# Track Last Login and Show It in the Users List

> Records when each user last logged in and adds a sortable "Last Login" column to the Users screen.

- Type: PHP
- Runs: Run everywhere
- Category: [Users](https://wpide.com/library/category/users/)
- Tags: users, login, columns
- Author: WPIDE Team
- Installs: 0
- Updated: 2026-10-28
- Page: https://wpide.com/library/last-login-column/

## Code

```php
add_action( 'wp_login', function ( $user_login, $user ) {
    update_user_meta( $user->ID, 'wpide_last_login', time() );
}, 10, 2 );

add_filter( 'manage_users_columns', function ( $columns ) {
    $columns['wpide_last_login'] = 'Last Login';

    return $columns;
} );

add_filter( 'manage_users_custom_column', function ( $output, $column, $user_id ) {
    if ( 'wpide_last_login' !== $column ) {
        return $output;
    }

    $time = (int) get_user_meta( $user_id, 'wpide_last_login', true );

    return $time ? esc_html( wp_date( get_option( 'date_format' ) . ' ' . get_option( 'time_format' ), $time ) ) : '—';
}, 10, 3 );

add_filter( 'manage_users_sortable_columns', function ( $columns ) {
    $columns['wpide_last_login'] = 'wpide_last_login';

    return $columns;
} );

add_action( 'pre_get_users', function ( $query ) {
    if ( is_admin() && 'wpide_last_login' === $query->get( 'orderby' ) ) {
        $query->set( 'meta_key', 'wpide_last_login' );
        $query->set( 'orderby', 'meta_value_num' );
    }
} );
```

## Notes

Logins are only recorded from the moment the snippet is activated.

## How to use it

Install the free WPIDE plugin (https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpide/), find "Track Last Login and Show It in the Users List" in its snippet library and add it in one click; or create a new PHP snippet in WPIDE (or any code snippets plugin) and paste the code above. More snippets: https://wpide.com/library/