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Rollback Manager Free

Roll back a plugin or theme to an earlier version

When an update breaks something, pick the plugin or theme, choose an earlier version from WordPress.org and reinstall it in a couple of clicks.

Download free or read the Rollback Manager docs

Free on WordPress.org, with nothing locked behind Pro.

in the free plugin
Free
updates since 2026
5
last improved in
3.4.2
Performance & Control modules
8
A photographer in her studio with WP Extended open on a desktop monitor

Why you need Rollback Manager

Undoing a bad update usually means downloading an old zip, deleting the plugin over FTP and uploading it again, while the site stays broken.

What Rollback Manager does

  • Plugins and themes

    Any plugin or theme hosted on WordPress.org.

  • Pick the version

    Choose from the available versions, with the installed one marked.

  • Confirm first

    A confirmation step before the installed version is replaced.

Set it up

In WordPress, open WP Extended and find Rollback Manager under Performance & Control.

Full setup guide
  1. 01 Turn on Rollback Manager under Performance & Control.
  2. 02 Choose Plugin or Theme, then the item.
  3. 03 Pick an earlier version and confirm.

Where Rollback Manager helps

  • A developer working late with WP Extended Code Snippets open across two monitors

    Bad updates

    Get the site working again while the plugin author fixes the bug.

  • An account manager walking a client through WP Extended on a laptop in a café

    Testing

    Check whether a bug arrived in a particular release.

Rollback Manager vs WP Rollback

WP Rollback has 300k+ active installs on WordPress.org. If you only need this one job, that’s a fine choice. If the site also needs other modules on this list, it’s one less plugin to update.

The difference
Rollback Manager does the same core job inside WP Extended, so it shares one settings screen, one update and one support team with every other module you use.
★★★★★
“Turn on what you need, leave the rest off. Duplicate posts, SMTP, rollback, custom admin URL, code snippets… stuff I used to install four or five separate plugins for. Now it’s just one with one update to run and one UI to deal with.”
jamescaddy WordPress.org review (opens in a new tab)

Recent changes

The latest updates to Rollback Manager, from the WP Extended changelog.

Full changelog
  1. v3.4.2 4 Nov 2026
    • fixed

      The plugin and theme lists were empty, so nothing could be rolled back. WordPress.org now refuses the kind of request the module sent.

    • fixed

      Rolling back no longer fails with “version is not one of the permitted values”.

    • improved

      The plugin and theme lists load faster: answers from WordPress.org are kept for 12 hours.

  2. v3.3.0 10 Sept 2026
    • fixed

      Version lists were fetched over an insecure connection.

  3. v3.2.6 21 Apr 2026
    • fixed

      Fatal error (ArgumentCountError) crashing the Themes screen on multisite due to incorrect theme_action_links filter signature.

Rollback Manager questions

Rollback Manager documentation

Yes. It is in the free plugin.

No. Only plugins and themes hosted on WordPress.org, because that’s where earlier versions are available.

Yes. A rollback replaces files, and older versions may not understand data saved by a newer one.

Pairs well with

All Performance & Control

Get Rollback Manager free

Rollback Manager is in the free plugin on WordPress.org, alongside 34 other free modules you can switch on when you need them.

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