{"id":34499,"date":"2023-08-08T23:23:38","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T23:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/knowledgebase\/someone-deactivated-a-plugin-what-logs-are-there\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T01:19:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T01:19:17","slug":"someone-deactivated-a-plugin-what-logs-are-there","status":"publish","type":"knowledgebase","link":"https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/au\/knowledgebase\/someone-deactivated-a-plugin-what-logs-are-there\/","title":{"rendered":"Someone installed\/deactivated a plugin. What logs are there?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To track who installed, deactivated, or updated a plugin or theme, Staq maintains detailed logs that can provide this information. This guide will help you locate and understand the relevant logs inside the Staq Panel.<\/p>\n<h2>Steps to View Plugin or Theme Activity<\/h2>\n<h3>User Activity Logs<\/h3>\n<p>Please note that this data is recorded when an event occurs inside the Staq Panel rather inside WordPress.<\/p>\n<p>To find out when a plugin or theme was activated or deactivated, log into the website&#8217;s <strong>Staq Panel<\/strong> and navigate to <strong>User Activity<\/strong> under the <strong>Metrics<\/strong> section:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/User-Activity.png\" alt=\"User Activity Log Screenshot\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>When a Plugin is Activated or Deactivated<\/h3>\n<p>Under the <strong>Function<\/strong> table, look for entries such as <strong>activate plugin<\/strong> or <strong>deactivate plugin<\/strong>: <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Activity-Status.png\" alt=\"Plugin Activation\/Deactivation Screenshot\" \/><br \/>\nClick <strong>View<\/strong> under the <strong>Payload<\/strong> column, and it will display the plugin name that was activated or deactivated.<\/p>\n<h2>When a Plugin is installed or Updated<\/h2>\n<p>Inside Staq dashboard, go to <strong>Reports &gt; Plugin &amp; Theme Updates:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-37941\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/reports-plugin-theme-updates.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1449\" height=\"715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/reports-plugin-theme-updates.png 1449w, https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/reports-plugin-theme-updates-300x148.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/reports-plugin-theme-updates-1024x505.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.wpstaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/reports-plugin-theme-updates-768x379.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1449px) 100vw, 1449px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you see:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Automatically updated by WPStaq Auto-Updater as per global settings&#8221;; or<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Automatically updated by WPStaq&#8221;,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>this means it&#8217;s updated by the auto-updater plugin settings inside Staq.<\/p>\n<p>If you see:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Installed by &lt;wordpress-user&gt; WordPress user (IP Address); or<\/li>\n<li>Updated by &lt;wordpress-user&gt; WordPress user (IP Address),<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>this means that inside the backend of WordPress itself, the identified WordPress username has installed or updated a plugin using the IP address.<\/p>\n<h2>Identifying Who Made the Changes<\/h2>\n<p>To determine who updated or installed a plugin\/theme inside either Staq interface or in WordPress, go to <strong>Reports &gt; Package Updates History<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Steps:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Select the specific website using the <strong>Select website&#8230;<\/strong> filter to narrow down the results.<\/li>\n<li>Review the <strong>Action<\/strong> column for details such as:\n<ul>\n<li>The WordPress username who installed or deactivated the plugin.<\/li>\n<li>The WordPress username who updated the plugin.<\/li>\n<li>If the plugin was updated by <strong>WPStaq Auto-Updater<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By following these steps, you can easily track and monitor plugin and theme activities within your Staq-hosted WordPress sites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":34537,"parent":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-34499","knowledgebase","type-knowledgebase","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categories-analytics-logs"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Someone installed\/deactivated a plugin. 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