Haris Amjed

<p>The Version Control Your Content plugin provides an alternative to the native WP <a href="https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/revisions/" rel="ugc">Revisions</a> feature using Git services.</p>
<h4>Requirements</h4>
<ul>
<li>A GitHub account. If you don’t have one, you can create one <a href="https://github.com/join" rel="nofollow ugc">here</a>.</li>
<li>A GitHub private repository. If you don’t have one, you can create one <a href="https://github.com/new" rel="nofollow ugc">here</a>.</li>
<li>(Optional but highly recommended) A GitHub fine-grained personal access token. If you don’t have one, you can create one <a href="https://github.com/settings/tokens/new" rel="nofollow ugc">here</a>.</li>
</ul>
<p>This plugin provides an option for version control in the following places for now:</p>
<ol>
<li>Block Editor (Gutenberg)</li>
<li>Classic Editor</li>
<li>Additional CSS in the Customizer</li>
<li>Default Settings pages in WP Admin</li>
</ol>
<p>On all supported pages, you will see a “Version Control” box, and you can activate or deactivate it for that page. It will also show you the real-time GitHub API usage in the top admin bar.</p>
<p>This solution will put minimal load on your server because there will be no database entries, no complex SQL operations, and only simple JavaScript-based API calls to external Git services.</p>
<h4>How it works behind the scenes?</h4>
<ol>
<li>When you submit any HTML form, such as saving a post, it captures the form data via JavaScript before sending it to the server backend.</li>
<li>It sanitizes the data and converts it to JSON format (if needed).</li>
<li>It sends that JSON or HTML data to your Git repository via a commit.</li>
<li>In this way, all your changes will be new commits in your Git repo in related JSON or HTML files.</li>
<li>In the commits box, a list of all commits will be shown. It will also provide an option to view the changes or revert to that version.</li>
</ol>
<h4>Planned Upcoming Features</h4>
<p>Currently, I have developed it for three views as described above, and the following features will be added in the future:</p>
<ul>
<li>Integration with page builders like Elementor, Divi, Beaver Builder, WPBakery, etc.</li>
<li>Integration with WooCommerce</li>
<li>Integration with BuddyPress</li>
<li>Integration with bbPress</li>
<li>Integration with WPML, etc.</li>
</ul>


Version Control Your Content

Provides an alternative to the native WP Revisions feature using Git services. Also works for Additional CSS and wp-admin Settings pages.

Platinaxe

<p>Pudding Package Backup is a simple yet powerful tool that helps you create clean, versioned backups of your WordPress plugins and themes. Simply visit your WordPress Plugins page, click the “Backup” link next to any plugin, or open a theme in the Theme Browser and click the “Backup” button to instantly get a ZIP download with version information included in the filename. It automatically excludes development files and directories, ensuring you get only the essential files in your backup.</p>
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<p>✅ One-click backup from the plugins page and theme browser<br />
✅ Automatically includes plugin/theme version in the backup filename<br />
✅ Excludes development files and directories (node_modules, .git, etc.)<br />
✅ Clean, simple interface<br />
✅ No configuration needed<br />
✅ Works with all WordPress plugins and themes</p>
<h4>Use Cases</h4>
<ul>
<li>Creating clean backups before updates</li>
<li>Sharing plugins and themes with version information</li>
<li>Maintaining a version history of your plugins and themes</li>
<li>Quick backup of modified plugins or themes</li>
</ul>


Pudding Package Backup

Easily backup WordPress plugins and themes with version info. Creates clean ZIP backups excluding development files.

Version Control Your Content vs Pudding Package Backup