Plugin info

Total downloads: 32,632
Active installs: 3,000
Total reviews: 1
Average rating: 5
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 4
Last updated: 5/29/2025 (216 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 5/24/2016 (9 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 3.0
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.8.3
Minimum PHP version: f

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Stale • Last updated 216 days ago • 1 reviews

40/100

Is Disable Post Revision abandoned?

Likely maintained (last update 216 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 3.0
Tested up to: 6.8.3
Requires PHP: f

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Description

WordPress uses post revisions by default to save each post revision in your database. If you’re concerned about server and database size, these post revisions can be a burden.

While you can’t simply disable the post revision feature for a specific post type from the settings page, this plugin makes it easy to do so.

What is Disable Post Revision?

Disabling unwanted post revisions in WordPress should be straightforward. This plugin makes it a simple process.

Disable Post Revision – Features

  • Disable post revisions for all available post types, including Posts and Pages
  • Reduce database load
  • Reduce server load while editing a post
  • Translation-ready
  • Extremely lightweight
  • Adheres to WordPress coding standards
  • Available on GitHub

Installation | Support | Screenshots

WordPress Post Revision – More Details

If you’re unsure about what post revisions are, please refer to this page for more information.

Installation

Installing the plugin – Simple

  1. In your WordPress admin panel, go to Plugins > New Plugin, search for Disable Post Revision and click “Install now
  2. Alternatively, download the plugin and upload the contents of disable-post-revision.zip to your plugins directory, which usually is /wp-content/plugins/.
  3. Activate the plugin
  4. Go to Writing Setting tab under WordPress settings menu.
  5. Find the “Disable Post Revision” option and select the post types from the dropdown and save.

Need more help?

Please feel free to open a support request.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the use of Disable Post Revision?

This simple plugin helps reduce your database load by disabling unnecessary post revision data.

What is a post revision?

Ok, here is the link.

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Screenshots

  1. <strong>Settings</strong> - Select post types to disable post revisions. You can select multiple types.

    Settings - Select post types to disable post revisions. You can select multiple types.

Changelog

1.0.1 (15/09/2016)

  • Compatibility with WordPress 4.6.
  • PHP Coding standard fixes.
  • Fixed wrong stable version number.

1.0.0 (20/05/2016)

  • Initial version release.