In wp-config.php you’re able to change how WordPress deals with post revisions. Specifically you’re able to turn them off or specify a max number of revisions. I’d like to be able to set a max number or revisions on a post type basis. Is this possible? 2 s 2 Remove the action ‘wp_save_post_revision’ from ‘pre_post_update’. … Read more
Storing metadata for custom post types is easy, you just need to add an action for ‘save_post’ with your method that handles this. In which you have then something like the following for a field that you want to store (with the usual security checks of course): update_post_meta( $post_id, ‘_description’, $_POST[‘_description’] ); Simple enough. However, … Read more
Let’s say I want to add some post_meta into the “new” revisions UI. I’m saving some meta on revisions only, and want to display it on this screen. Normally, I’d open up wp-admin/revisions.php look for some hooks and code away. But the revisions page is all done with Backbone. I don’t know Backbone (totally willing … Read more
Normally wordpress keeps revision of wp_post table. But for generating a report I need some custom fields to be tracked while any update happens. As custom fields are saved in wp_postmeta table I need to enable the revision for the wp_postmeta table. So how can I enable revision for wp_postmeta table? 1 1 I’m sorry, … Read more
I haven’t set a limit to the number of revisions, which makes some of my post have more than 20 revisions, so how to delete these revisions? By the way, I am using WPMU and have many blogs, so how to delete WordPress revisions for all my blogs? 6 s 6 This is a much … Read more
Is there a hook/function combination that can be added to my theme’s functions.php to properly disable REVISIONS and AUTOSAVE for the entire wordpress installation? What about if just for a certain custom post type? Searching online gives various hacks from deregistering scripts to tampering with core files. What’s the acceptable/correct way to do this? 3 … Read more
One of my clients is on a rather large blog in terms of number of posts and traffic. I’m trying to get her database down to a manageable size, and one thing that’s bulking up is literally tens of thousands of post revisions. I’ve already set WordPress config to limit the number of revisions in … Read more
I have created a custom Post Type, and Registered it. Can someone help me how to enable revisions to Custom Post type? 1 When you register your CPT, you need to manually add support for revisions. Only title and editor are set as defaults. Check out the codex. So if you need to enable revisions, … Read more
