Features
- Selective Revision Cleanup: Delete revisions for specific posts or pages as needed.
- Global Cleanup: Clean up revisions for all posts and pages with a single click.
- Revisions Retention: Customize how many revisions to retain per post or page.
- Scheduled Cleanup: Automate cleanup tasks at intervals (hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly).
- Cache Management: Uses transients for efficient caching of posts and pages.
- Custom Cron Intervals: Adds monthly and yearly cleanup schedules.
- Custom Post Type Support: Handles revisions for all registered post types (future roadmap).
Usage
Admin Settings
- Revision Cleanup Settings: Manage revision retention rules and schedule automated cleanups.
- Single Post/Page Cleanup: Select individual posts or pages and delete their revisions.
- Global Cleanup: Remove revisions for all posts and pages to free up database space.
Automated Cleanup
- Configure intervals for automated cleanup tasks (hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, yearly).
- Ensure your database stays optimized without manual intervention.
Hooks and Filters
Actions
revision_buster_run_revision_cleanup_cron: Executes the scheduled revision cleanup.save_post&delete_post: Automatically invalidates cached posts when updates or deletions occur.
Filters
cron_schedules: Adds custom intervals (monthly, yearly) to WordPress cron schedules.
Technical Details
Cache Management
- Implements WordPress transients to improve performance when processing large datasets.
- Efficiently manages cached data to minimize load times during cleanup tasks.
Cleanup Logic
- Deletes older revisions while retaining the configured number of most recent revisions.
- Utilizes batch processing for scalability on larger databases.
Requirements
- WordPress 5.0 or higher
- PHP 7.4 or higher
Roadmap
- Add support for custom post types.
- Enhanced UI with analytics and visual cleanup reports.
- Third-party plugin integration for backup compatibility.
- Multisite support for network-wide revision cleanup.
Contribution
We welcome your contributions! Feel free to submit issues or pull requests via the GitHub repository.
License
This plugin is open-source and licensed under the GPLv2 or later. Learn more at GPL License.
Acknowledgments
Developed by Hilay Trivedi.
Special thanks to the WordPress community for their continuous support and feedback.