SMS Notifications & Improved Activity Log Coverage

Release notes: Announcing SMS Notifications for the WordPress audit logs

• New Features

  • SMS notifications (integration with Twilio) for the WordPress audit logs.
  • Integration with Bit.ly to shorten URL in SMSs.
  • Added buttons to test email and SMS notifications.
  • Support for User Switching plugin.

• New Activity Log Event IDs

  • Event ID 1008: user logged in as another user.
  • Event ID 9083: user changed the billing address (WooCommerce).
  • Event ID 9084: user changed the shipping address (WooCommerce).

• Plugin Improvements

  • Added more pre-configured SMS & email notifications.
  • Improved all sensors to also detect changes that are not done via the dashboard.
  • Optimized some metadata database queries (reduced qeuries by 75%).
  • Improved the content sensor (better detection of content changes).
  • Optimized the database query that fetches list of logged in users.
  • Removed email notifications wizard.
  • Standardized all tabs and titles in the Emails & SMS Notifications feature.
  • Improved the help text in the Emails & SMS Notifications feature.
  • Removed the limit of 5 criteria in the notifications trigger builder.
  • Removed declaration of emails' Mime-type - this is automatically set so there is no need for it.

• Bug Fixes

  • WooCommerce order name was not reported in event ID 9040 (changed order detail) in some edge cases.
  • Maximum execution time configured in the WordPress activity log reports engine now is only used when generating a report.
  • CSV reports were not being generated.
  • Audit trail auto refresh was not working when using infinite scroll viewer option.
  • Plugin reporting event 9032 (disabled use of WooCommerce coupons) by mistake.
  • Event IDs 2046 and 2051 were not being reported when files were modified via the editors.
  • Plugin reporting event 2002 when there were changes in a post's Yoast SEO metabox.
  • Removed all reference to obsolete plugin setting: wsal-archiving-date-e.
  • Admins on multisite child sites could see the activity logs of other sites.
  • Event ID 2073 (post submitted for review) was not being reported in Gutenberg.
  • Event 2074 (scheduled post) was not being reported in Gutenberg.

Logging for variable products in WooCommerce

Release notes: Activity Log Coverage of WooCommerce Variable Products

• New Activity Log Events for WooCommerce

  • Event ID 9078: Changed the option to include / exclude taxes in product prices.
  • Event ID 9079: Changed the option on what type of shipping to calculate tax on.
  • Event ID 9080: Changed the shipping tax class.
  • Event ID 9081: Enabled / Disabled the rounding of the sub total.
  • Event ID 9082: Added / Deleted / Modified a shipping zone on WooCommerce.

• Plugin Improvements

  • Better handling of plugin activation on multisite - plugin can only be activated from the network dashboard.

• Bug Fixes

  • Updated Freemius SDK which includes a security fix.

Introducing infinite scroll and performance enhancements

Release notes: Introducing infinite scroll and performance enhancements

• New Features

  • New infinite scroll view in audit log viewer making the browsing of the activity logs much faster.

• Plugin Improvements

  • Improved the search filters - now they are much faster.
  • Improved user session handling to better handle >1,000 sessions.
  • Replaced PHP severity with event log severity in the list of Events.

• Bug Fixes

  • Scan Now button for the WordPress file integrity scanner is grayed out when auto scanning is disabled.

Major WooCommerce coverage update

Release notes: Major Activity Log Improvement in WooCommerce Coverage

• New Events for WooCommerce Orders

  • ID 9035: New order placed in WooCommerce.
  • ID 9036: Changed the status of a WooCommerce order.
  • ID 9037: Moved a WooCommerce order to trash.
  • ID 9038: Restored a WooCommerce order from the trash.
  • ID 9039: Permanently deleted an order.
  • ID 9040: Changed the orders details.
  • ID 9041: Refunded a WooCommerce order

• New Events for WooCommerce Product Admin & Attributes Changes

  • ID 9042: Changed the catalog visibility of a product.
  • ID 9043: Changed the Featured product setting of a product.
  • ID 9044: Changed the allow backorders setting of a product.
  • ID 9045: Changed the the Upsells of a product.
  • ID 9046: Changed the Cross-sells of a product.
  • ID 9047: Added a new attribute of a product.
  • ID 9048: Modified the value of a product attribute.
  • ID 9049: Renamed a product attribute.
  • ID 9050: Deleted a product attribute.
  • ID 9051: Changed the visibility of a product attribute.

