There is (often) an autosave…

I regularly and randomly seem to get “There is an autosave of this page that is more recent than the version below.”

In most cases, there shouldn’t be. There seems to be no rhyme or reason for these to show up, and it’s completely unclear what the proper process is to find the latest version.

Frankly, the autosave function annoys me. First, is there a way to turn it off? Second, what’s the best way, when this nagging message shows up, to figure out what’s the most recent save?

And, finally, I get this message when I go to Edit and then choose a page. Why doesn’t it just give me the latest autosave instead of randomly giving me a page? Shouldn’t the page it shows me when I come back after a day and hit edit be the last autosave?

Is this just trying to be annoying?

Sigh.

  • Andrew
    • Champion of Loops

    Hiya,

    First, is there a way to turn it off?

    Sure thing. Just toss the following into your wp-config.php

    define(‘WP_POST_REVISIONS’,false);

    First though I would try reducing the autosave interval by tossing this into your wp-config.php:

    define( ‘AUTOSAVE_INTERVAL’, 60 );

    60 = seconds – adjust this number to whatever you want.

    Thanks,

    Andrew

  • David
    • The Crimson Coder

    Thanks. That helps. But I’m still not sure why WP doesn’t just display the last save when I click into a post or page to edit. Instead, it seems to show the last time I saved, but then lets me know there’s an even more recent autosave.

    I keep thinking I’m going overwrite my own work.

    Is there something wrong with WP or is this just some weird design flaw?

  • drmike
    • DEV MAN’s Mascot

    Is there something wrong with WP or is this just some weird design flaw?

    Oh to be on the private side.

    I don;t have an answer for you but I remembered something on my walk home that ties into this. When you look at the Manage -> Posts page, chances are the Drafts won;t be visible. They have the lowest priority when compared to published posts and are at the bottom of the list of Posts. You can also use the drop down menu to pull them up.

    Hope this helps,

    -drmike