# Recent Login History on the Profile Screen

> Records the last 10 logins for each user (time, IP address and browser) and lists them on their profile screen so they can spot logins they do not recognise.

- Type: PHP
- Runs: Run everywhere
- Category: [Login](https://wpide.com/library/category/login/)
- Tags: login, security, history
- Author: WPIDE Team
- Installs: 0
- Updated: 2026-10-28
- Page: https://wpide.com/library/login-history-on-profile/

## Code

```php
// How many logins to keep per user.
$wpide_login_history_size = 10;

add_action( 'wp_login', function ( $login, $user ) use ( $wpide_login_history_size ) {
    $history   = (array) get_user_meta( $user->ID, 'wpide_login_history', true );
    $history   = array_filter( $history, 'is_array' );
    array_unshift( $history, array(
        'time' => time(),
        'ip'   => isset( $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] ) ? sanitize_text_field( wp_unslash( $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] ) ) : '',
        'ua'   => isset( $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] ) ? substr( sanitize_text_field( wp_unslash( $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] ) ), 0, 200 ) : '',
    ) );

    update_user_meta( $user->ID, 'wpide_login_history', array_slice( $history, 0, $wpide_login_history_size ) );
}, 10, 2 );

$wpide_login_history_table = function ( $user ) {
    if ( get_current_user_id() !== $user->ID && ! current_user_can( 'edit_users' ) ) {
        return;
    }

    $history = array_filter( (array) get_user_meta( $user->ID, 'wpide_login_history', true ), 'is_array' );

    echo '<h2>Recent logins</h2>';

    if ( ! $history ) {
        echo '<p>No logins recorded yet.</p>';
        return;
    }

    echo '<table class="widefat striped" style="max-width:900px"><thead><tr><th scope="col">When</th><th scope="col">IP address</th><th scope="col">Browser</th></tr></thead><tbody>';

    foreach ( $history as $row ) {
        printf(
            '<tr><td>%1$s</td><td>%2$s</td><td>%3$s</td></tr>',
            esc_html( wp_date( get_option( 'date_format' ) . ' ' . get_option( 'time_format' ), (int) $row['time'] ) ),
            esc_html( $row['ip'] ),
            esc_html( $row['ua'] )
        );
    }

    echo '</tbody></table>';
};

add_action( 'show_user_profile', $wpide_login_history_table );
add_action( 'edit_user_profile', $wpide_login_history_table );
```

## Notes

Users see their own history; administrators also see it on other users' profiles. IP addresses are personal data, so mention this in your privacy policy.

## How to use it

Install the free WPIDE plugin (https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpide/), find "Recent Login History on the Profile Screen" 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/