• New Events for WooCommerce Categories

  • ID 9052: Deleted a product category.
  • ID 9053: Changed the slug of a product category.
  • ID 9054: Changed the parent of a product category.
  • ID 9055: Changed display type of a product category.
  • ID 9056: Changed the name of a product category.

• New Events for WooCommerce Payment Gateways

  • ID 9074: Enabled a payment gateway.
  • ID 9075: Disabled a payment gateway.
  • ID 9076: Modified a payment gateway.

• New Events for WooCommerce Coupons:

  • ID 9063: Published a new coupon.
  • ID 9064: Changed the discount type of a coupon.
  • ID 9065: Changed the coupon amount.
  • ID 9066: Changed the coupon expire date.
  • ID 9067: Changed the Usage Restriction settings of a coupon.
  • ID 9068: Changed the Usage Limits settings of a coupon.
  • ID 9069: Changed the description of a coupon.
  • ID 9070: Changed the status of a coupon.
  • ID 9071: Renamed the WooCommerce coupon.

• New Events for WooCommerce Attributes:

  • ID 9057: User created a new attribute.
  • ID 9058: User deleted an attribute.
  • ID 9059: User changed the slug of an attribute.
  • ID 9060: User changed the name of an attribute.
  • ID 9061: User changed the default sort order of an attribute.
  • ID 9062: User enabled/disabled the option Enable Archives of an attribute.

• New Features

  • Email notification to site admin when the plugin is deactivated.
  • New setting to control refreshing of the live notifications in the admin bar.
  • Three new hooks in the activity log plugin that allow for event data manipulation.

• Plugin Improvements

  • Major performance enhancement to the Event Viewer
  • Updated the text of some settings.
  • Event severities are now saved as meta data (we can now build filters for them).
  • Added the product status in all WooCommerce events.
  • Event 9011 (modified draft WooCommerce product) made obsolete with event 9010.
  • Event 9020 changed to report the different product types (simple, grouped, external, variable, downloadable, virtual)
  • Updated Freemius SDK
  • Better handling of incorrect database privileges when installing plugin.
  • Excluded the default WordPress cache directory from the default WordPress File Integrity Scans

• Bug Fixes

  • Events 2027 and 2011 incorrectly logged hen saving a draft post in Gutenberg.
  • Plugin logged event 5019 by mistake when the front end editor of WP Bakery was used.
  • When files bigger than the file size limit were scanned for the first time the plugin wrongly reported them as modified.
  • In some cases where WordPress was not upgraded to 5.0 the plugin was not recognizing content changes.

Hotfix for login sensor

• Improvements

  • Better support for custom login pages.

• Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where the visitor logs sensor remains disabled when activity log level is switched to guru.

Hotfix for Users Sessions

• New Feature

  • A setting to configure the number of logged in sessions the plugin retrieves when checking for logged in sessions.

• Improvements

  • Improved handling of logged in users sessions data.
  • Terminate All Sessions button now also purges sessions data from the WordPress database.
  • Improved the events for when saving a draft post in the Gutenberg editor.
  • Checks for the Papertrail activity log mirroring connectivity improved.

• Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue in which the plugin was sending two daily activity log summary.
  • Removed code for backward compatibility but was not PHP 7.2 compatible (Support Ticket).
  • Updated the list of website visitor events in Enable/Disable events section.
  • Fixed an issue with the auto refresh of users sessions.

Slack Support & New External Connections UI

Release Notes: Slack Support & New External Connections UI

• New Features

  • Slack support - mirror WordPress activity log for Slack.
  • New UI and totally revamped the external databases & services connections module.
  • Ability to mirror the WordPress activity logs to multiple destinations.

