Best revision history plugins for WordPress
The most popular revision history plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Time-based Revision Cleanup leads with 100+ active installs, ahead of Better Revision History (fewer than 10). All 2 plugins tagged “revision history” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 revision history plugins
- 1.
Time-based Revision CleanupThe most installed revision history plugin, with 100+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 3 days ago.
- 2.
Better Revision HistoryFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
All 2 plugins tagged “revision history”

Time-based Revision Cleanup
Down in the last 7 days:65#15,322by Michael Sablone3 days ago
Keep the history. Lose the clutter. Retain WordPress revisions by age, not count, with optional scheduled cleanup.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Better Revision History
Up in the last 7 days:5,044#60,649by Medium Interactive2 months ago
Enhanced, human readable revision history for posts, pages, and custom post types.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day