LH Wayback Machine

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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.

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

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1. ★★★★★ novakpeter

   4.2y ago

   All URLs are archived, it works.

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2. ★★★★★ KZeni

   5.9y ago

   This plugin does a great job to help make sure a site is more likely to be archived and that the archive is more complete at web.archive.org than just letting the Wayback Machine passively crawl & archive the web. It helps make sure changes are also archived as updates are made for a more thorough history of a site as well. Setup & implementation is very quick & easy to use. As this plugin is more likely to ask more of archive.org’s Wayback Machine effort, I do suggest highlighting the option to donate to Archive.org via donate link (in addition to the donation for support of the plugin itself; but the plugin couldn’t exist without the service’s ongoing support.) This topic was modified 5 years, 10 months ago by Jan Dembowski. Reason: Links removed, don't put those in reviews that is not allowed

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3. ★★★★★ AlfonsoAB

   6.2y ago

   When you are in the urgent need of something you’ve lost of sight, it’s always in the last pocket. The Internet Archive is this last and lifesaver pocket.

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4. ★★★★★ multiformeingegno

   6.2y ago

   I was looking for something like this. It just works! Would be amazing to also be able to save monthly/yearly archives

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5. ★★★★★ Ken Gagne

   6.4y ago

   I’m a huge fan of the Internet Archive, the Wayback Machine, and WordPress. This plugin is essential for anyone interested in integrating those tools and preserving those sites. I love that it shows if a post or page is queued to be archived, if it already has, and a link to the last snapshot. Worst case scenario, if you don’t have other backups of your site, these snapshots can be used to rebuild your site in the event of a catastrophe. 😱 The only three caveats I need to remember: The plugin captures individual posts, but not the homepage, so I submitted the root domain to the Wayback Machine separately; There is no way to exclude posts or pages, even if that content is excluded from other search engines or sitemaps (such as by using NOINDEX); and I need to deactivate it on my staging/development site, lest the wrong URL be submitted to the Wayback Machine! This topic was modified 6 years, 3 months ago by Ken Gagne. This topic was modified 6 years, 3 months ago by Ken Gagne. Reason: Adding a bullet point to caveats This topic was modified 6 years, 3 months ago by Jan Dembowski. Reason: Deleted link in review

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.5.1

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-08-07 400+ → 300+ down after 329 days in tier
2. 2025-09-12 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
3. 2025-09-11 400+ → 500+ up after 2 days in tier
4. 2025-09-09 500+ → 400+ down after 2 days in tier
5. 2025-09-07 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
6. 2025-09-06 500+ → 400+ down after 280 days in tier
7. 2024-11-30 600+ → 500+ down after 262 days in tier
8. 2024-03-13 700+ → 600+ down after 131 days in tier

Competes with

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• Stealth Publish 900+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D
• W WP-UTF8-Excerpt 700+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
• One Click Demo Import 1M+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A
• Post Duplicator 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A

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LH Wayback Machine: 300+ active installs, 5.0★ (5 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-30. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/lh-wayback-machine