Yes, Wp-autosave is free to use. It is available as a free plugin on WordPress.org.

How many websites use Wp-autosave?

Wp-autosave has 100 active installations as tracked by WordPress.org.

What are the best Wp-autosave alternatives?

Popular alternatives to Wp-autosave include Header and Footer Scripts, Post Type Switcher, Post Duplicator. You can compare them side-by-side on our comparison pages.

Does Wp-autosave work with the latest WordPress?

Wp-autosave has been tested up to WordPress 5.3.21. It requires WordPress 3.0.1+ and PHP 5.6+.

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Wp-autosave

Name: Wp-autosave
Rating: 3.7 (3 reviews)
Author: wpautosave

"Wp-autosave" plugin is for automatically saving posts being written in the Classic Editor

By wpautosave·Post·Free

3.7(3 reviews)

·100 active installs·Updated 6 years ago

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As of April 2026, Wp-autosave is a WordPress post plugin with 100 active installations and a 3.7/5 rating from 3 reviews. It has been downloaded 3.9K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0.1+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2018. Last updated 6 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Header and Footer Scripts.

3.7/53 reviews

100active installs

3.9K+total downloads

8 yearssince 2018

Overview

“Wp-autosave” plugin is for automatically saving posts being written in the Classic Editor

Note:
This plugin works as an additional module to the Classic Editor plugin by WordPress Contributors since WordPress version 5.0+, because the original Classic Editor was replaced with a new editor – Gutenberg.
So the original Classic Editor plugin is required to work with WP-Autosave plugin for all actual WordPress versions.

In case of older versions of WordPress (<5.0), the original Classic Editor plugin is not required because Classic Editor is used by default.

Major features of plugin:
– Auto-save post to drafts at regular time intervals by multipart requests. (To check the functionality it’s enough to have the rights to create an entry in the wp-blog (you can…

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