Password plugin that logs entries

A whole bunch of them out there. See:

Activity Log: https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/aryo-activity-log/
Simple History: https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/simple-history/
User Activity Log: https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/user-activity-log/
User Activity Tracking and Log: https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/user-activity-tracking-and-log/

I know they all track user login/logout, but I don’t know if they also track password-protected access. That’s yours to find out.

hi, the author of simple history here. my plugin does not track when a user enters a password protected page – but it’s a nice idea so I should be able to add such a function pretty easy. If I have the time I will fix it this weekend ??

Well, pretty easy anyway. First install Simple History and then paste this snippet into your functions.php-file and both succesful password entries and unsuccessful entries will be logged. Hope it works or is good enough to get you started.

// Log when a user enters something into the post password form.
// Both correct and incorrect usage is logged.
add_action( 'login_form_postpass', function() {
    $postPass = isset($_POST['post_password']) ? $_POST['post_password'] : null;

    if (!$postPass) {
        return;
    }

    $urlPath = parse_url(wp_get_referer(), PHP_URL_PATH);
    $pageByPath = get_page_by_path($urlPath);

    if (!$pageByPath) {
        return;
    }

    $correctPasswordEntered = ($pageByPath->post_password === $postPass);

    if ($correctPasswordEntered) {
        apply_filters(
            'simple_history_log',
            'A user correctly entered the password for page "{page_name}"',
            array('page_name' => $pageByPath->post_title)
        );
    } else {
        apply_filters(
            'simple_history_log',
            'A user entered the wrong password for page "{page_name}"',
            array('page_name' => $pageByPath->post_title)
        );
    }
});

That’s very kind of you, @eskapism. I hope the OP appreciates your effort.

Hi @eskapism,

I have the same issue and would like to know if you have been able to add this functionality into the plugin as yet or will be soon?

Thanks!