Grade B

WP Revisions Control

Name: WP Revisions Control
Rating: 4.7 (13 reviews)
Author: Erick Hitter

⤓ Download v1.4.4 on WordPress.org ↗

by Erick Hitterupdated 2025-07-03😴The Napper

The tiny janitor for your database bloat.

HealthyGrowing

76/100

This lightweight tool provides a simple interface for managing native WordPress revision limits.

Loved28/40

Trustworthy12/15

Fair & Honest15/15

Maintained9/18

Momentum12/12

✂️

You might not need this plugin. Its core job is small enough to live in your theme's functions.php.

Show the snippet

add_filter( 'wp_revisions_to_keep', function( $num, $post ) {
	$limits = [
		'post' => 10,
		'page'  => 5,
	];
	return isset( $limits[ $post->post_type ] ) ? $limits[ $post->post_type ] : $num;
}, 10, 2 );

Keep in mind:Adjust the $limits array per post type; the plugin adds a Settings Writing UI so non-developers can configure values without touching code.

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Active installs

~45,000

our estimate · wp.org shows 40k+

→ on track for 50k+in ~6 weeks

Rating

4.7★

13 ratings

Trend · vs a year ago

+143%

Growing fast

31 → 74 installs/day

What to watch out for

MINORnot updated in 11 months

Downloads over time

real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend

2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03

organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median

Growing fast · +143% in the last year

31/day a year ago→74/day today

Reviews

what people actually say

WP Revisions Control is a well-regarded, lightweight plugin for managing WordPress revision limits per post type, though an old compatibility issue was reported on a very early version.

What people like

+Simple and effective at controlling revision limits per post type×5
+Can override revision limits set by managed hosting providers or WP_POST_REVISIONS constants
+Reduces need for frequent database cleanup by keeping revision counts under control
+Considered essential enough to install on multiple sites

Common complaints

−Fatal error on activation reported on an early version, making the plugin non-functional (since 1.0)

Review trustMostly organic

4.69★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.70★
0%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
past spikeReview timing — up to 50% of all reviews landed in a single month

Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower

2025-09-072026-02-042026-06-04

5★ reviews1–4★ reviews

All-time ratings · 13 total

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Latest reviews · 13 analyzed

2025-09-25★★★★★Naoya WAtanabe naoya0watanabe0
2025-08-23★★★★★Brilliant!neotek9
2022-11-04★★★★★Effective Plugin Bypass WP_POST_REVISIONS limit set by Managed Hosting Provider z2lai
2022-07-22★★★★★Indispensable dmsr
2020-12-05★★★★★Simple and effective krascsenitsg
2020-07-05★★★★★Useful and Effective 0builder
2019-09-30★★★★★Easy & clever takaacstamaas
2019-06-01★★★★★Отлично glas
2018-10-08★★★★★Thank you MBV
2016-06-26★★★★★Promises and Delivers idowebwork

Releases

recent versions from WordPress.org SVN

2025-07-03v1.4.4
2022-07-01v1.4.3
2022-06-11v1.4.2
2022-06-06v1.4
2022-06-06v1.4.1
2022-02-19v1.3
2019-04-14v1.2.1
2013-07-02v1.0

For developers & the curious

the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary above

Download signals

Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.

Baseline · median of last 7 organic days

Prior 7-day baseline

Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days

Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)

+2.9%

Week-over-week organic trend

Review signals

Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.

50%

Max month share · biggest single 30-day window

2.00

Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty

92%

5★ share in analyzed sample

Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity

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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo

4.69 → 4.69★

Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered