Title: Simple Editor Control – File History, Diff & Restore Author: Thomas Lloancy Published: मई 12, 2024 Last modified: अगस्त 25, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/simple-editor-control/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=3159421) ![](https://ps.w.org/simple-editor-control/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3159420) # Simple Editor Control – File History, Diff & Restore [Thomas Lloancy](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tlloancy/) लिखले बारे [डाउनलोड](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/simple-editor-control.6.0.0.zip) * [Details](https://bho.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-editor-control/#description) * [समीक्षा](https://bho.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-editor-control/#reviews) * [Installation](https://bho.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-editor-control/#installation) * [Development](https://bho.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-editor-control/#developers) [मदद](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-editor-control/) ## बिबरन You edited `functions.php` in **Appearance Theme File Editor**, saved, and the site went down. Or a plugin file was quietly modified and you want to know who, when, and what exactly changed. Simple Editor Control records **every save made through the WordPress theme and plugin file editors** — automatically, with zero setup. For each save it stores the complete file, compressed and sealed with a SHA-256 integrity hash, along with the user and the timestamp. **History you can trust** * Every revision stores the _full file content_ — revisions are independent, so your history can never drift or corrupt. * The very first tracked save also captures the file as it was _before_ the change, so the original state is always recoverable. * A save is only recorded after WordPress actually wrote it. Saves that core refused or rolled back (fatal PHP error) never pollute the history. * SHA-256 integrity check on every read: a corrupted revision is detected and refused, never silently written to disk. **Diffs worthy of git** * Real Myers diff algorithm (jsdiff) rendered by diff2html — side-by-side or unified, with syntax awareness. * Instant context switching (0 to 25 lines) with no server round-trip. * Added/removed line counts on every revision in the timeline. * **Compare any two revisions** of a file, not just consecutive ones. **Restore without fear** * One-click restore of any revision (arm, then confirm — no accidental clicks). * Before overwriting, the current on-disk content is snapshotted as a new revision: a restore can never lose data, even changes made outside WordPress. * When restoring a PHP file of an _active_ plugin or theme, the site is probed afterwards; if a fatal error is detected, the previous content is put back automatically. No white screen. * Restore requires the same capabilities as the core editors, and is disabled entirely when `DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT` is set — the audit trail never becomes a policy bypass. **Respectful of your site** * Old revisions are pruned automatically (configurable, default: last 100 per file). * Deactivation keeps your history; deletion removes everything, including database tables. * All third-party libraries are bundled with human-readable sources: [jsdiff](https://github.com/kpdecker/jsdiff)( BSD-3-Clause) and [diff2html](https://github.com/rtfpessoa/diff2html) (MIT). ## Screenshots [⌊Revision timeline with per-save added/removed counts and one-click restore.⌉⌊Revision timeline with per-save added/removed counts and one-click restore.⌉[ Revision timeline with per-save added/removed counts and one-click restore. [⌊Side-by-side diff of a tracked save.⌉⌊Side-by-side diff of a tracked save.⌉[ Side-by-side diff of a tracked save. ## Installation 1. Install and activate through **Plugins Add New**, or upload to `/wp-content/plugins/`. 2. That’s it — tracking is automatic. Edit any file through **Appearance Theme File Editor** or **Plugins Plugin File Editor**. 3. Browse the history under **Tools Editor Control**. ## FAQ ### Is this related to Gutenberg or the post editor? No. It tracks the _file_ editors (`theme-editor.php` and `plugin-editor.php`), which edit PHP/CSS/JS files of your themes and plugins. ### Are changes made via FTP or SSH tracked? Not live. However, if a file drifted via FTP and you later restore a revision, the drifted content is snapshotted first — so even those changes end up preserved rather than lost. ### What happens when I restore a broken PHP file? If the file belongs to an active plugin or theme, the plugin probes the site right after writing. On a fatal error it puts the previous content back automatically and tells you. Your site stays up. ### I upgraded from 5.x — where is my old history? It was migrated automatically into the new storage engine, with a corrected replay of the old diff chains (labelled “Imported” in the timeline). The old table is kept untouched as a backup and only removed if you delete the plugin. ### How big does the database get? Each revision stores the full file, gzip-compressed — a typical `functions.php` compresses to a few KB. With the default cap of 100 revisions per file, a heavily edited file uses well under 1 MB. ### Can I delete the history? Deactivating preserves it. Deleting the plugin removes everything: both database tables and all options. ## समीक्षा ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c4c69c0a9e0098d951460c12fd1d8ecbd8ecf9588215dc76a29116ea2a329b60? