How to use Post Revisions to Undo Changes

Modified on Mon, 30 May, 2022 at 4:46 PM

WordPress displays the number of revisions under the ‘Document’ panel on the post/page edit screen.


You can find that on the right-hand side of your post editor screen. Clicking on the ‘Revisions’ will take you to post revisions screen.



The post revision screen will show you the latest revision of the post with a scrollbar on top. Sliding the button on the scroll bar will take you to earlier revisions of the post.



Changes made in each revision will be highlighted in green and pink colors. On the top, you can see the user who made these changes, time, and other information.


WordPress will also let you know if a revision is an autosave or a draft.



You can use the next and previous buttons to move around revisions.


Plus, you can check the box on top that says ‘Compare any two revisions’. Doing so will split the scrollbar button into two, and you can take each button to a different revision and compare the difference between two distant revisions.




To restore a revision, you can simply click on Restore This Revision or Restore This Autosave button.


WordPress will restore the selected revision as your current post revision, and you can then save it as a draft.



Keep in my mind that restoring to an earlier revision will not delete the latest version of your post. Instead, WordPress will store it in the database as another revision.



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