Simple Editor Control – File History, Diff & Restore
by Thomas Lloancy 5 (1 reviews)

Simple Editor Control – File History, Diff & Restore

Broke functions.php in the file editor? Every save is tracked with git-style diffs and restorable in one click — with automatic crash rollback.

Simple Editor Control ranks #32,401 among WordPress.org plugins with 10+ active installations, a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews, and was last updated Aug 25, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1.4
v6.0.0 Current Version v6.0.0
Updated 2 months ago Last Update on 25 Aug, 2026
Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on
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Rank
#32,401
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Active Installs
10+
-41.2%
KW Avg Position
110.7
1.4 worse
Downloads
2.2K
+7 today
Support Resolved
0%
— No change
Rating
100%
Review 5 out of 5
5 (1 reviews)

Next Milestone 20

Total Progress 80%
10+ 20+
9,228
Ranks to Climb
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Growth Needed
8,000,000
Active Installs
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Rank Changes

30,781 31,591 32,401 33,211 34,021 31-10-2026 01-11-2026 02-11-2026 03-11-2026 04-11-2026 05-11-2026 06-11-2026 07-11-2026
32,061 32,590 33,120 33,650 34,180 23-10-2026 24-10-2026 25-10-2026 26-10-2026 27-10-2026 28-10-2026 29-10-2026 30-10-2026 31-10-2026 01-11-2026 02-11-2026 03-11-2026 04-11-2026 05-11-2026 06-11-2026 07-11-2026
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Active Installs Growth

Active Installs 0,000,000+
Growth +0.0%
Peak 0,000,000

Downloads Growth

0 10 20 31-10-2026 01-11-2026 02-11-2026 03-11-2026 04-11-2026 05-11-2026 06-11-2026 07-11-2026
0 10 20 23-10-2026 24-10-2026 25-10-2026 26-10-2026 27-10-2026 28-10-2026 29-10-2026 30-10-2026 31-10-2026 01-11-2026 02-11-2026 03-11-2026 04-11-2026 05-11-2026 06-11-2026 07-11-2026
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Reviews & Ratings

5.0
1 reviews
Overall 100%
5
1 (100%)
4
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Plugin Details

Version
6.0.0
Last Updated
Aug 25, 2026
Requires WP
5.5+
Tested Up To
7.1.4
PHP Version
7.4 or higher

Support & Rating

Rating
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Reviews
1
Support Threads
0
Resolved
0%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Simple Editor Control – File History, Diff & Restore

No. It tracks the file editors (theme-editor.php and plugin-editor.php), which edit PHP/CSS/JS files of your themes and plugins.
Not live. However, if a file drifted via FTP and you later restore a revision, the drifted content is snapshotted first — so even those changes end up preserved rather than lost.
If the file belongs to an active plugin or theme, the plugin probes the site right after writing. On a fatal error it puts the previous content back automatically and tells you. Your site stays up.
It was migrated automatically into the new storage engine, with a corrected replay of the old diff chains (labelled “Imported” in the timeline). The old table is kept untouched as a backup and only removed if you delete the plugin.
Each revision stores the full file, gzip-compressed — a typical functions.php compresses to a few KB. With the default cap of 100 revisions per file, a heavily edited file uses well under 1 MB.
Deactivating preserves it. Deleting the plugin removes everything: both database tables and all options.

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