Title: Disable Gutenberg Autosave Author: ska-dev Published: September 9, 2018 Last modified: December 1, 2025 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/disable-gutenberg-autosave/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=1938106) # Disable Gutenberg Autosave By [ska-dev](https://profiles.wordpress.org/skadev/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/disable-gutenberg-autosave.1.0.16.zip) [Live Preview](https://wordpress.org/plugins/disable-gutenberg-autosave/?preview=1) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/disable-gutenberg-autosave/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/disable-gutenberg-autosave/#reviews) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/disable-gutenberg-autosave/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/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 * [[ * Choose the autosave interval ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/bf66c82fc396e01e3b384b8bac1143a6a357f7ace0307749a2d76b49d1b447dd? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[This plugin saved my sanity](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-plugin-saved-my-sanity-2/)󠁿 [Ron Fredericks](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ronf/) 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. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c668e3a09c9eea7010f84d719614c6e332509d43899c7976269e395b2ce63ff0? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Brilliant!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/brilliant-1674/)󠁿 [Duncan](https://profiles.wordpress.org/duncan1967/) 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! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/986218696c24f31567f1b98133d9c9858038e9c97705a38a0895f388f29a3d77? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Get rid of slow Gutenberg](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get-rid-of-slow-gutenberg/)󠁿 [Saeed Shahryar](https://profiles.wordpress.org/s77sh/) July 19, 2022 Very useful plugin, Thanks to the team. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/70495954e91af89b2c9430b32888ee76502d7e3e1e310e245fe92d2d763c3077? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Does not work for autosave on preview](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-not-work-for-autosave-on-preview/)󠁿 [richardstam](https://profiles.wordpress.org/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. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0d80561e950d1f74e130b3a552c411b184a6b2a3fc0372a419d9710db1c8f40c? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Perfecta](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/perfecta-9/)󠁿 [thejosetree](https://profiles.wordpress.org/thejosetree/) February 14, 2019 Hace exactamente lo que se le pide, desactivar la función de auto guardado de Gutenberg, que me estaba volviendo absolutamente loco. Gutenberg es un editor fantástico a la que te haces con él, pero esa función de auto guardado es verdaderamente penosa y mal implementada. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3aa6d7a2c4d3a8f1328615d46ee4ec89424b96779a760d29bc0870e9b41a12ef? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Good job !](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/good-job-1010/)󠁿 [7est](https://profiles.wordpress.org/7est/) February 7, 2019 Thank you very much ! You save wordpress and us ! [ Read all 11 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-gutenberg-autosave/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Disable Gutenberg Autosave” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ ska-dev ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/skadev/) “Disable Gutenberg Autosave” has been translated into 3 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/disable-gutenberg-autosave/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Disable Gutenberg Autosave” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/disable-gutenberg-autosave) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/disable-gutenberg-autosave/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/disable-gutenberg-autosave/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/disable-gutenberg-autosave/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/disable-gutenberg-autosave/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 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. ## Meta * Version **1.0.16** * Last updated **4 months ago** * Active installations **2,000+** * WordPress version ** 5.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.9.4** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Languages * [Chinese (China)](https://cn.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-gutenberg-autosave/), [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/disable-gutenberg-autosave/), [Estonian](https://et.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-gutenberg-autosave/), and [German](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-gutenberg-autosave/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/disable-gutenberg-autosave) * Tags * [autosave](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/autosave/)[gutenberg](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/gutenberg/) [rest](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/rest/)[revision](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/revision/) [update](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/update/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/disable-gutenberg-autosave/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.4 out of 5 stars. * [ 9 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-gutenberg-autosave/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-gutenberg-autosave/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-gutenberg-autosave/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 1 2-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-gutenberg-autosave/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 1 1-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-gutenberg-autosave/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-gutenberg-autosave/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-gutenberg-autosave/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ ska-dev ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/skadev/) ## Support Got something to say? 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