• Improvements

  • Maximum file size for WordPress file integrity scans is now configurable.

  • Updated the Freemius SDK to 2.2.2 (addresses a MainWP conflict fix).

  • Plugin access can now be restricted to super administrators only on a multisite network.

  • Multiple scan started / stopped events per directory merged into one.

  • Added 1 and 4 hours option to terminate idle users sessions setting.

  • Plugin now always keeps a log a post updates, even if update is not done via the editor.

  • Better handling of terminated users sessions (in hung state, blocking legit logins).

  • Access to plugin now can be restricted to super admin role on multisite networks.

  • User info in daily activity log summary email is now variable - the same as configured in the plugin settings.

  • Limited Freemius user messages to users who can view & manage the plugin.

  • Addded support for a dot in the time format (e.g: d.-m-Y G:i)

  • Bug Fixes

  • Better handling of data from the REST API Support ticket.

  • Fixed: two daily activity log emails were being sent instead of one.

  • Restricted the starter license (had access to some pro features).

  • Fixed a number of minor warnings when running the plugin on PHP7.

  • Logins when using the Two-Factor plugin are now logged properly.

  • Fixed - first time setup wizard prompt not always showing.

3.2.5

Release Notes: Announcing Activity Log for MainWP

• New Events for the activity log

  • Event ID 2127: Changed the name of a category
  • Event ID 2128: Changed the slug of a category

• New Functionality

  • Added support in the plugin for the Activity Log for MainWP extension.

• Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue in the licensing which allowed users with Starter plan to access features from the professional plan.

3.2.4

Release Notes: click here

• New Activity Log Features

  • Support for Gutenberg
  • Daily activity log overview email.
  • Live notification of latest event in the WordPress admin bar.

• Plugin Improvements

  • Revamped the Users management module and settings - part of the easy to use updates.
  • Error message for blocked simultaneous users sessions can now be configured.
  • Updated the order of the plugin menu entries to a more convenient one.
  • Invalid usernames used in failed logins are now kept for 30 days in the database.
  • Improved WordPress menu sensor - added coverage and improved accuracy.
  • Changed Event Code to Event ID in email notifications trigger builder.
  • Improved MainWP Child Site Stealth Mode for premium edition.
  • Sidebar admin notification on first install now only shown to the first user accessing the activity log.
  • Removed in activity log adverts.
  • Updated top banner adverts in activity log - now users can hide them.
  • Updated WordPress icon used to report system events in activity log.

• Bug Fixes

  • Added support for arrays in ACF Support Ticket
  • Handled an exception error in which user has same event ID. Now instead plugin shows an show error and disable custom sensor.
  • Fixed an issue in which the startup wizard was shown twice on the free edition of the plugin.
  • Fixed an issue in which reports were not generated because of non-standard paths.

3.2.3.3

Release Notes: click here

• New Feature

  • MainWP Child Site Stealth Mode plugin setting.

• New Activity Log Events

  • Event 6006: User reset the plugin settings to default
  • Event 6033: WordPress file integrity scans status updates (started & stopped)
  • Event 6034: User purged the activity log

• Improvements

  • Added sub categories to Enable/Disable Events section to segregate long lists.
  • Improved the sensor for the detection of plugins activations and deactivations.
  • Removed the startup wizard from upgrade - now only triggered on new installs.
  • Improved the premium trial message with a Start Free Trial button.
  • Added notification response to purging old data from the event log manually.
  • Added a pop-up notification to confirm activity log level was applied successfully.
  • Improved error messages in the Exclude Objects setting page.
  • Removed Mcrypt completely (was previously used for external DB connection).
  • Updated the Freemius SDK to the latest version.
  • Removed use of GLOB_BRACE - it is no longer needed.

• Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue in which notifications with specific post IDs was not working on multisite.
  • Fixed some security issues highlighted by RIPS tech.
  • Removed nodes of premium features for users who have VIEW ONLY access to the WordPress activity log.