WP Document Revisions

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1. ★★★★★ mqfell

   7mo ago

   Thank you for the recent update so that it’s now compatible with latest versions of PHP. Great plugin, super useful, grateful it exists!

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2. ★★★★★ Chad Butler

   8.6y ago

   Ben Balter has put together a solid plugin that does a good job of maintaining documents for your WP install. The plugin works well, and functions as described. The plugin also has filter and action hooks which allow developers to integrate with the plugin without hacking it. It is also translation ready, something that a plugin must have for wide adoption. A five star plugin must be not only usable but flexible. WP Document Revisions meets that qualification. I hope Ben continues his ongoing development. It’s good to see WP coding standards being implemented. Would be good to see more inline documentation for hooks, but that doesn’t affect functionality at all so it’s more of a want than a need. This is a good plugin with some good features. Unfortunately, there are some very old reviews that don’t paint an accurate picture. Anytime you read a review, look at its age and compare that to the plugin (or theme’s) current development. In this case, there has been active development in the time since some of the older reviews were written (and in my opinion, some of those other reviews are simply not justified).

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3. ★★★★★ oozzyy

   11.1y ago

   I’ve been looking a long time for a plugin like WP Document Revision. Still a document management system with workflow status where I can see the revisions and the option to rollback. But it seems that it is not compatible with 4.2.2 because there are no more options to see the logs/revisions. And you can’t change a document online anymore, not with Chrome, Firefox or IE. And the worst thing: you don’t get answers or support anymore. This plugin is so nice. What a pity!

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4. ★★★★★ Krauser

   11.3y ago

   This is the best document management plugin in WordPress. Still surprisingly works with 4.1.

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5. ★★★★★ seamstobesew

   11.5y ago

   Unfortunately, for me anyway, if I keep this plugin installed, the Media Gallery images do not show up on the library page. If I uninstall it, the media gallery shows back up, but I lose the ability to see anything on “new post or new page” type pages, thus it doesn’t allow me to create a new post or page. it took me hours of deactivating and reinstalling plugins to figure out which plugin was causing the problem. So I’m screwed either way, either no images on the media library, or no ability to post. Please fix this problem. I’d at least like to remove the plugin.

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6. ★★★★★ Marcus Downing

   11.6y ago

   Due to this plugin’s choice to hook into the existing WordPress post locking mechanism for checking out documents, it was easy for us to hook into it ourselves with another plugin to keep the documents checked out when the window closed. More plugin developers should do this.

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7. ★★★★★ choondias

   11.6y ago

   I like this template very much. The “versioning” is what it makes it great. The problem is, in any organization you will want different people to access different information, and organize the information in different folders. No organization is going to put all its files just in a list…it will be chaotic!

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8. ★★★★★ Chris

   11.9y ago

   Very nice plugin but I would like to see more options.. For example: I really would like to be able to make a new documents status to be public instead of private. Any idea on how to do this?

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 5.1.3 For complete changelog, see GitHub 5.1.3
2. — Version 5.1.2 Ensure that Live Review document upload works and the media window autocloses after successful upload. (#588) Recover the document’s own attachment instead of dropping it when a forged or foreign attachment marker is rej 5.1.2
3. — Version 5.1.1 For complete changelog, see GitHub 5.1.1
4. — Version 5.3.0 For complete changelog, see GitHub 5.3.0
5. — Version 5.2.0 For complete changelog, see GitHub 5.2.0
6. — Version 5.4.0 For complete changelog, see GitHub 5.4.0

2 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 5.3 WP Document Revisions <= 3.8.1 - Missing Authorization ↗
   2026-05-15 CVE-2026-42677 Missing Authorization Affects <= 3.8.1 Patched in 4.0.0
2. Medium · 4.3 Document Revisions <= 3.7.2 - Missing Authorization ↗
   2025-12-25 CVE-2025-68585 Missing Authorization Affects <= 3.7.2 Patched in 3.8.0

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

Translated into 4 languages, 0 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

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

1. 2024-07-25 3K+ → 2K+ down after 1 days in tier
2. 2024-07-24 2K+ → 3K+ up after 1 days in tier
3. 2024-07-23 3K+ → 2K+ down after 2 days in tier
4. 2024-07-21 2K+ → 3K+ up after 4 days in tier
5. 2024-07-17 3K+ → 2K+ down after 1 days in tier
6. 2024-07-16 2K+ → 3K+ up after 8 days in tier
7. 2024-07-08 3K+ → 2K+ down after 3 days in tier
8. 2024-07-05 2K+ → 3K+ up after 3 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).

• B BuddyPress Docs 6K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B
• CatFolders Document Gallery & PDF Library 3K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A
• WPYog Documents 100+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
• Trilobita DocVault 60+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B
• Mikesoft TeamVault 50+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B
• Docs 50+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B

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WP Document Revisions: 2K+ active installs, 3.7★ (23 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-document-revisions