76
WP Revisions Control
The tiny janitor for your database bloat.
HealthyGrowing
76/100
This lightweight tool provides a simple interface for managing native WordPress revision limits.
Active installs
~45,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 40k+
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 trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
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 sayWP 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
Latest reviews · 13 analyzed
- 2025-09-25★★★★★Naoya WAtanabenaoya0watanabe0
- 2025-08-23★★★★★Brilliant!neotek9
- 2022-11-04★★★★★Effective Plugin Bypass WP_POST_REVISIONS limit set by Managed Hosting Providerz2lai
- 2022-07-22★★★★★Indispensabledmsr
- 2020-12-05★★★★★Simple and effectivekrascsenitsg
- 2020-07-05★★★★★Useful and Effective0builder
- 2019-09-30★★★★★Easy & clevertakaacstamaas
- 2019-06-01★★★★★Отличноglas
- 2018-10-08★★★★★Thank youMBV
- 2016-06-26★★★★★Promises and Deliversidowebwork
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload 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.
71
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
69
Prior 7-day baseline
44
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
77
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
0%
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