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Company History
Down in the last 7 days:614#34,253by wlekgkxo9 years ago
회사의 연혁을 목록으로 관리하고 간편하게 순서변경을 할 수 있도록 해 주는 플러그인 입니다.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Wajeez OTD
Up in the last 7 days:12,880#35,446by Raouf Shabayek1 year ago
A quick and light plugin that shows previous blog posts published on this date in past years.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Slug Trace
#37,907by Milap5 months ago
Expose the hidden "old slugs" WordPress stores and automatically redirects for your Posts, Pages, and all Public Custom Post Types.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Dear Timeline (Best Vertical & Horizontal Timeline)
Up in the last 7 days:8,630#38,621by ankit077214 months ago
A premium, responsive timeline plugin for WordPress with three layout modes: Horizontal (scroll-snap), Classic (premium zigzag), and Flat (modern card …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day