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Disable Post Revision

Light weight plugin to disable post revisions for selected post types to reduce database and server load.

By Joel James·Auto Save·Free
5(1 reviews)
·3.0K+ active installs·Updated 3 months ago
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As of April 2026, Disable Post Revision is a WordPress auto save plugin with 3.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 33K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Downloads are down 24% this week. Top alternative: TGG – WP Optimizer.

5/51 reviews
3.0K+active installs
33K+total downloads
10 yearssince 2016

Overview

WordPress uses post revisions by default to save each post revision in your database. If you’re concerned about server and database size, these post revisions can be a burden.

While you can’t simply disable the post revision feature for a specific post type from the settings page, this plugin makes it easy to do so.

What is Disable Post Revision?

Disabling unwanted post revisions in WordPress should be straightforward. This plugin makes it a simple process.

Disable Post Revision – Features

  • Disable post revisions for all available post types, including Posts and Pages
  • Reduce database load
  • Reduce server load while editing a post
  • Translation-ready
  • Extremely lightweight
  • Adheres to WordPress coding standards
  • Available on GitHub

Installation | Support | Screenshots

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Ratings & Reviews

51 reviews
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Recent Reviews

Great plugin!
by Brian Jackson·9 years ago

Does exactly what it says very well. Once we get an option to choose # of revisions, this will be a must have plugin.

Download Trends

Today: 6Yesterday: 12This week: 51Period total: 4K

Compatibility

WordPress3.0+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4
PHPfalse+ required

Version Adoption

v1.0
100.0%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.0.1 (15/09/2016)

  • Compatibility with WordPress 4.6.
  • PHP Coding standard fixes.
  • Fixed wrong stable version number.
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Duck DevDuck DevJoel JamesJoel James
Plugin Info
Version
1.0.1
Last Updated
Dec 9, 2025
WP Requires
3.0+
Tested Up To
6.9.4
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
3.0K+
Downloads
33K+
Added
May 24, 2016
Business
Free

Tags

auto saverevisionspost revisiondisable revisiondisable auto save

Developer

J
Joel James
7 plugins0.1M+ total installs
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