How to display a list of revisions on the displayed post (not in admin/edit ui)?

  • D’Arcy Norman

    (@dnorman)


    15 years, 6 months ago

    I’m using WordPress (WPMU) with several professors who are having students post and comment as part of their class activities.

    They’d like to be able to see at a glance what the revision history is for a post, without having to gain admin access to the blog to view the edit interface for the post.

    Is there a way I can add an audit trail for revision history on a post as it’s displayed on a blog? Something like a footer or popup with a list of edits (times, dates, authors, links to view the revision…)?

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  • Moderator Samuel Wood (Otto)

    (@otto42)

    WordPress.org Admin

    15 years, 6 months ago

    Look closer at the wp_list_post_revisions() function.

    Thread Starter D’Arcy Norman

    (@dnorman)

    15 years, 6 months ago

    Thanks! That’s exactly what I needed. I’ve hacked in the display for a test theme, and am now working on building a simple plugin that can display that info on any theme.

    Thread Starter D’Arcy Norman

    (@dnorman)

    15 years, 6 months ago

    OK. I’ve written a VERY simple plugin that uses a Filter to process the $content for a post and append the revisions list. I had to copy the wp_list_post_revisions() function and modify it, because the “real” function just dumps the list via echo, rather than returning a string for display.

    Now to see if I can submit my hacked plugin to WordPress.org/extend/plugins…

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