Support » Fixing WordPress » Why do WP Pages auto update while you are working on them?

  • First I don’t know if Update is the correct term. I am new to WP but not CMS in general. There are times when I have changed a page but not saved it. If I leave the page and come back, I get a message telling me the page has already been saved with the changes I made. Is there a way to turn off this feature and only save changes when I want to save them. Lets say you are making many changes and at it takes a while to complete. After you make he changes you decide you like the old way batter and you just want to go back to the original. How do you get back?

    Thanks for any suggestions.

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  • Moderator Jose Castaneda

    (@jcastaneda)

    THEME COFFEE MONKEY

    Are you talking about auto-drafts/auto-saves?

    You can actually revert changes by using revisions. Once a post/page has been saved/published and you make modification and saves from there on out are stored as versions that you can restore back to

    Thread Starter LesTexas60

    (@lestexas60)

    Thank you for the response. After reviewing the process I do see a value to be able to step back a version or 2 if your having issues.
    Just thought it might be more user flexible if you could set the time when the Auto-Save happened. As a long time developer I tend to give my users the choice whenever possible.
    Thanks so much for your response.

    Moderator Jose Castaneda

    (@jcastaneda)

    THEME COFFEE MONKEY

    Of course! Don’t forget that there are also some plugins to control that or you can even create your own. 🙂

    I have these in wp-config to at least partly address that:

    /** bridle 'AUTOSAVE_INTERVAL' */
    define('AUTOSAVE_INTERVAL', 300 ); // seconds
    /** limit 'WP_POST_REVISIONS' */
    define( 'WP_POST_REVISIONS', 3 );

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