Improved Save Button

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1. ★★★★★ Alisha Thomas

   2.3y ago

   Love this plugin! I use CPTs on every site I built, and this plugin just makes it so much faster to add and update new CPTs. It hasn’t been updated in a while, but still works excellently. The only bummer is it doesn’t work with the Gutenberg editor, so if this is still turned on for a CPT, it won’t work. Would love to see this updated at some point, but in the meantime, I am very happy with it.

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2. ★★★★★ globalexposures

   6.2y ago

   This should be core part of WordPress. Several of my clients were distressed when it looked like this plugin was abaondoned. So relieved to have it updated recently.

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3. ★★★★★ rallisf1

   7.2y ago

   Still works on WP 5.2.2, also works on custom post types that use /edit layout (e.g. Woocommerce products). You saved me many hours of just watching the backend reload 😀

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4. ★★★★★ scottmunson

   8.0y ago

   How do I donate to it? The developers website doesn’t seem to active.

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5. ★★★★★ Jane

   8.0y ago

   My admin side is a bit laggy during the development phase, so I often Save in one browser tab while I modify in another and it was aggravating to always have to pop back to the first tab just to switch screens to go back to the list of items, or worse, have to go to the next item, and have to make two selections. Now, with a simple click – POOF! – I’m where I need to be. I came from Joomla where this simple, glaringly-necessary option was a part of core and was shockingly dismayed that WordPress did not include it. Big kudos to the Dev for providing this plugin!

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6. ★★★★★ rickonline_nl

   8.4y ago

   True story.

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7. ★★★★★ certainlyakey

   8.6y ago

   Helps a lot. Many options for customisation. I usually utilise the save and go to list option.

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8. ★★★★★ Murque

   8.6y ago

   Just what I needed! Perfect! This topic was modified 8 years, 2 months ago by Murque.

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1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, 1 still affects the current version.

1. Medium · 6.5 Improved Save Button <= 1.2.1 - Authenticated (Author+) Second-Order SQL Injection via 'meta_key' Parameter ↗
   2026-07-29 CVE-2026-16092 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') Affects <= 1.2.1 No patch available

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

Translated into 6 languages, 6 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

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

1. 2024-11-06 5K+ → 4K+ down after 1 days in tier
2. 2024-11-05 4K+ → 5K+ up after 2 days in tier
3. 2024-11-03 5K+ → 4K+ down after 1 days in tier
4. 2024-11-02 4K+ → 5K+ up after 2 days in tier
5. 2024-10-31 5K+ → 4K+ down after 1 days in tier
6. 2024-10-30 4K+ → 5K+ up after 1 days in tier
7. 2024-10-29 5K+ → 4K+ down after 681 days in tier
8. 2022-12-18 6K+ → 5K+ down

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).

• S Save and Close 400+ installs · 4.3★ · 4 shared tags D
• Save with keyboard 3K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags D
• Publish View 500+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
• Q Quick Save 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
• List category posts 80K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A
• VK Link Target Controller 30K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B

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Improved Save Button: 4K+ active installs, 5.0★ (26 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/improved-save-button