Best diff plugins for WordPress
The most popular diff plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Audit Trail leads with 20K+ active installs, ahead of Email Post Changes (500+) and Simple Editor Control (10+). All 8 plugins tagged “diff” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 8 diff plugins
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Audit TrailThe most installed diff plugin, with 20K+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
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Email Post Changes500+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 13 reviews, updated 4 months ago.
- 3.
Simple Editor Control10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 months ago.
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PatchmarkFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 days ago.
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Sidebar Diff Revisions ViewerFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
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Naroum Update MergeFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
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First Draft FeedFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
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Tumil's Migration Safety Net for Divi 5Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
All 8 plugins tagged “diff”
Audit Trail
Up in the last 7 days:9#1,364by John Godley9 years ago
Audit Trail is a plugin to keep track of what is going on inside your blog by monitoring administration functions.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 2.8(4)
- Downloads
- 30/day
Email Post Changes
Up in the last 7 days:27#8,683by Michael Adams (mdawaffe)4 months ago
Emails you whenever a change to a post or page is made.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 4.0(13)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Simple Editor Control
Down in the last 7 days:667#33,181by Thomas Lloancy2 months ago
Broke functions.php in the file editor? Every save is tracked with git-style diffs and restorable in one click — with automatic crash rollback.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 4/day
Patchmark
#60,524by ClearanceClarence3 days ago
See what a plugin or theme zip, or an update, changes before it replaces the installed copy. Check plugins against WordPress.org.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 87/day
Sidebar Diff Revisions Viewer
Up in the last 7 days:1,559#62,455by Pixy Puala1 year ago
Adds a persistent diff viewer to the Block Editor sidebar, showing live changes against the last saved revision with per-block highlights.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
Naroum Update Merge
Down in the last 7 days:4,536#62,878by maximebakernsn1 month ago
Update a plugin you customized without losing your changes. Keep your code, apply the update, and choose block by block where they conflict.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
First Draft Feed
Up in the last 7 days:620#68,251by Justin Nealey5 months ago
Show a post's revision history as a readable, chronological feed.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Tumil's Migration Safety Net for Divi 5
#73,814by Tumil2 months ago
Verify your Divi 4 → Divi 5 migration: snapshot every page before, re-scan after, and see exactly what changed.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day