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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.

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Code

// 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.

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