Title: wp_restore_post_revision
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: April 28, 2025

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# wp_restore_post_revision( int|WP_Post $revision, array $fields = null ): int|false|null

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_restore_post_revision/?output_format=md#description)
 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_restore_post_revision/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_restore_post_revision/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_restore_post_revision/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Hooks](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_restore_post_revision/?output_format=md#hooks)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_restore_post_revision/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_restore_post_revision/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Restores a post to the specified revision.

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_restore_post_revision/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

Can restore a past revision using all fields of the post revision, or only selected
fields.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_restore_post_revision/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$revision`int|[WP_Post](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_post/)
required

Revision ID or revision object.

`$fields`arrayoptional

What fields to restore from. Defaults to all.

Default:`null`

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_restore_post_revision/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 int|false|null Null if error, false if no fields to restore, (int) post ID if success.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_restore_post_revision/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    function wp_restore_post_revision( $revision, $fields = null ) {
    	$revision = wp_get_post_revision( $revision, ARRAY_A );

    	if ( ! $revision ) {
    		return $revision;
    	}

    	if ( ! is_array( $fields ) ) {
    		$fields = array_keys( _wp_post_revision_fields( $revision ) );
    	}

    	$update = array();
    	foreach ( array_intersect( array_keys( $revision ), $fields ) as $field ) {
    		$update[ $field ] = $revision[ $field ];
    	}

    	if ( ! $update ) {
    		return false;
    	}

    	$update['ID'] = $revision['post_parent'];

    	$update = wp_slash( $update ); // Since data is from DB.

    	$post_id = wp_update_post( $update );

    	if ( ! $post_id || is_wp_error( $post_id ) ) {
    		return $post_id;
    	}

    	// Update last edit user.
    	update_post_meta( $post_id, '_edit_last', get_current_user_id() );

    	/**
    	 * Fires after a post revision has been restored.
    	 *
    	 * @since 2.6.0
    	 *
    	 * @param int $post_id     Post ID.
    	 * @param int $revision_id Post revision ID.
    	 */
    	do_action( 'wp_restore_post_revision', $post_id, $revision['ID'] );

    	return $post_id;
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/revision.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/revision.php#L462)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/revision.php#L462-L506)

## 󠀁[Hooks](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_restore_post_revision/?output_format=md#hooks)󠁿

 [do_action( ‘wp_restore_post_revision’, int $post_id, int $revision_id )](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_restore_post_revision/)

Fires after a post revision has been restored.

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_restore_post_revision/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [wp_update_post()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_update_post/)`wp-includes/post.php` |

Updates a post with new post data.

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| [update_post_meta()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/update_post_meta/)`wp-includes/post.php` |

Updates a post meta field based on the given post ID.

  | 
| [wp_get_post_revision()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_post_revision/)`wp-includes/revision.php` |

Gets a post revision.

  | 
| [_wp_post_revision_fields()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/_wp_post_revision_fields/)`wp-includes/revision.php` |

Determines which fields of posts are to be saved in revisions.

  | 
| [wp_slash()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_slash/)`wp-includes/formatting.php` |

Adds slashes to a string or recursively adds slashes to strings within an array.

  | 
| [do_action()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/do_action/)`wp-includes/plugin.php` |

Calls the callback functions that have been added to an action hook.

  | 
| [get_current_user_id()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_current_user_id/)`wp-includes/user.php` |

Gets the current user’s ID.

  | 
| [is_wp_error()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/is_wp_error/)`wp-includes/load.php` |

Checks whether the given variable is a WordPress Error.

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| Used by | Description | 
| [wp_xmlrpc_server::wp_restoreRevision()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/wp_restorerevision/)`wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php` |

Restores a post revision.

  |

## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_restore_post_revision/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [2.6.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.6.0/) | Introduced. |

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