---
title: Install Pastmark Pro
description: "Install the Pastmark Pro add-on and see what it adds to Pastmark."
url: "https://docs.prefixwp.com/docs/pastmark/pastmark-pro/install-pastmark-pro/"
updated: "2026-11-10"
category: Pastmark Pro
---

# Install Pastmark Pro

Pastmark Pro is an add-on for the free Pastmark plugin. You need both plugins.

## What Pastmark Pro adds

| Feature | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| **Alerts** | Sends you an email, a webhook or a Slack message when something important happens. |
| **Sessions** | Shows who is logged in right now, and lets you log them out. |
| **Export** | Downloads your activity log as a CSV file. |
| **Add Log** | Lets you add an event to the log by hand. |
| **Session policies** | Limits how many devices a user can use, and logs out sessions that nobody uses. Read [Session policies](/docs/pastmark/pastmark-pro/session-policies/). |
| **New-login alerts** | Sends an alert when a user logs in from a new IP address or a new country. Read [New-login alerts](/docs/pastmark/pastmark-pro/new-login-alerts/). |
| **Geolocation** | Shows the country and city of an IP address, and a map of your logins. Read [Geolocation](/docs/pastmark/pastmark-pro/geolocation/) and [The login-location map](/docs/pastmark/pastmark-pro/login-location-map/). |
| **Notes** | Lets you and your team write notes on events. Read [Notes on events](/docs/pastmark/pastmark-pro/notes-on-events/). |
| **Automatic update changes** | Records when someone turns automatic updates on or off for a plugin. |

## Before you start

- The free **Pastmark** plugin must be installed and active. It must be version **1.0.7** or newer. Read [Install Pastmark](/docs/pastmark/pastmark-getting-started/install-pastmark/).
- You need **PHP 8.1** or newer. This is higher than the free plugin needs.
- You must be an **administrator**.

## Install Pastmark Pro

1. Log in to your account on [prefixwp.com](https://prefixwp.com/my-account/).
2. Download the **Pastmark Pro** zip file. Do not unzip it.
3. In your WordPress dashboard, go to `Plugins → Add New Plugin`.
4. Click **Upload Plugin** at the top.
5. Click **Choose File** and select the zip file.
6. Click **Install Now**. Then click **Activate Plugin**.

Pastmark Pro adds no menu of its own. It adds its features to the Pastmark pages. You find them in `User Activity → Settings` (**Alerts**, **Sessions**, **Geolocation**, **Notes** and **License**), in `User Activity → Reports → Insights` (**Login Locations**) and on `User Activity → Activity Logs` (**Export CSV** and **Add Log**).

## If the free plugin is not active

You see this message, and Pastmark Pro does nothing:

```
Pastmark Pro requires the free Pastmark plugin to be installed and active.
```

Install and activate the free Pastmark plugin. Pastmark Pro starts working at once.

The **View Login History** button on the Sessions page does not work yet in this version. It will come in a future update.

## If the free plugin is too old

Pastmark Pro **1.0.1** needs Pastmark **1.0.7** or newer. With an older version, Pastmark Pro shows a notice in your dashboard and does nothing. Update the free plugin. Then Pastmark Pro works.