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Go and download it](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/go-and-download-it-4/)󠁿 [Thomas Lloancy](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tlloancy/) दिसम्बर 1, 2024 Wordpress editor is very handy, and you can see the difference made when a plugin or theme was edited using that tool. It’s my plugin and i like it [ Read all 1 review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-editor-control/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Simple Editor Control – File History, Diff & Restore” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Thomas Lloancy ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tlloancy/) [Translate “Simple Editor Control – File History, Diff & Restore” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/simple-editor-control) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-editor-control/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/simple-editor-control/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/simple-editor-control/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/simple-editor-control/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 6.0.0 (25-Aug-2026) Complete rebuild of the storage engine, the diff pipeline and the interface. * **New storage engine** — every revision now stores the full file content (gzip + SHA-256). Revisions are independent: no more diff chains, no replay, no possible history corruption. Existing 4.x/5.x history is migrated automatically; the legacy table is preserved as a backup. * **Fixed: restores could scramble files.** The old replay applied multi-line insertions in reverse order, which could write broken PHP to disk. Migration replays old chains with the corrected order; new storage makes the bug impossible by design. * **Fixed: the diff viewer dropped lines.** Multi-line insertions were displayed as a single line at the wrong position. Diffs are now produced by jsdiff (real Myers algorithm) and match what git shows. * **Fixed: saves are recorded only if they actually happened.** Recording now happens after WordPress finished writing — saves refused by core or rolled back after a fatal error no longer appear in the history. * **Fixed: quadratic diff engine removed.** Editing large files (~2000+ lines) could exhaust PHP memory on save. Per-revision stats now use WordPress core’s Text_Diff with a size guard. * **New: crash-proof restore.** Restoring a PHP file of an active plugin/theme probes the site and rolls back automatically on fatal errors. * **New: pre-restore snapshot.** Whatever is on disk is saved as a revision before any restore overwrites it. * **New: compare any two revisions** of a file. * **New: onboarding empty state**, per-revision +/- counts, origin badges (initial state, restored, imported), user display names, local-time dates (previously shown in the wrong timezone). * **New: automatic pruning** with a configurable per-file cap (default 100). * **New: `uninstall.php`** — deleting the plugin now really removes its tables and options, as the FAQ always claimed. * **New: `.pot` file shipped**; the plugin is now actually translatable, as the readme always claimed. * **Security: restore respects `DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT` / `DISALLOW_FILE_MODS`** and requires `edit_plugins` / `edit_themes` rather than only `manage_options`. * Removed debug `error_log()` calls from production code. * Redesigned admin UI following native WordPress admin patterns. * Tested up to WordPress 7.1. #### 5.0.0 (27-May-2026) * One-click file restore, restore audit entries, `source_type` column, inline notices, editor deep links, diff re-render fixes, DB auto-upgrade. #### 4.1.0 (11-May-2026) * Fixed initial revision logic using the stored snapshot. #### 4.0.1 (11-May-2026) * Fixed incorrect table name reference. #### 4.0.0 (11-May-2026) * Migration to the sec_revisions table, hardened AJAX security, LCS diff engine, two-panel UI. #### 3.0.1 * Minor fixes. ## मेटा * Version **6.0.0** * Last updated **4 days पहिले** * Active installations **10+** * WordPress version ** 5.5 चाहे एकरो से ऊपर ** * Tested up to **7.1** * PHP version ** 7.4 चाहे एकरो से ऊपर ** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-editor-control/) * Tags * [audit](https://bho.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/audit/)[diff](https://bho.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/diff/) [file editor](https://bho.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/file-editor/)[restore](https://bho.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/restore/) [revisions](https://bho.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/revisions/) * [Advanced View](https://bho.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-editor-control/advanced/) ## रेटिंग्स 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 1 5-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-editor-control/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-editor-control/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-editor-control/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-editor-control/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-editor-control/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-editor-control/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-editor-control/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Thomas Lloancy ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tlloancy/) ## मदद Got something to say? 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