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After upgrading WordPress from version 2.0.5 to 2.3.3, I did some experimenting with the “post autosave” feature. The autosave feature uses some crafty ajax to automagically save your post every 2 minutes (120 seconds by default). Below the post-editing field, you will notice a line of text that displays the time of the most recent autosave, similar to the following:

How to change the time-interval for the WordPress Autosave feature While experimenting with the autosave feature for this post, I discovered how easy it is to change the default autosave time interval. In WordPress 2.3 (and probably 2.2 and 2.1), open the wp-includes/script-loader.php and edit the instance of 120 (seconds) to something more appropriate. Don’t get too crazy though, or you might get a nasty email from your host. Here is how the interval-setting code appears on line #43: 'autosaveInterval' => apply_filters('autosave_interval', '120'),