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Best WordPress Plugins for Revisions

15 plugins compared · Updated August 2026 · Revisions

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Choosing a WordPress plugin for revisions comes down to a few things: whether it is still actively maintained, whether real users rate it well, and whether it does the specific job you need without dragging the rest of the site down.

We ranked 15 plugins using our WPScore, which weighs the user rating (adjusted for how many people actually rated it), how many sites run it, how recently it was updated, and which WordPress version it is tested against. 15 of them have enough public data to be scored; the rest are listed below the ranked block, clearly marked, rather than being given a number we cannot justify.

How this list is funded. Some links here earn us a commission if you buy. It costs you nothing extra, and it does not move anything up the list — the order comes from the WPScore, which is calculated from public ratings, install counts and update history. See the method.

At a glance

  1. 1. WP-Sweep Best overall 88/100
  2. 2. Optimize Database after Deleting Revisions 86/100
  3. 3. PublishPress Revisions: Duplicate Posts, Submit, Approve and... 84/100
  4. 4. Simple Revisions Delete 79/100
  5. 5. WP Document Revisions 78/100
  6. 6. Simple Revision Control 78/100
  7. 7. Revision Manager TMC 77/100
  8. 8. Auto-Close Comments, Pingbacks and Trackbacks 77/100
  9. 9. Disable Post Revision 75/100
  10. 10. WP Revisions Control 73/100
  11. 11. Companion Revision Manager 73/100
  12. 12. Time-based Revision Cleanup 70/100
  13. 13. Revision Control 55/100
  14. 14. Revisions Control Ultimate 55/100
  15. 15. Revisionize 52/100
1 WP-Sweep
Best overall Free by Lester Chan

WP-Sweep

WP-Sweep allows you to clean up unused, orphaned and duplicated data in your WordPress. It also optimizes your database tables.

4.7★
from 138 ratings
100k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
88

WPScore

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4 Simple Revisions Delete
Free by Brice Capobianco

Simple Revisions Delete

Simple Revisions Delete adds a discreet link within a post submit box to let you purge (delete) its revisions via AJAX. Bulk actions also available.

4.9★
from 48 ratings
10k+
active installs
Updated
Nov 2025
Tested to
WP 6.9.7
79

WPScore

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5 WP Document Revisions
Free by Ben Balter

WP Document Revisions

Document management and version control for WordPress. Collaborate on files, track every revision, and auto-generate change summaries with AI.

3.7★
from 23 ratings
2k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
78

WPScore

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6 Simple Revision Control
Free by iworks (Marcin Pietrzak)

Simple Revision Control

Easily control and limit post revisions per post type to keep your WordPress database clean and optimized—no coding required!

3.8★
from 13 ratings
1k+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
78

WPScore

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7 Revision Manager TMC
Free by themastercut

Revision Manager TMC

Clone your post, page or custom post type to a draft. Draft up revisions of live, published content. Accept posts. It works with ACF...

4.9★
from 10 ratings
1k+
active installs
Updated
Apr 2026
Tested to
WP 6.9.7
77

WPScore

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9 Disable Post Revision
Free by Joel James

Disable Post Revision

Light weight plugin to disable post revisions for selected post types to reduce database and server load.

5★
from 1 ratings
3k+
active installs
Updated
Dec 2025
Tested to
WP 6.9.7
75

WPScore

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12 Time-based Revision Cleanup
Free by Michael Sablone

Time-based Revision Cleanup

Maximize WordPress efficiency with Time-based Revision Cleanup: manage post histories by age, not count, with optional auto-cleanups.

5★
from 3 ratings
100+
active installs
Updated
Feb 2026
Tested to
WP 6.9.7
70

WPScore

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13 Revision Control
Free by Dion Hulse

Revision Control

Revision Control allows finer control over the Post Revision system included with WordPress

4.4★
from 36 ratings
40k+
active installs
Updated
Apr 2018
Tested to
WP 4.9.31
55

WPScore

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15 Revisionize
Free by jamiechong

Revisionize

Draft up revisions of live, published content. The live content doesn't change until you publish the revision manually or with the scheduling system.

4.6★
from 24 ratings
4k+
active installs
Updated
Mar 2021
Tested to
WP 5.2.26
52

WPScore

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