Disable Gutenberg Autosave icon

Disable Gutenberg Autosave

Disable Gutenberg Autosave is a WordPress plugin with the following stats:

  • #1,803 Global Rank
  • 2K+ active installs
  • 4.4/5 11 ratings
  • Since 2018 8 years active

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Popularity 40% 2K+ active installs
69.9
Reputation 35% 4.4★ from 11 ratings
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Freshness 25% Updated 3 months ago

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About Disable Gutenberg Autosave

Allows to control Gutenberg autosave interval or disable autosave completely.

By activating this plugin autosave feature in the Gutenberg editor will be disabled. Alternatively it also provides options in the editor to select a different autosave interval time than the default 60 seconds.

The block editor will still use local autosave that saves a copy of the edited post to your local storage and allows you to restore it if you happened to navigate away without saving. This plugin prevents the editor from making periodic requests to */autosaves REST endpoint, which disables the “Update” button of the editor, typically at the exact moment you’re trying to click it.

Screenshots

Select block editor plugin

Select block editor plugin

Choose the autosave interval

Choose the autosave interval

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Changelog

1.0.17

  • Tested with WordPress 7.0.

1.0.16

  • Tested with WordPress 6.9.

1.0.15

  • Added a donate link on the plugin page – supporters get a 50% off coupon for my brand new WordPress theme.
  • Update @wordpress/* packages.
  • Tested with Gutenberg 21.7.0.

1.0.14

  • WP 6.8.

1.0.13

  • Replace deprecated PluginSidebarMoreMenuItem and PluginSidebar components.
  • Update @wordpress/* packages.

1.0.12

  • Update @wordpress/* packages.
  • Test with WordPress 6.5.
  • Removed src directory.
  • Added GitHub link for source.

1.0.11

  • Update @wordpress/* packages.
  • Test with WordPress 6.0.

1.0.10

  • Fix first autosave using default interval.
  • Mark (WordPress) default autosave interval as 1 min not 10 sec.
  • Add button to trigger autosave.
  • Add editor status section.
  • Fix variable typo.
  • Test with WordPress 5.8.
  • Use @wordpress/scripts for building.

1.0.9

  • Test with WordPress 5.6.
  • Add screenshots.

1.0.8

  • Update interval REST route permissions.

1.0.7

  • Remove .min from main script file name.
  • Remove file_exists check from plugin asset loading.

1.0.6

  • Remove load_plugin_textdomain.
  • Rename compiled script to same as source script.
  • Remove path from wp_set_script_translations.
  • Remove .pot file and languages dir.
  • Use wp.i18n.__ directly.
  • Add textdomain to plugin docblock.

1.0.5

  • Use wp_set_script_translations.
  • Use wp.element.Fragment instead of React.Fragment.

1.0.4

  • Don’t use inline if.

1.0.3

  • Don’t use WordPress 5.0 locale function when not available.

1.0.2

  • Use WordPress 5.0 locale function.

1.0.1

  • Update slug and textdomain.

1.0.0

  • Initial release.

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