Companion Revision Manager – Revision Control
by Papin Schipper · Uncategorized
Also makes 2 other plugins · 50K+ installs across the portfolio →
Lightweight plugin that allows full control over post revisions.
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Health
C 68/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
4K+
≈4.5K estimated
Momentum
+34%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “control” for “companion”. “control” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “companion” sits at #23 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
68 health vs 58 average across 25,734 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →17%
of downloads still active
At least 4K of 23.6K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,764 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 403 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.15★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
36
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.7
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
16%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.3
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| revision manager | #2 | #11 | 0 |
| revision control | #4 | #18 | down 1 |
| revision your tag | #10 | #23 | down 1 |
| disable revision | #9 | #21 | down 1 |
| post revision | #11 | #21 | down 1 |
| post revisions | #18 | #21 | down 3 |
| revisions | #19 | #21 | down 4 |
| companion | #23 | #16 | down 2 |
| wp revision manager | #9 | #23 | down 2 |
| no revision | #10 | #23 | up 1 |
| revisions control | #10 | #20 | down 2 |
| page revision | #16 | #20 | 0 |
| wp revisions control | #19 | #24 | down 1 |
| control your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| manager your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| page your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| post your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
20 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 13 listed. 7 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “control” for “companion”. “control” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “companion” sits at #23 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 2.2K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
1.1y ago
latest release · v1.6.3 · 23 Sep 2025
14
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “4K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 6 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 46% of the way through.
At the current install trend, crossing 5K+ in roughly 483 days.
Install history since 24 Aug 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ swinggraphics2.0y ago
Does what it says. My experience is that the Delete xxxx Revisions button still has the number in it after you click it, and you have to load the page again to see there are no excess revisions.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ neotek2.3y ago
Keeps revisions under control. Cheers.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ serviceict9.2y ago
Good plugin
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 1.6.3 Made sure the database version option does not get autoloaded Changed plugin URLs to working ones 1.6.3
- — Version 1.6.2 Tweak: crm_database_creation() query is no longer running on every page load, just on activation or updating of the plugin 1.6.2
- — Version 1.6.1 Fix where sometimes succes messages wouldn’t show up. 1.6.1
- — Version 1.6.0 New: You can disable revisions completely or limit the number of revision stored 1.6.0
- — Version 1.5.2 “Thank you for using Companion Revision Manager” message now only shows on pages of this plugin 1.5.2
- — Version 1.5.1 Security improvements 1.5.1
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 10 languages, 6 at 90% or more
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
4 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Lightweight plugin that allows full control over post revisions."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you want"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 4 headings and 1 list.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,187 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "page" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-16 3K+ → 4K+ up after 272 days in tier
- 2025-08-17 2K+ → 3K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-08-16 3K+ → 2K+ down after 72 days in tier
- 2025-06-05 2K+ → 3K+ up after 196 days in tier
- 2024-11-21 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1399 days in tier
- 2021-01-22 800+ → 1K+ up after 124 days in tier
- 2020-09-20 400+ → 800+ up
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Simple Revision Control 1K+ installs · 3.8★ · 3 shared tags B -
Post Type Switcher 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Reveal IDs 40K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A - W WP Admin UI Customize 30K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags C
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Duplicate PP 10K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
Search and Replace 9K+ installs · 3.4★ · 2 shared tags B
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