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Thin Out Revisions

Enables flexible revision management for you.

By blogger323·Admin·Free
4.7(15 reviews)
·800 active installs·Updated 10 years ago
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As of April 2026, Thin Out Revisions is a WordPress admin plugin with 800 active installations and a 4.7/5 rating from 15 reviews. It has been downloaded 38K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.6+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Last updated 10 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Loginizer.

4.7/515 reviews
800active installs
38K+total downloads
14 yearssince 2012

Overview

Abstract

As its default behavior, WordPress makes a new revision when you update your post.
This also happens when you do a preview before publication.
This is too often even if you like revision control. Thin Out Revisions (TOR), a plugin
for WordPress, will help you to keep unwanted revisions out.

Basic Feature

You can remove intermediate revisions during comparing in ‘compare two revisions’ mode in revision.php. To do it, simply press the ‘Thin Out’ button (fig. 1 in the screenshots page).
And you can also remove each single revision from the Edit Post/Page screen (fig. 2).

WordPress 3.5 and prior, which have an old revision screen, are no longer supported.

When you publish a post

If you are a careful author, I guess you have many revisions as a result of previe…

Read full description on WordPress.org

Screenshots

Ratings & Reviews

4.715 reviews
5 ★
14
4 ★
0
3 ★
0
2 ★
0
1 ★
1

Compatibility

WordPress3.6+ requiredTested up to 4.2.39
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

May 6, 2015

  • Compatibility information updated.
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

blogger323blogger323
Plugin Info
Version
1.8.3
Last Updated
May 6, 2015
WP Requires
3.6+
Tested Up To
4.2.39
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
800
Downloads
38K+
Added
Oct 1, 2012
Business
Free

Tags

adminpostsrevisionrevisions

Developer

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blogger323
2 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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