Recently I installed plugin called Delete-Revision and noticed that every post has registered few post IDs. I usually use save drafts and update post a few times when I write a post. Here's the screenshot https://i.sstatic.net/0pqgx.png . As you see I have 53 posts and Wordpress already registered 646 post IDs. How can I stop it and clear unused IDs?
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It's unclear what delete-revision has done/is supposed to do?– vancoderCommented Apr 12, 2013 at 16:18
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It's not about revisions. I want Wordpress to stop making new IDs on the same post everytime I press save draft or update buttons.– UserCommented Apr 12, 2013 at 20:00
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You can't stop WordPress doing that. This is how WordPress works. How else can it distinguish between versions of a post?– vancoderCommented Apr 12, 2013 at 20:02
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then how can I prevent Wordpress from creating versions of a post(to have only original one) and remove the unused ones?– UserCommented Apr 12, 2013 at 20:18
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You can stop WP creating revisions by adding the following to your wp-config.php:
define('WP_POST_REVISIONS', false );
You can replace false with an integer if you just want to restrict the number a maximum number of revisions.
If you check the plugin directory you'll find several that will clean up old revisions, such as this one.
You cannot turn off drafts. You can reduce the frequency of autosaves if you wish, but WP only keeps one autosave per post anyway:
define('AUTOSAVE_INTERVAL', 160 ); // seconds
