How to see revision and restore previous article in WordPress
I mistakenly overwrote my article in WordPress. How can I recover them?
GOAL
To see revisions of the article and recover previous version in WordPress.
Environment
WordPress 5.6
Windows 10
Methods
Open the post and click “Revisions” in right sidebar.
![](https://s-nako.work/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/image-33.png)
Select the revision you’d like to recover and click “Restore This Revision” button.
![](https://s-nako.work/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/image-34.png)
What to do if “Restore This Revision” button is disable
“Restore This Revision” button couldn’t be pressed for some reasons.
![](https://s-nako.work/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/image-35.png)
You can copy the elements of previous version and paste it into the editor.