Disable Gutenberg Autosave

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Reviewers say it does the one thing they wanted, killing Gutenberg's autosave when wp-config tweaks don't, though a couple report it doesn't catch the autosave triggered by Preview.

1. ★★★★★ Ron Fredericks

   6mo ago

   I am working on a “longish” page and while editing the page jumps away from my edit point and I finally realized it was due to autosave. I saw a few options that required editing code that will update from time to time so not good. Then I found this plugin – so simple – no sales cr*p, it just worked! Thank you.

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2. ★★★★★ Duncan

   12mo ago

   Finally, something that disables Gutenberg autosave! All those sites saying to define the autosave interval in wp-config.php or to disable it by dequeuing this and that, alas they don’t work. Those settings relate to the classic editor. You can use Chrome Development Tools – Network – Filter: Fetch/XHR to see they don’t work, but this lovely plugin does! Really appreciate the work on this one, thanks!

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3. ★★★★★ Saeed Shahryar

   4.1y ago

   Very useful plugin, Thanks to the team.

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4. ★★★★★ richardstam

   5.5y ago

   When Preview is clicked in the Gutenberg editor, an autosave is done. This type of autosave is not prevented by this plugin.

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5. ★★★★★ thejosetree

   7.5y ago

   Hace exactamente lo que se le pide, desactivar la función de auto guardado de Gutenberg, que me estaba volviendo absolutamente loco. Gutenberg es un editor fantástico a la que te haces con él, pero esa función de auto guardado es verdaderamente penosa y mal implementada.

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6. ★★★★★ 7est

   7.6y ago

   Thank you very much ! You save wordpress and us !

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7. ★★★★★ kato

   7.6y ago

   Go from annoyance to delight in mere moments. This plug-in fixed Gutenberg in 5.0.3. My editor was autosaving every 9 seconds. I’m sure it’s just some plug-in that’s triggering the error but now that I’m using Gutenberg, I’m pretty happy with it. And this plug-in makes it all possible. The reviewer claiming it doesn’t work forgot to activate it. —-EDIT—– After some experimentation, I discovered the offending plug-in. It was not a WP plugin at all, but rather a Google Chrome plugin called Grammarly. Choosing between Grammarly and Gutenberg is not a fun position to be in. Thank you DGA, I’m not in it. This topic was modified 7 years, 5 months ago by kato. Reason: discovery of incompatibility

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8. ★★★★★ BoatKung

   7.6y ago

   It’s very annoying when cursor jumping or block format become weird after autosave trigger. This plugin will help you control your bad emotions, I’m confirmed!

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.0.17 Tested with WordPress 7.0. 1.0.17
2. — Version 1.0.16 Tested with WordPress 6.9. 1.0.16
3. — Version 1.0.15 Added a donate link on the plugin page – supporters get a 50% off coupon for my brand new WordPress theme. Update @wordpress/* packages. Tested with Gutenberg 21.7.0. 1.0.15
4. — Version 1.0.14 WP 6.8. 1.0.14
5. — Version 1.0.13 Replace deprecated PluginSidebarMoreMenuItem and PluginSidebar components. Update @wordpress/* packages. 1.0.13
6. — Version 1.0.12 Update @wordpress/* packages. Test with WordPress 6.5. Removed src directory. Added GitHub link for source. 1.0.12

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