wp_get_post_revision() │ WP 2.6.0

Gets a post revision by revision's ID. If there is no such revision, null will be returned.

The revisions are posts with post_type = revision.

Uses: get_post()
Used By: wp_is_post_autosave(), wp_is_post_revision()
1 time — 0.000602 sec (slow) | 50000 times — 1.12 sec (fast)

No Hooks.

Returns

WP_Post|Array|null.

  • WP_Post on success if $output = OBJECT.
  • Array on success if $output = ARRAY_A or ARRAY_N.
  • null on failure (if the revision doesn't exist).

Usage

wp_get_post_revision( $post, $output, $filter );
$post(int/WP_Post) (required) (passed by reference — &)
The post ID or object.
$output(string)
How to return data. Can be: OBJECT, ARRAY_A, or ARRAY_N, which correspond to a WP_Post object, an associative array, or a numeric array, respectively.
Default: OBJECT
$filter(string)
Optional sanitation filter. See sanitize_post_field().
Default: 'raw'

Examples

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#1 Get WP_Post object which represents a revision 

$revision_id = 15;
$revision    = wp_get_post_revision( $revision_id );

if( $revision ){
	// yes it's a revision
	print_r( $revision );
}

/* Output
WP_Post Object
(
	[ID] => 1008
	[post_author] => 1
	[post_date] => 2015-08-26 19:15:42
	[post_date_gmt] => 2015-08-26 15:15:42
	[post_content] => Content
	[post_title] => The main ways to learn
	[post_excerpt] => 
	[post_status] => inherit
	[comment_status] => closed
	[ping_status] => closed
	[post_password] => 
	[post_name] => 997-revision-v1
	[to_ping] => 
	[pinged] => 
	[post_modified] => 2015-08-26 19:15:42
	[post_modified_gmt] => 2015-08-26 15:15:42
	[post_content_filtered] => 
	[post_parent] => 997
	[guid] => http://example.com/997-revision-v1/
	[menu_order] => 0
	[post_type] => revision
	[post_mime_type] => 
	[comment_count] => 0
	[filter] => raw
)
*/
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#2 Check if the post is a revision

This is the code of wp_is_post_revision() function which demonstrates how to check if the post is a revision:

function wp_is_post_revision( $post ) {

	if ( ! $post = wp_get_post_revision( $post ) ) {
		return false;
	}

	return (int) $post->post_parent;
}

Changelog

Since 2.6.0 Introduced.

wp_get_post_revision() code WP 6.9.1

wp-includes/revision.php 
function wp_get_post_revision( &$post, $output = OBJECT, $filter = 'raw' ) {
	$revision = get_post( $post, OBJECT, $filter );

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

	if ( 'revision' !== $revision->post_type ) {
		return null;
	}

	if ( OBJECT === $output ) {
		return $revision;
	} elseif ( ARRAY_A === $output ) {
		$_revision = get_object_vars( $revision );
		return $_revision;
	} elseif ( ARRAY_N === $output ) {
		$_revision = array_values( get_object_vars( $revision ) );
		return $_revision;
	}

	return $revision;
}

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