BU Versions

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1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

Directory rank

Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Crossed into this band 24 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ chrisbfinternet

   10.5y ago

   GREAT plugin! I found this after much researching. This answers a question which I can find many people have asked, but no one had the ideal solution. http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/3986/is-there-any-way-to-draft-a-revision-of-a-published-page-or-post-what-workaroun

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2. ★★★★★ Studio Pence

   10.7y ago

   This is a fantastic plugin! Exactly what WordPress should have out of the box. Thank you for the time and development expertise you’ve committed to this plugin!

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3. ★★★★★ Tom Finley

   11.1y ago

   Essential in pushing out updates to critical content without having to play hopscotch with permalink names.

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4. ★★★★★ Ygesit

   12.3y ago

   Thx a lot for this!

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5. ★★★★★ bemdesign

   12.7y ago

   This is a wonderful plugin for managing content edits after initial publishing. You basically clone the content (make a version), make your edits to the clone, and once it’s okay, you “publish” the cloned edit which simply replaces the previous published post. It does this so your content edits don’t happen “live”. It supports other built-in WordPress functionality (revisions) and really feels almost like a core part of WordPress. Recommended. I only ran into one issue: it doesn’t play nice with CodePress’ Admin Columns (http://wordpress.org/plugins/codepress-admin-columns/) as it prevents the CodePress plugin from being able to grab custom fields from your posts to display in the back-end admin screens. Once I disabled Versions the Admin Columns plugin worked correctly.

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6. ★★★★★ coeweb

   13.6y ago

   I’ve downloaded and tested several plugins that attempt to achieve versioning, but this is the only that actually does it – here’s why: My users need to edit “published” items and every plugin only allows the WP review layer to work on “New” posts/pages. Once you hit publish, guess what, no one besides a publish rights user can touch that post again, if you use “User Role Editor” or “Members” (both excellent plugins) you’ll see that if you assign a user to be able to edit published items, they also get the blue “Update” button, so their changes bypass the review layer. This solves that. Support has been good so far, and they’re currently enhancing the documentation to include how-to’s on supporting your custom meta boxes…so all all around awesome job…

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4

Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.

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Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2024-11-24 200+ → 100+ down after 10 days in tier
2. 2024-11-14 100+ → 200+ up after 3 days in tier
3. 2024-11-11 200+ → 100+ down after 23 days in tier
4. 2024-10-19 100+ → 200+ up after 3 days in tier
5. 2024-10-16 200+ → 100+ down after 43 days in tier
6. 2024-09-03 100+ → 200+ up after 5 days in tier
7. 2024-08-29 200+ → 100+ down after 10 days in tier
8. 2024-08-19 100+ → 200+ up after 3 days in tier

Competes with

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BU Versions: 100+ active installs, 5.0★ (6 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/bu-versions