Most of us have been there. You pour your time and energy into writing something that matters—an article, a milestone, a truth that cuts through the noise—and then one day, it’s gone.
A moderator buries it. A platform changes its rules. A domain expires because someone forgot to renew it. Years of words can disappear overnight, like they never happened.
That’s why I built Spun Web Archive Pro, a free, open-source WordPress plugin that keeps your words alive on the one place the censors can’t reach: the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine.
Tagline: Preserve your words. Publish with receipts. Decentralize your content for free.
👉 Download it here
👉 GitHub repo
Why this exists
Censorship today doesn’t always look like book burnings or government bans. Most of the time, it’s quieter and faster. A post flagged. A rule changed. A memory “disappeared” into a 404 page.
Your work shouldn’t vanish because a gatekeeper or a glitch says so.
Spun Web Archive Pro makes sure it doesn’t. Every time you publish, it sends your page to the Wayback Machine. That means you get a verifiable, time-stamped copy of what you said and when you said it.
And it’s not just about censorship. It’s about memory. Domains lapse, sites go down, migrations break links. With this plugin, your words outlive the tech stack they sit on.
What the plugin does
- Submits WordPress URLs to the Internet Archive
- Auto-submit on publish (set it and forget it)
- Per-post “Submit to Archive” links inside All Posts and All Pages
- Keeps a submission history with timestamps and archive links
- Supports two methods:
- Simple “Save Now” (no keys required, instant snapshot)
- Archive.org S3 API (with keys, more control, item-level saving)
- Includes error logs, retry logic, and a one-click “Test Connection” for S3
What you’ll see in WordPress:
- A row action under each post and page: “Submit to Archive”
- A status column so you know if something is pending, archived, or failed
- An editor meta box showing the last result and history of snapshots
- A Submission History table with timestamps, local links, and archive URLs
Why this matters
You know what? History isn’t written by the winners anymore. It’s written by the platforms. When Facebook decides your post breaks “community standards,” it’s erased. When Google tweaks its index, something vanishes. When Twitter rebrands itself into chaos, years of links rot away.
This plugin is my small contribution to fighting back.
- Anti-censorship: keep a public, timestamped copy outside rented platforms
- Domain safety net: prove content existed even if your renewal gets missed
- Milestones: lock in launches, prices, policies, releases
- Backlink recovery: when third-party links break, you’ve got a stable snapshot
Think of it like buying insurance for your ideas. Cheap insurance too—it’s free.
Setup in minutes
- Install and activate Spun Web Archive Pro
- Choose your method:
- Save Now with no keys, fastest way to snapshot
- S3 API if you want item-level control with an Archive.org account
- Turn on auto-submit if you want every new post archived
- Or use Submit to Archive anytime you need a snapshot right away
Requirements are simple:
- WordPress 5.0+
- PHP 8.1+
- cURL enabled
- Archive.org account only if you use the S3 method
Free. Open source. Yours to use.
This isn’t a paid plugin. It’s not a lead magnet. It’s just a tool I built because I got tired of watching history get memory-holed.
It’s free, open source, and up on GitHub. You can fork it, improve it, or just use it as-is.
👉 Plugin page
👉 GitHub repo
👉 Support: [email protected]
If you care about decentralization, censorship resistance, and owning your digital life, this plugin belongs in your WordPress stack.
Because your words matter. And they should outlive the platform you publish them on.
Sources
- Spun Web Archive Pro official page
- GitHub repository
- Disruptarian.com posts about archive.org
- Ryan “Dickie” Thompson's internet archive “Veracity Life”
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