Last login vs. active users

  • Resolved Rodrigo

    (@rghedin)


    3 months, 3 weeks ago

    Hi!

    Are “last login” and “active user” the same?

    I like to track active users in my blog, and to do so, I’m using “Last 30 days logins” User Toolkit filter. I fear, though, that this may not be the metric I need, since someone could be logged in for a long time without logging out, therefore missing from “Last 30 days logins”.

    In case my thinking is correctly, would be feasible a different filter for “last 30 days active users” — or “monthly active users” (MAU)?

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  • Plugin Author Deryck

    (@deryck)

    Hello Rodrigo.

    Thanks for contacting me and always helping to make this plugin better. In this case, as far as I know, WordPress allows users to be logged in by 48 hours. If you check “Remember me” that period extends to 14 days. Unless you change this behavior using hooks or an external plugin, “Last 30-day logins” is more than enough because it doubles the maximum 14 days allowed by WordPress.

    Tracking active users would involve storing the last visit date every-times the user loads a page and that can have an impact on the website performance. That’s why I haven’t considered yet.

    Please let me know if you any more questions and I’ll do my best to answer it, as soon as possible.

    Best Regards,
    Deryck.

    Thread Starter Rodrigo

    (@rghedin)

    It makes sense, @deryck! I changed default behavior indeed. I’ll tweak expiring periods to better reflect MAUs — default ones are too short, IMHO.

    Thanks!

    Plugin Author Deryck

    (@deryck)

    You’re welcome, and thanks for using the plugin. Have a great one!

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