Revisions

The Revisions admin page lets you browse every saved revision of every post and reply, and compare any two of them side-by-side. Use it to see what changed when a member edits, or to recover content from an earlier version.

What You Will Learn

  • When Jetonomy saves a revision (and when it doesn't)
  • How to find a specific revision by post, user, or date
  • How to read the side-by-side diff
  • The relationship between the Revisions page and the post-level edit history

Go to Jetonomy → Revisions to access the page.

When a Revision Is Saved

A revision is saved every time a post or reply is edited and the change is meaningful - that is, the content actually differs from the previous version. Pure formatting tweaks (e.g. adding a paragraph break that doesn't change the rendered output) won't always create a revision.

Revisions are NOT created when:

  • The post is first published - that's the initial version, not a revision
  • The edit is from the same user within the auto-save window (a few seconds)
  • Only metadata changes (e.g. tags or pinned-state) - those go into the Activity Log, not Revisions

Browsing Revisions

The list view shows every revision sorted by date. Use the filters to narrow:

Filter What it does
Post Show every revision of one specific post or reply
User Show every revision authored by one user (across posts)
Date range Show revisions saved between two dates

Each row shows the post title, the editor, when the change was saved, and the size delta (e.g. "+128 chars / −42 chars").

Side-by-Side Diff

Revisions diff view showing the before and after versions of a post side by side, with added text highlighted green and removed text highlighted red

Click any revision to open the diff view. Pick two revisions from the same post and you'll see:

  • The before version on the left, after on the right
  • Added text highlighted green, removed text highlighted red
  • Line numbers so you can locate changes in context

The diff is character-aware, so small typo fixes show as small highlights rather than entire-paragraph rewrites.

Read-Only

Like the Activity Log, the Revisions page is read-only. To roll back to a prior revision, edit the post and paste the older content in. There's no one-click revert button - that's a deliberate choice to keep the audit trail truthful.

Permission

Only users with the jetonomy_manage_settings capability (administrators only by default) can see this page. Members can see their own edit history on each individual post, but not the cross-post Revisions admin view.

Storage

Revisions are stored in a dedicated database table separate from WordPress core revisions. They don't bloat wp_posts, and they're not affected by the WP_POST_REVISIONS constant. Jetonomy keeps every revision indefinitely; if you need a retention policy, reach out via support.