Undoing a bad update on your post
We all make mistakes, especially if one of your posts has HTML tables, images or anything that makes your post or page more complicated. Luckily, Wordpress saves a history of the changes you make. This means you can “undo” your changes and go back to a prior version.
At the bottom of the page or post is a box called “Post Revisions” or “Page Revisions”. It shows the date and time of each revision that Wordpress has in its history. If it says “[autosave]” next to a date and time, that means that is a revision that Wordpress automatically saved without you clicking Update or Publish or Save Draft.
To “undo” your changes, click on a date and time you know is good.
You’ll be taken to a page where you can compare different revisions or restore an old revision. To restore an old revision, click on the “Restore” link to the right of the date and time of the revision you want. Then click the “Save Draft”, “Publish” or “Update” buttons depending on what stage of the post publishing you are at.
If you are not sure which is the good revision, you can compare different versions. Use the radio buttons to select the revisions you want to compare. Then select “Compare Revisions”. You’ll see text in different colors indicating it is different between the 2 revisions. Using the Compare Revisions, you can find the revision you want. Once you do, simply click the “Restore” link.
That’s it. Happy posting,
Chris
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