WP Rollback – Rollback Plugins and Themes (original) (raw)

Quickly and easily rollback any theme or plugin from WordPress.org to any previous (or newer) version without any of the manual fuss. Works just like the plugin updater, except you’re rolling back (or forward) to a specific version. No need for manually downloading and FTPing the files or learning Subversion. This plugin takes care of the trouble for you.

🔙 Rollback WordPress.org Plugins and Themes

While it’s considered best practice to always keep your WordPress plugins and themes updated, we understand there are times you may need to quickly revert to a previous version. This plugin makes that process as easy as a few mouse clicks. Simply select the version of the plugin or theme that you’d like to rollback to, confirm, and in a few moments you’ll be using the version requested. No more fumbling to find the version, downloading, unzipping, FTPing, learning Subversion or hair pulling.

For advanced features like premium plugin/theme support (Envato, Kadence Pro, Astra Pro, etc.), comprehensive activity logging, multisite network support, and priority support, consider upgrading to WP Rollback Pro.

Muy Importante (Very Important): Always Test and Backup

Important Disclaimer: This plugin is not intended to be used without first taking the proper precautions to ensure zero data loss or site downtime. Always be sure you have first tested the rollback on a staging or development site prior to using WP Rollback on a live site.

We provide no (zero) assurances, guarantees, or warranties that the plugin, theme, or WordPress version you are downgrading to will work as you expect. Use this plugin at your own risk.

Translation Ready

Do you speak another language? Want to contribute in a meaningful way to WP Rollback? There’s no better way than to help us translate the plugin. This plugin is translation ready. Simply header over to the WP Rollback translation project that’s powered by WordPress.org volunteer translators. There you can contribute to the translation of the plugin into your language.

Support and Documentation

We answer all free user support requests on the WordPress.org support forum. For pro users, please submit your questions to WP Rollback Pro support.

WP Rollback was created to be as intuitive to the natural WordPress experience as possible. We believe that once you activate WP Rollback, you’ll quickly discover exactly how it works without question.

BUT!!

We do have documentation on our website. See WP Rollback Documentation.

Minimum Requirements

Automatic installation

Automatic installation is the easiest option as WordPress handles the file transfers itself and you don’t need to leave your web browser. To do an automatic install of WP Rollback, log in to your WordPress dashboard, navigate to the Plugins menu and click Add New.

In the search field type “WP Rollback” and click Search Plugins. Once you have found the plugin you can view details about it such as the point release, rating and description. Most importantly of course, you can install it by simply clicking “Install Now”.

Manual installation

The manual installation method involves downloading our donation plugin and uploading it to your server via your favorite FTP application. The WordPress codex contains instructions on how to do this here.

Updating

Automatic updates should work like a charm; as always though, ensure you backup your site just in case.

Is this plugin safe to use?

Short answer = Yes. Longer answer = It depends on how you use it.

WP Rollback is completely safe because all it does is take publicly available versions of the plugins you already have on your site and install the version that you designate. There is no other kinds of trickery or fancy offsite calls or anything. BUT!!!

Safety largely depends on you. The WordPress website admin. We absolutely do NOT recommend rolling back any plugins or themes on a live site. Test the rollback locally first, have backups, use all the best practice tools available to you. This is intended to make rolling back easier, that’s all.

Why isn’t there a rollback button next to X plugin or theme?

WP Rollback only works with plugins or themes installed from the WordPress Repository. If you don’t see the rollback link, then most likely that plugin or theme is not found on WordPress.org. This plugin does not support plugins from GitHub, ThemeForest, or other sources other than the WordPress.org Repo.

I rolled my [insert plugin name] back to version X.X and now my site is broken. This is your fault.

Nope. We warned you in bold print several times in many places. And our plugin delivered exactly what it said it would do. May the Gods of the internet pity your broken site’s soul.

Where is the complete documentation located?

The documentation for this plugin is located on our the WP Rollback site. This is where we make regular updates.

What’s the difference between WP Rollback Free and Pro?

WP Rollback Free provides essential rollback functionality for WordPress.org plugins and themes. WP Rollback Pro adds powerful features including premium plugin/theme support (Gravity Forms, Elementor, Kadence Pro, Astra Pro, Divi, etc.), comprehensive activity logging, multisite network support, and priority support. Learn more about Pro features.

Can this plugin be translated?

Yes! All strings are internationalized and ready to be translated. You can either use your favorite translation plugin, or help translate the plugin on WordPress.org.

I have relied on this on many occasions – simple to use and always works great. Love it.

This plugin is a true lifesaver. It has saved my websites countless times when an update went wrong. It is simply a “must-have” for any WordPress administrator. To show my appreciation for this incredible tool, I decided to contribute by translating 100% of the plugin and the Readme into Persian (Farsi). As the Translation Editor (PTE) for this locale, I have ensured that all strings are accurate and meaningful for Iranian users. Now, the Persian community can use WP Rollback with even more confidence. Thank you for maintaining such a vital plugin! Best regards, @saeidafshari دوستان و همکاران گرامی، ترجمه فارسی این افزونه (شامل محیط افزونه و توضیحات فنی) به صورت کامل و استاندارد انجام و بازبینی شده است. با توجه به حساسیت عملکرد این افزونه، تلاش کردم تمام اصطلاحات فنی را با دقت ترجمه کنم تا بتوانید با خیال راحت و بدون ابهام، در مواقع ضروری نسخه‌های قالب یا افزونه‌های خود را مدیریت کنید.استفاده از این ابزار نجات‌بخش را به همه شما توصیه می‌کنم.

Coming from someone that rarely leaves reviews: WP Rollback is 10/10 amazing. Super useful and such a timesaver.

This is a very, very handy plug in to know about and use. I’m not much of a tekkie. I run a website and experience functionality breakdown after updating plugins. About two weeks ago, I had such a breakdown and my tech guy was out of the country – my calendar system wouldn’t allow people to select categories, venues, and organizers, so they couldn’t enter events. Anyway, I came across WP Rollback and it brought me indescribable peace of mind knowing that I could “rollback” the problem-causing plugin update! Thanks for this gift, Devin!

just wanted to thank this plugin and its developers. it has saved so much time and automated the manual process of rolling back problematic plugin/theme updates.

rollback of Woocommerce failed (no reason indicated), my site crashed, never again!!

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“WP Rollback – Rollback Plugins and Themes” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

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