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WP Revisions Limit

Limit the number of revisions stored for your posts. Keep your WordPress fast and your database clean!

By Roger Rodrigo·Admin·Free
5(2 reviews)
·900 active installs·Updated 9 years ago
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As of April 2026, WP Revisions Limit is a WordPress admin plugin with 900 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 9.5K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.6+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Last updated 9 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Loginizer.

5/52 reviews
900active installs
9.5K+total downloads
11 yearssince 2015

Overview

Keep your WordPress fast and your database clean!

WordPress 3.6 allows users to control how many revisions are stored for each supported post type.
This plugin provides an interface for this new functionality.

Why you should use this plugin?

Each time you click Save Draft or Update, a revision is saved on the database.
WordPress will store all revisions for each page on your blog. Revisions allow you to look back at the recent changes you’ve made and revert to an earlier version if necessary.

But, what about all those revisions that you won’t use anymore? Yes, they are still there, taking space from your hosting space and increasing the volume of your database and making it slower and heavier!

With this plugin you can easily limit the number of revisions that you want to save, with…

Read full description on WordPress.org

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Ratings & Reviews

52 reviews
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1 ★
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Compatibility

WordPress3.6+ requiredTested up to 4.6.30
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.3

  • Fixed issue when WordPress is not installed in wordpress subfolder.
    Thanks to Dominik Kocuj
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Roger RodrigoRoger Rodrigo
Plugin Info
Version
1.3
Last Updated
Nov 1, 2016
WP Requires
3.6+
Tested Up To
4.6.30
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
900
Downloads
9.5K+
Added
Mar 20, 2015
Business
Free

Tags

adminpostsrevisionrevisionspost revisions

Developer

R
Roger Rodrigo
2 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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