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LH Wayback Machine

by shawfactor · WordPress.org page · Website

v1.03 Tested up to WP 5.5.20

LH Wayback Machine has 300+ active installs on WordPress.org and 6,134 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on October 17, 2020, tested up to WordPress 5.5.20.

LH Wayback Machine at a glance

Active installs
300+
Total downloads
6,134
Downloads, last 30 days
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available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
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tracking since September 4, 2026

Is LH Wayback Machine well maintained?

Support threads resolved
No open threads
nothing waiting on the WordPress.org forum
WordPress compatibility
Behind
tested up to WordPress 5.5.20, not yet with the current 7.1

LH Wayback Machine reviews and ratings

5 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.

All reviews
5.0 out of 5

5 reviews

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  • Works Well

    All URLs are archived, it works.

    novakpeter

  • Proactive & Automated Wayback Machine (Archive.org) Archiving

    This plugin does a great job to help make sure a site is more likely to be archived and that the archive is more complete at web.archive.org than just letting the Wayback Machine passively crawl & archive the web. It helps make sure changes are also archived as updates are made for a more thorough history of a site as well. Setup & implementation is very quick & easy to use. As this plugin is more likely to ask more of archive.org's Wayback Machine effort, I do suggest highlighting the option to donate to Archive.org via donate link (in addition to the donation for support of the plugin itself; but the plugin couldn't exist without the service's ongoing support.)

    KZeni

  • The las pocket

    When you are in the urgent need of something you've lost of sight, it's always in the last pocket. The Internet Archive is this last and lifesaver pocket.

    AlfonsoAB

  • Simple and does the job!

    I was looking for something like this. It just works! Would be amazing to also be able to save monthly/yearly archives

    multiformeingegno

  • Essential for preservation!

    I'm a huge fan of the Internet Archive, the Wayback Machine, and WordPress. This plugin is essential for anyone interested in integrating those tools and preserving those sites. I love that it shows if a post or page is queued to be archived, if it already has, and a link to the last snapshot. Worst case scenario, if you don't have other backups of your site, these snapshots can be used to rebuild your site in the event of a catastrophe. 😱 The only three caveats I need to remember: The plugin captures individual posts, but not the homepage, so I submitted the root domain to the Wayback Machine separately; There is no way to exclude posts or pages, even if that content is excluded from other search engines or sitemaps (such as by using NOINDEX); and I need to deactivate it on my staging/development site, lest the wrong URL be submitted to the Wayback Machine!

    Ken Gagne

Details

Automatically creates Wayback Machine snapshots of site, including archives

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Tags

  • archive
  • content
  • machine
  • post
  • wayback

More from shawfactor

Version
1.03
Last updated
Oct 17, 2020
First published
Apr 9, 2017
Requires WordPress
4.5
Tested up to
5.5.20
Requires PHP
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Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

LH Wayback Machine FAQ

How many active installs does LH Wayback Machine have?

WordPress.org reports 300+ active installs for LH Wayback Machine as of September 7, 2026.

Is LH Wayback Machine still maintained?

The last release was on October 17, 2020, more than a year ago. WordPress.org shows a warning on plugins that go this long without an update.

Is LH Wayback Machine free?

LH Wayback Machine is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.