Thin Out Revisions

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1. ★★★★★ Gahapati

   9.3y ago

   To begin with: I love Thin Out Revisions, and it has been a pleasure to use for a number of years. When WP 4.4 came, however, I noticed that the revision purge on initial publication did not work any longer. I just now tested Thin Out Revisions under WP 4.7.4, and unfortunately not only does the revision purge on initial publication no longer work, but it turns out, neither does the manual purge. The only functionality which still does work under WP 4.7 is the Revision Memos. I understand that, technically, this does not warrant a one-star-rating, since Thin Out Revisions is advertised as being compatible up to WP 4.2 only, which it is. Given the fact, though, that there no longer is any way in the Plugin Repository to indicate whether or not a plugin is working under a given WP version, at the moment I see this as the only way to let others know about compatibility issues.

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2. ★★★★★ franken

   10.8y ago

   Great tool, helps you clear a messy update history.

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3. ★★★★★ Juan

   11.4y ago

   Excellent!!

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4. ★★★★★ Vorteth

   11.5y ago

   Works as described. Allows me to thin out the revisions that I never use.

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5. ★★★★★ ann98

   11.6y ago

   nice clean up plugin prior to go-live, huge noticeable difference in the speed of the site. I will have users updating this site and this will be very helpful to avoid revision bloat. Works great with 4.1. Thank you 🙂

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6. ★★★★★ petermolnar

   11.6y ago

   control the number of revisions.

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7. ★★★★★ Curtis

   11.9y ago

   Simple and effective. Thank you for this plugin.

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8. ★★★★★ DazzelDum

   12.0y ago

   I really love this plugin, Thank you! It was great from the beginning, but the ease of use is just fantastic. I like to keep things cleaned up and this is perfect. The Author really takes care of it and improves it when needed. I have never had any problem with it. Aldo, I really like the fail safe. That is, the auto save is labeled and the present version cannot be deleted. I wrote a blog on it because like it so much. Thank you again!

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

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-03-14 900+ → 800+ down after 10 days in tier
2. 2026-03-04 800+ → 900+ up after 2 days in tier
3. 2026-03-02 900+ → 800+ down after 2 days in tier
4. 2026-02-28 800+ → 900+ up after 1 days in tier
5. 2026-02-27 900+ → 800+ down after 1 days in tier
6. 2026-02-26 800+ → 900+ up after 1 days in tier
7. 2026-02-25 900+ → 800+ down after 144 days in tier
8. 2025-10-04 1K+ → 900+ down after 2 days in tier

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).

• W WP Revisions Control 40K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags C
• R Revision Control 40K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
• W WP Admin UI Customize 30K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags C
• LH Archived Post Status 3K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags C
• H HiFi (Head Injection, Foot Injection) 2K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
• Sortable Word Count Reloaded 2K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B

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Thin Out Revisions: 800+ active installs, 4.7★ (15 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/thin-out-revisions