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Post Forking

WordPress Post Forking allows users to fork or create an alternate version of content to foster a more collaborative approach to WordPress content cur …

By Ben Balter·Forks·Free
5(5 reviews)
·20 active installs·Updated 12 years ago
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As of April 2026, Post Forking is a WordPress forks plugin with 20 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 5 reviews. It has been downloaded 7.8K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.5+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Last updated 12 years ago — may have compatibility concerns.

5/55 reviews
20active installs
7.8K+total downloads
14 yearssince 2012

Overview

WordPress Post Forking allows users to “fork” or create an alternate version of content to foster a more collaborative approach to WordPress content curation. This can be used, for example, to allow external users (such as visitors to your site) or internal users (such as other authors) with the ability to submit proposed revisions. It can even be used on smaller or single-author sites to enable post authors to edit published posts without their changes appearing immediately. If you’re familiar with Git, or other decentralized version control systems, you’re already familiar with WordPress post forking.

How might you use it?

  • Allowing users without edit or publish post capabilities to edit and submit changes to content (similar to GitHub’s pull request system)
  • Coll…
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Ratings & Reviews

55 reviews
5 ★
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1 ★
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Compatibility

WordPress3.5+ requiredTested up to 3.6.1
PHPfalse+ required

Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

0.2

  • WP 3.6 compatibility (props @alleyinteractive, @netaustin)
  • “View fork” preview should try to use template redirect intelligently (props @goldenapples)
  • Documentation fixes (props @yurivictor)
  • Better diffing (props @neuaustin)
  • Better tests (props @jorbin)

…and 12 more changes

View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Aaron JorbinAaron JorbinBen BalterBen BalterDaniel BachhuberDaniel Bachhuber
Plugin Info
Version
0.2.1
Last Updated
Sep 26, 2013
WP Requires
3.5+
Tested Up To
3.6.1
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
20
Downloads
7.8K+
Added
Sep 20, 2012
Business
Free

Tags

forkspostsforkingcollaborationversion control

Developer

B
Ben Balter
7 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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