Audit trail and git-style diff viewer for every file change made through the WordPress plugin and theme file editor.

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Simple Editor Control silently records every file change made through the WordPress built-in plugin editor and theme editor. For each save it stores the diff, the editor who made it, and the timestamp — giving you a full, browsable history.
Features
<ul>
<li>Automatic tracking — no setup required. Every save through the WP file editor is captured.</li>
<li>Git-style diff viewer with side-by-side and line-by-line modes.</li>
<li>Adjustable context lines (0, 3, 5, 10, 20).</li>
<li>Point-in-time file recovery — download any file as it existed at any past revision.</li>
<li>Works with all plugins and all active themes.</li>
<li>Accurate LCS-based diff engine (same algorithm as GNU diff / git) — handles insertions, deletions and replacements correctly.</li>
<li>Fully translatable.</li>
</ul>
Use cases
<ul>
<li>See exactly what changed when something broke.</li>
<li>Verify that no unauthorised changes were made to your plugin or theme files.</li>
<li>Recover a previous version of a file without restoring a full backup.</li>
</ul>

Simple Editor Control


Wordpress editor is very handy, and you can see the difference made when a plugin or theme was edited using that tool. It's my plugin and i like it


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