Title: Remove Revisions Easter Egg.
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Remove Revisions Easter Egg.

 *  [ianatkins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ianatkins/)
 * (@ianatkins)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-revisions-easter-egg/)
 * On the edit post / page screen if you compare two revisions, which are the same
   you get presented with a black screen and a message about infinite loops.
 * Obviously comparing the same revision to itself is pointless, but this ‘humorous’
   Easter egg wasn’t so funny for my panicked, non-technical client.
 * Given the clarity of thought on the rest of the WordPress UI this was a little
   disappointing to discover.
 * Anyone else like to see this removed?
 * To see the easter egg in action:
    [http://ocaoimh.ie/wordpress-26-easter-egg/](http://ocaoimh.ie/wordpress-26-easter-egg/)

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 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-revisions-easter-egg/#post-1693954)
 * Yeah, but I doubt they’ll make that mistake again 😉
 * Submit a request in trac, however. I doubt it’ll be removed, though, since a 
   lot of people find it amusing.
 *  Thread Starter [ianatkins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ianatkins/)
 * (@ianatkins)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-revisions-easter-egg/#post-1693971)
 * Well if it was an error message, rather than something that looked like a virus,
   then perhaps they wouldn’t make the mistake again. As it stood they had no idea
   they had made a mistake.
 * Obviously a more intuitive approach would to simply not let you select a comparison
   on the same version.
 * Humour has its place, if its inclusive 😉
 * I’ll see what the feedback is like here, if people agree I’ll pop something on
   trac.
 *  Anonymous User
 * (@anonymized-3085)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-revisions-easter-egg/#post-1693986)
 * I think it should stay, but perhaps its time to add a hook to allow those that
   want to change it.
 *  [Eric Mann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericmann/)
 * (@ericmann)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-revisions-easter-egg/#post-1694277)
 * [@ianatkins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ianatkins/) – I ran into the
   same problem with a client. I took some time to write a quick patch to prevent
   this from happening with my needier clients in the future:
 *     ```
       function prevent_matrix_easter_egg() {
           $left = empty( $_POST['left'] ) ? ( empty( $_GET['left'] ) ? '' : $_GET['left'] ) : $_POST['left'];
           $right = empty( $_POST['right'] ) ? ( empty( $_GET['right'] ) ? '' : $_GET['right'] ) : $_POST['right'];
   
           if($left == $right) {
               $redirect = get_edit_post_link( $left );
               wp_die("Error: Cannot compare a revision to itself.<br /><a href=\"" . $redirect . "\">Go Back</a>");
           }
       }
       add_action('admin_action_diff', 'prevent_matrix_easter_egg');
       ```
   
 * This will override the Matrix message and instead present a standard WordPress“
   you can’t do that” error. It might not be the best way to do it, but it works
   for now. In the mean time, I’m running [a quick contest on WordPress Answers](http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/3253/coding-challenge-javascript-easter-egg)
   to see if anyone can come up with a more elegant solution.
 *  Thread Starter [ianatkins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ianatkins/)
 * (@ianatkins)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-revisions-easter-egg/#post-1694278)
 * Wow nice one Eric, thanks for sharing.
 * I guess the more elegant solution would be the removal from core!
 * Thanks again.
 *  [unrulyguides](https://wordpress.org/support/users/unrulyguides/)
 * (@unrulyguides)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-revisions-easter-egg/#post-1694347)
 * I agree with removing it – especially since most users are “not” techno savvy
   and use blogs as a business. I was at first shocked to find it. Even with the“
   Go Back” – I still wasn’t sure if my blog had been hacked or not – and I am sure
   my clients would be calling me day and night — It looked like a virus. There 
   should be an option to remove.
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-revisions-easter-egg/#post-1694348)
 * This will be addressed in a future release.
 * [http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/12816](http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/12816)
 *  [Rolf Allard van Hagen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ravanh/)
 * (@ravanh)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-revisions-easter-egg/#post-1694395)
 * +1 for removing it… at least for sub-sites in a multi-site network setup where
   it is likely to cause some panick 🙂
 * in the mean time, the winner of Eric Mann’s contest on [http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/3253/coding-challenge-javascript-easter-egg/](http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/3253/coding-challenge-javascript-easter-egg/)
   is a pretty easy work-around when thrown in /mu-plugins/
 *  [PuNK DeSi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ades_ting/)
 * (@ades_ting)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-revisions-easter-egg/#post-1694399)
 * +1
    there should be option to turn off Revision & Draft feature at least those
   who dnt want this can turn it off

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