How many Drafts of this page have been saved?

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  jpluimers · Member · Jun 4, 2013 at 9:27 am

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  Based on my last forum questions and answers, I’m changing my edit style to save more drafts.

  I did some checking when things are saved which appears to be less than I expected.

  Can you please elaborate about the Revisions history when performing certain actions.

  The post is this one:

  http://wiert.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=15206&action=edit
  http://wiert.me/?p=15206&preview=true

  I see only 2 revisions, but I did 4 save actions:

  http://wiert.wordpress.com/wp-admin/revision.php?revision=15207&action=edit
  http://wiert.wordpress.com/wp-admin/revision.php?revision=15208&action=edit

  Why?

  This is what I did:

  – Add title
  – Set publishing date
  – Push Schedule (save 1)
  – Change status into Draft
  – Press Update (save 2)
  – Press Save Draft (save 3)
  – Add text
  – Press Save Draft again (save 4)

  –jeroen

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  helper-heroponriki · Member · Jun 5, 2013 at 2:40 pm

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  Hi there!

  Two of the four actions you performed do not prompt a new save action. From your list:

  – Set publishing date
  – Push Schedule

  Clicking “Schedule” does not save your file, it only changes your planned publish date. Think of it as another edit to your post.

  – Press Update
  – Press Save Draft

  Since pressing “Update” saved your post for the first time, pressing “Save Draft” immediately after will not create another revision as nothing had changed since your last save.

  – Add text
  – Press Save Draft again

  Clicking “Save Draft” created your second saved revision since you changed the post since your last save.

  I hope that clarifies things! Let me know if you have any questions.

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  jpluimers · Member · Jun 12, 2013 at 4:54 pm

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  It would be great if “Push Schedule button” would imply a save action.

  I think that is the reason I lost this one in the past: https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/large-portions-of-a-scheduled-post-lost?replies=6#post-1278239

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  helper-heroponriki · Member · Jun 12, 2013 at 6:44 pm

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  Thanks for your suggestion. We’ve registered your suggestion and will keep it in mind for future features and updates!

  For now, just make sure to either “save draft” or “publish/update” to save your revisions. You can always go back to past post revisions following this workflow.

  I hope that clarifies things!