---
title: View your activity log
description: Read the activity log in timeline or table view, and use the menu of each event.
url: "https://docs.prefixwp.com/docs/pastmark/activity-log/view-your-activity-log/"
updated: "2026-11-10"
category: Activity log
---

# View your activity log

The activity log is the list of everything Pastmark recorded on your site. The newest events are at the top.

Go to `User Activity → Activity Logs`.

[![The Pastmark activity log in timeline view. Events from today: a user logged out, logged in, and two failed login attempts](http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/pastmark-activity-log.webp)](http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/pastmark-activity-log.webp)
User Activity → Activity Logs in timeline view.

## Read an event

Each event shows:

- **Who** did it. **System** means no logged-in user did it, for example a failed login.
- **When** it happened, and how long ago.
- **What** happened, for example `User "maria" logged in.`
- The **severity**, for example **Info** or **Warning**.
- The **action**, for example **Login**, and the event number, for example **#155**.
- Under the name of the user: the **role** and the **IP address**.
- The **item** of the event is a link to its edit screen, as long as the item still exists.
- One **change**, for example `Title: Meet the team → Meet the team at Acme`. If there is more, you see **+N more**. You see this only when a field had a value before and after. Creations, deletions and long content changes show no change here. Open the event to see everything.
- A small label like **via AJAX** or **via REST API** when the action did not come from the dashboard or the front end.

Events are grouped by day, for example **TODAY 20 events**.

## Choose timeline or table view

Pastmark shows the log as a **timeline** by default. You can also show it as a **table** with the columns **Date**, **User**, **Event**, **Action**, **Message**, **Severity**, **Location** and **Actions**. In the table, click **Date**, **Event** or **Severity** to sort. The **Date** shows a short time like "5 minutes ago". Hold the mouse over it to see the exact time.

To change the view, go to `User Activity → Settings → General Settings` and choose **Table** or **Timeline** under **Logs Page View**.

Use **Default** or **Compact** at the top of the log to show more or less space between events.

[![The activity log in table view with the columns Date, User, Event, Action, Message, Severity, Location and Actions](http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/pastmark-logs-table-scaled.webp)](http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/pastmark-logs-table-scaled.webp)
The table view.

### Show or hide columns

In the table view, click **Columns** in the toolbar. Tick the columns that you want to see. The **ID** column is hidden at first. The **Actions** column cannot be hidden. With Pastmark Pro, the **Location** column is in the menu too.

[![The Columns menu with the columns ID, Date, User, Event, Action, Message, Severity and Location](http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/pastmark-logs-columns-scaled.webp)](http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/pastmark-logs-columns-scaled.webp)
The Columns menu.

Pastmark remembers your choice in this browser. Another browser or another computer shows the standard columns.

## The menu of each event

Click the **⋮** button on an event. You can:

| Option | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| **View Details** | Opens all details, including what changed. |
| **View** (post, user, ...) | Only for some events. Opens the post, user or other item the event is about. |
| **Copy Event Link** | Copies a link to this event. |
| **Copy Message** | Copies the message. |
| **Copy Markdown** | Copies the event as Markdown text. |
| **Copy JSON** | Copies all event data as JSON. |

Read [See what changed in an event](/docs/pastmark/activity-log/see-what-changed-in-an-event/).

With Pastmark Pro, the menu also has **Export as CSV**, **Add Note** and **Create Similar Log**. Read [Notes on events](/docs/pastmark/pastmark-pro/notes-on-events/).

## New events

When new events happen while you have the log open, you see a message like **1 new event**. Click it to load them.

## More pages

The log shows 20 events on each page. Use the page numbers at the bottom, or type a number in **Go to page** and click **Go**.