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Disable Gutenberg Autosave

Description

By activating this plugin autosave feature in the Gutenberg editor will be disabled. Alternatively it also provides options in the editor to select a different autosave interval time than the default 60 seconds.

The block editor will still use local autosave that saves a copy of the edited post to your local storage and allows you to restore it if you happened to navigate away without saving. This plugin prevents the editor from making periodic requests to */autosaves REST endpoint, which disables the “Update” button of the editor, typically at the exact moment you’re trying to click it.

Screenshots

Select block editor plugin [Select block editor plugin] Select block editor plugin Choose the autosave interval [Choose the autosave interval] Choose the autosave interval

Reviews

Ron Fredericks March 16, 2026
I am working on a “longish” page and while editing the page jumps away from my edit point and I finally realized it was due to autosave. I saw a few options that required editing code that will update from time to time so not good. Then I found this plugin – so simple – no sales cr*p, it just worked! Thank you.
Duncan September 16, 2025
Finally, something that disables Gutenberg autosave! All those sites saying to define the autosave interval in wp-config.php or to disable it by dequeuing this and that, alas they don’t work. Those settings relate to the classic editor. You can use Chrome Development Tools – Network – Filter: Fetch/XHR to see they don’t work, but this lovely plugin does! Really appreciate the work on this one, thanks!
Saeed Shahryar July 19, 2022
Very useful plugin, Thanks to the team.
richardstam February 24, 2021 1 reply
When Preview is clicked in the Gutenberg editor, an autosave is done. This type of autosave is not prevented by this plugin.
thejosetree February 14, 2019
Hace exactamente lo que se le pide, desactivar la funcin de auto guardado de Gutenberg, que me estaba volviendo absolutamente loco. Gutenberg es un editor fantstico a la que te haces con l, pero esa funcin de auto guardado es verdaderamente penosa y mal implementada.
7est February 7, 2019
Thank you very much ! You save wordpress and us !
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Contributors & Developers

“Disable Gutenberg Autosave” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

“Disable Gutenberg Autosave” has been translated into 3 locales. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.

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Changelog

1.0.17

  • Tested with WordPress 7.0.

1.0.16

  • Tested with WordPress 6.9.

1.0.15

  • Added a donate link on the plugin page – supporters get a 50% off coupon for my brand new WordPress theme.
  • Update @wordpress/* packages.
  • Tested with Gutenberg 21.7.0.

1.0.14

  • WP 6.8.

1.0.13

  • Replace deprecated PluginSidebarMoreMenuItem and PluginSidebar components.
  • Update @wordpress/* packages.

1.0.12

  • Update @wordpress/* packages.
  • Test with WordPress 6.5.
  • Removed src directory.
  • Added GitHub link for source.

1.0.11

  • Update @wordpress/* packages.
  • Test with WordPress 6.0.

1.0.10

  • Fix first autosave using default interval.
  • Mark (WordPress) default autosave interval as 1 min not 10 sec.
  • Add button to trigger autosave.
  • Add editor status section.
  • Fix variable typo.
  • Test with WordPress 5.8.
  • Use @wordpress/scripts for building.

1.0.9

  • Test with WordPress 5.6.
  • Add screenshots.

1.0.8

  • Update interval REST route permissions.

1.0.7

  • Remove .min from main script file name.
  • Remove file_exists check from plugin asset loading.

1.0.6

  • Remove load_plugin_textdomain.
  • Rename compiled script to same as source script.
  • Remove path from wp_set_script_translations.
  • Remove .pot file and languages dir.
  • Use wp.i18n.__ directly.
  • Add textdomain to plugin docblock.

1.0.5

  • Use wp_set_script_translations.
  • Use wp.element.Fragment instead of React.Fragment.

1.0.4

  • Don’t use inline if.

1.0.3

  • Don’t use WordPress 5.0 locale function when not available.

1.0.2

  • Use WordPress 5.0 locale function.

1.0.1

  • Update slug and textdomain.

1.0.0

  • Initial release.

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