Description

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

Simple Revision Control is a WordPress plugin that provides an easy way to manage and limit the number of post revisions stored for each post type on your site. Unlike editing the wp-config.php file—which only allows setting a single revision limit for all post types—this plugin lets you specify a different revision limit for each post type individually. You can also enable or disable revision support per post type and delete unwanted revisions directly from the plugin’s settings.

Key features

Set custom revision limits for each post type, rather than a global limit.
Enable or disable revisions for post types that don’t support them by default.
Delete all unwanted revisions with a single click to keep your database clean.
Simple setup and configuration via the WordPress admin under Settings Revisions.
No coding required—ideal for users who prefer not to edit wp-config.php.

This plugin is especially useful for site owners who want granular control over revision storage to optimize database performance and avoid unnecessary clutter, without needing to modify core WordPress files.

Asset image

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GitHub

The Simple Revision Control plugin is available also on GitHub.

Screenshots

Set up with post types.
Info screen with ability to delete revisions by post type.
Entries list screen with ability to delete revisions by element.

Installation

Upload Simple Revision Control to your plugins directory.
Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
Configure numer of revision using Settings -> Revisions

FAQ

Should I edit `wp-config.php` file instead install this plugin?: If you are able to edit wp-config.php file or you want to have only one number of revisions for all post types, then please consider do not install this plugin, instead just edit wp-config.php file.
Why this plugin is better than the entry in `wp-config.php` file?: You can set up a number of revisions by post type. Setting in wp-config.php file allows setting only one number of revisions for all post types. You can add od remove revisions support per post types. At least you can delete unwanted revisions.

Reviews

petetheprogrammer January 25, 2023

Unfortunately the worst case happened: After setting a limit of 25 revisions for pages and purging all pages, many pages (10+) have randomly and untraceably disappeared. Panic ensued and only our backups could save the website and all the work. To bugfix, we set up a staging site with the last working backup, used this plugin again as before – and again the same pages just vanished without trace.I know it takes a lot of time and efford to write and maintain a plugin. And had it worked as intended, it would be a great help. But randomly deleting pages is an uncontrollable danger for any user.

turzifer September 15, 2022 1 reply

The plugin deleted images that were used in posts. Made me lose a lot of time.

吉田裕之 April 26, 2022 1 reply

メディアライブラリーのリンクなど思いもよらないDatabaseも削除してしまいます。被害を受けました。バックアップから復旧していますが、使用を禁止する方が良いと思います。 Wordpressは最新5.9.3日本語バージョンです。

Tano April 7, 2022

Great job! 😀

cmyharish March 30, 2022

Awosome and Nice Plugin to clean your DB

bibliotekarz June 23, 2021

A good plugin for beginners, no need to edit wp-config

Read all 12 reviews

Contributors & Developers

“Simple Revision Control” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Marcin Pietrzak

“Simple Revision Control” has been translated into 2 locales. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.

Translate “Simple Revision Control” into your language.

Interested in development?

Browse the code, check out the SVN repository, or subscribe to the development log by RSS.

Changelog

2.2.4 – 2025-07-10

Dependencies: Updated the iWorks Options module to version 3.0.7 and the iWorks Rate module to version 2.3.1.

2.2.3 (2025-05-08)

Added escaping functions in multiple areas for improved security.
Fixed Short Description section in readme.txt was too long.
Updated the iWorks Options module to version 3.0.0.

2.2.2 (2025-03-13)

Updated the iWorks Options module to version 2.9.8.

2.2.1 (2025-02-21)

The build process has been improved.
Updated the iWorks Rate module to version 2.2.3.
Updated the iWorks Options module to version 2.9.5.

2.2.0 (2024-02-15)

The security of deleting previous versions has been improved, normal entries should not be deleted from now on.
Updated the iWorks Rate module to version 2.1.6.
Updated the iWorks Options module to version 2.9.1.

2.1.3 (2023-11-20)

Updated the iWorks Rate module to version 2.1.3.
Updated the iWorks Options module to version 2.8.8.

2.1.2 (2022-04-07)

Fixed settings link on plugins page. Props for tanohex.

2.1.1 (2022-03-29)

Fixed warning on settings screen. Props for tanohex.

2.1.0 (2022-03-01)

Added ability to remove revisions – depend on configuration.
Added ability to turn on revisions for post types without revisions.
Added filter iworks_plugin_get_options to allow to change plugin base configuration.
Improved UX on configuration screen.
Updated the iWorks Options module to version 2.8.1.
Updated the iWorks Rate module to version 2.1.0.

2.0.0 (2022-02-02)

Refactored whole plugin.
Updated the iWorks Options module to version 2.8.0.
Updated the iWorks Rate module to version 2.0.6.

1.3.4 (2021-06-16)

Updated the iWorks Options module to version 2.6.9.

1.3.3 (2017-05-19)

Fixed translation incompatibility.

1.3.2 (2017-04-27)

Fixed class name error.

1.3.1 (2017-04-27)

Fixed localization.
Upgraded iworks_options() class to 2.6.0.

= 1.3 (2015-03-25)=
* IMPROVEMENT: Added Swedish translation, created by Peter from WP Daily Themes

1.2

CHECK: compatibility with WordPress 3.7

1.1

IMPROVEMENT: added revision control to custom post types

1.0

INIT: first revision