Best autosave plugins for WordPress
The most popular autosave plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Disable Gutenberg Autosave leads with 2K+ active installs, ahead of Heartbeat Controller (1K+) and Disable Autosave (400+). All 13 plugins tagged “autosave” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 autosave plugins
- 1.
Disable Gutenberg AutosaveThe most installed autosave plugin, with 2K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 11 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
Heartbeat Controller1K+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 3.
Disable Autosave400+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
- 4.
Revisions Control Ultimate100+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 5.
Change Autosave Time100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.
- 6.
Wp-autosave100+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
- 7.
Super Switch80+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5.
- 8.
Form Auto-Save (Lite)10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 9.
Limit Post Revisions Network Option10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30.
- 10.
LAPDI Disable Auto-Save10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 3 months ago.
All 13 plugins tagged “autosave”
Disable Gutenberg Autosave
Down in the last 7 days:3#4,635by ska-dev2 months ago
Allows to control Gutenberg autosave interval or disable autosave completely.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.4(11)
- Downloads
- 33/day
Heartbeat Controller
Up in the last 7 days:23#5,598by Abdur Rahman1 year ago
Control WordPress Heartbeat API to reduce load. Allow, disable, or set custom frequency for Dashboard, Post Editor, and Frontend.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Disable Autosave
Up in the last 7 days:21#9,557by nasour9 years ago
This plugin disables the auto-save feature in WordPress..
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Revisions Control Ultimate
Down in the last 7 days:11#14,221by George Parras1 year ago
Control WordPress post revisions and autosaves for better performance and optimization.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 4/day
Change Autosave Time
Up in the last 7 days:140#14,890by Carlos Martínez Romero3 years ago
This plugin adds a new setting in the last position of Settings > General, this option will allow you to select the days that WordPress take to emp …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Wp-autosave
Down in the last 7 days:61#15,110by wpautosave6 years ago
"Wp-autosave" plugin is for automatically saving posts being written in the Classic Editor
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Super Switch
Down in the last 7 days:93#17,510by crazyloong16 years ago
As you see, these are a set of switches. You can optimize your blog by this.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Form Auto-Save (Lite)
Down in the last 7 days:313#30,189by guysoroka1 year ago
Form Auto-Save automatically saves users’ input across all WordPress forms.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Limit Post Revisions Network Option
Down in the last 7 days:449#30,601by David Sader10 years ago
A Multisite Network plugin to add Network Admin->Settings to limit, or disable, the number of post revisions and set the post autosave interval.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
LAPDI Disable Auto-Save
#39,996by Let A Pro Do IT!3 months ago
Disable Autosave prevents WordPress from automatically saving duplicate copies of posts while editing.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Super Settings
Down in the last 7 days:5,266#47,197by aspatti15 years ago
WP Super Settings allows you to do various generally required settings in WordPress which are otherwise not available directly.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
NeuroSave
#57,444by Ashar1 year ago
Smart client-side + server-side auto-saving of any form input or comment field. Prevent data loss. Restore across pages or sessions.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Savelo Form Autosave
Down in the last 7 days:11,502#66,569by alx5 months ago
Automatically saves form data to localStorage and restores it when the visitor returns. Zero server load. Works with any HTML form.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day