Joomla 3: How to Track User Login History and Activity (IP Address/User/Action/Date)

Joomla 3.9 introduced user action logs, a Joomla core feature that tracks registered site users actions such as logins, backend activity, and more. User action logs are useful for tracking forensic activity over a period of time. By default, user action logs only track Joomla based actions and do not track actions of 3^rd party components or software.

Enable Joomla User Actions Logs and IP Address Tracking

1. Login to Joomla backend and navigate to Extensions -> Plugins -> System – User Actions Log.

              Note: 0 days setting will never delete logs

2. Enable the System – Users Actions Log plugin and click Save.

3. Go to Users -> User Actions Log and select Options.

4. Enable IP Logging and click Save.