GD Audit

GD Audit is a lightweight WordPress plugin that records key user actions, surfaces them in a searchable dashboard, and helps site owners track changes.

Features

• Adds a dedicated top-level GD Audit admin menu with Dashboard, Logs, and Settings tabs.
• Dashboard tab surfaces post analytics (status totals, daily publish trend, top authors, and recent publications).
• Plugins tab lists every installed plugin with activation status and update availability signals.
• Themes tab inventories installed themes, highlighting the active/child themes and pending updates.
• Links tab analyzes internal/external links, top linked posts, and outbound domains.
• Images tab highlights library size, file-type distribution, and the latest uploads with quick edit links.
• Users tab surfaces registration trends, role distribution, and the latest signups.
• Database tab reports on table counts, storage consumption, and index usage.
• Allows enabling/disabling individual event types, enforcing retention windows, and masking IP addresses.
• Supports pagination preferences per user and shows contextual metadata (post type, user roles, etc.) in expandable sections.

Installation

1. Copy the plugin folder gd-audit into your WordPress installation under wp-content/plugins/.
2. Activate GD Audit from the WordPress Admin Plugins page.
3. On activation, the plugin automatically creates the wp_gd_audit_logs table.

Usage

1. Navigate to GD Audit → Dashboard to review the latest post analytics.
2. Use GD Audit → Plugins to audit installed extensions, see which are active, and spot pending updates.
3. Visit GD Audit → Themes to check which themes are installed, identify child themes, and review update availability.
4. Explore GD Audit → Links for internal/external counts, top linked content, and outbound domains.
5. Audit GD Audit → Images for library usage, mime breakdowns, and recent uploads.
6. Review GD Audit → Users for registration trends, role distribution, and quick access to recent profiles.
7. Inspect GD Audit → Database to monitor table sizes, row counts, and index usage.
8. Switch to GD Audit → Logs to review the event stream and apply filters.
9. Expand any log row to view the stored context JSON.
10. Configure capture rules, retention, and privacy controls under GD Audit → Settings.

Development

• Minimum WordPress version: 6.0
• Minimum PHP version: 7.4
• Version: 1.0.0

To modify, edit the PHP classes under includes/ or the CSS under assets/css/admin.css. After changes, reinstall or re-activate the plugin to ensure database schema updates run via activation hook.

Uninstalling

Deactivating the plugin keeps historical logs. To remove the table entirely, run:

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS wp_gd_audit_logs;

(replace wp_ with your WordPress table prefix if different.)