Comments on: How to Disable Autosave in WordPress

By: Smith

Smith — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:40:16 +0000

You can even edit the wp-config.php file and add a simple line of code which will disable the auto draft being saved.

One method I found is over here http://www.l337fx.com/disable-draftrevisions-wordpress.html

But they state revisions too, and I don’t think disabling revisions is worth doing unless you have large post counts being made.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 21:04:43 +0000

I’m still looking for
1.page-new.php
2.page.php
in version 3.0

Is it there or has it been renamed?

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 20:59:19 +0000

I totally agree with the nusiance of the function. I always have the page being edited open in a browser. I make my edits then press “UPDATE” I go the the opened page, hit refresh and view my changes. This seems to me to be the best way to view the published page. I have been bitten for various reasons thinking that preview was a valid change.

I’m grateful that tabbed surfing is in vogue.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:45:13 +0000

@Jonathan you would need to manually save the post as a draft before you can preview it. This is because the auto save puts your current content into the database as a draft. Without the autosave on, you have to manually tell the information to be put into the database by saving it as a draft.

By: Jenn

Jenn — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:03:32 +0000

Thank you for posting this easy fix.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:34:14 +0000

Hmm. I’ve just tried this and it’s broken the “Preview Changes” button when editing already-published posts or pages. This is on WP 2.8