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 #32,863 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
v6.0.0 Current Version v6.0.0
Updated 4 weeks ago Last Update on 25 Aug, 2026
Refreshed 13 hours ago Last Refreshed on
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#32,863
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Active Installs
10+
-9.1%
KW Avg Position
106
16 better
Downloads
1.5K
+2 today
Support Resolved
0%
No change
Rating
100%
Review 5 out of 5
5 (1 reviews)

Next Milestone 20

Total Progress 40%
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Ranks to Climb
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Growth Needed
8,000,000
Active Installs
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Rank Changes

32,257 32,693 33,129 33,564 34,000 16-09-2026 17-09-2026 18-09-2026 19-09-2026 20-09-2026 21-09-2026 22-09-2026 23-09-2026
30,318 34,955 39,591 44,227 48,864 08-09-2026 09-09-2026 10-09-2026 11-09-2026 12-09-2026 13-09-2026 14-09-2026 15-09-2026 16-09-2026 17-09-2026 18-09-2026 19-09-2026 20-09-2026 21-09-2026 22-09-2026 23-09-2026
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Active Installs Growth

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

Downloads Growth

0 10 16-09-2026 17-09-2026 18-09-2026 19-09-2026 20-09-2026 21-09-2026 22-09-2026 23-09-2026
0 10 08-09-2026 09-09-2026 10-09-2026 11-09-2026 12-09-2026 13-09-2026 14-09-2026 15-09-2026 16-09-2026 17-09-2026 18-09-2026 19-09-2026 20-09-2026 21-09-2026 22-09-2026 23-09-2026
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Reviews & Ratings

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

Version
6.0.0
Last Updated
Aug 25, 2026
Requires WP
5.5+
Tested Up To
7.1
PHP Version
7.4 or higher
Author
Thomas Lloancy

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Reviews
1
Support Threads
0
Resolved
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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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