Title: WP Minor Edit
Author: CiaranG
Published: <strong>ސެޕްޓެމްބަރ 4, 2008</strong>
Last modified: އޯގަސްޓް 21, 2012

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# WP Minor Edit

 By [CiaranG](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ciarang/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-minor-edit.0.73.zip)

 * [Details](https://dv.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-minor-edit/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://dv.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-minor-edit/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://dv.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-minor-edit/#installation)
 * [Development](https://dv.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-minor-edit/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-minor-edit/)

## Description

This plugin adds a checkbox labelled “Minor edit” to the post editing
 page of WordPress.
If you check that box, the post’s last-updated date is left unchanged when you save
the post.

For full details, see [the plugin page](http://ciarang.com/posts/wp-minor-edit)

License: GPL v3

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * The checkbox!

## Installation

 1. Download and extract the zip file.
 2. Upload the plugin directory to /wp-content/plugins on your server.
 3. Go to the Plugins screen in your WordPress Admin and activate it.

## FAQ

  Why do I care?

Because your readers do.

If you are making minor changes (spelling corrections, category updates) to old 
posts
 without this plugin, your posts will be marked with a new updated date in
your atom feed. Readers will then see your posts reappearing in their feed readers.
Additionally, if your posts are syndicated (e.g. using Planet or Venus) they will
reappear at the top of the page.

  Can’t this be done automatically?

It is difficult to conceive of an algorithm that can correctly decide what constitutes

a minor edit. Ultimately it is your decision as the author, based on whether or 
not the change you’re making requires the reader’s attention again.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“WP Minor Edit” is open source software. The following people have contributed to
this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ CiaranG ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ciarang/)
 *   [ rubys ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rubys/)

[Translate “WP Minor Edit” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-minor-edit)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-minor-edit/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-minor-edit/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-minor-edit/) 
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-minor-edit/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Meta

 *  Version **0.73**
 *  Last updated **14 years ago**
 *  Active installations **30+**
 *  WordPress version ** 2.7 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.4.2**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-minor-edit/)
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 *  [Advanced View](https://dv.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-minor-edit/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ CiaranG ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ciarang/)
 *   [ rubys ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rubys/)

## Support

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 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-minor-edit/)