MB Revision

If you rely on custom fields to manage dynamic content, you know that WordPress native revisions only track your post title and main content area. This leaves your critical custom data—such as product specifications, landing page details, or complex project metadata—vulnerable to accidental overwrites or loss. MB Revision is the essential add-on for the Meta Box framework that bridges this gap, providing a robust, lightweight audit trail for your custom fields so you can track, compare, and restore your data with complete confidence.

Key Features

• Full Custom Field Tracking: Extends the native WordPress revision system to include all your Meta Box custom fields, ensuring no data update goes unrecorded.
• Side-by-Side Comparison: View exactly what changed between revisions with a clear, highlighted interface that shows you what was added, removed, or modified.
• One-Click Restoration: Easily revert any custom field to a previous state if a mistake is made, saving you hours of manual data entry.
• Complex Field Support: Fully compatible with advanced field types, including groups, repeaters, and cloneable fields, displaying them in a readable format.
• Native Integration: Operates seamlessly within the familiar WordPress revision screen, requiring no new dashboard or complicated learning curve.
• Database Efficiency: Designed to be lightweight and efficient, storing only the necessary differences to keep your site performance fast.
• Granular Control: Offers developers the flexibility to enable or disable revision tracking on a per-field or per-post-type basis.

Use Cases / Who It’s For

MB Revision is designed for site owners, developers, and content managers who utilize Meta Box to build complex, data-driven WordPress websites. If you manage a site where multiple users contribute content, this plugin acts as a safety net, allowing you to see exactly who changed a specific piece of data and when. It is particularly valuable for e-commerce store owners tracking product attribute changes, agencies building custom CMS solutions for clients who need “undo” capabilities, and content teams maintaining high-stakes pages where data integrity is paramount.

Setup / How It Works

1. Verify Settings: Ensure that the standard WordPress revision system is enabled on your site (check your wp-config.php file to ensure WP_POST_REVISIONS is not set to false).
2. Enable for Meta Boxes: Simply add the ‘revision’ => true setting to your existing Meta Box definitions in your code.
3. Automatic Tracking: Once enabled, the plugin automatically captures the state of your custom fields whenever you update a post, page, or custom post type.
4. Manage Revisions: Navigate to the standard WordPress “Revisions” screen via the post editor to compare field values and restore previous versions as needed.