Can I get my post back?

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  cnhartman2 · Member · Jan 28, 2013 at 8:58 pm

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  I scheduled I post (to go up tomorrow) and when I clicked “schedule” it saved and then DELETED everything I wrote. Even when I previewed the post, it was just empty. I looked for the revisions, but they have apparently disappeared, as well. The tags, categories, subject line, and date are all the same. The only thing missing is the content. Is there a way I can get it all back without retyping it all? Any help you can give me is appreciated!

  (The permalink is http://diybudgetgirl.wordpress.com/2013/01/29/almond-flourmeal/ — let me know if I need to change the date for you to be able to help.)

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  timethief · Member · Jan 28, 2013 at 9:02 pm

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  If you cannot locate the post for locating and restoring a post revision, and it’s not in your Trash folder because your permanently deleted it http://en.support.wordpress.com/trash/ then you will not be able to recover it. Try checking your Trash folder for Posts and restoring it. http://en.support.wordpress.com/trash/#restoring-from-trash

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  cnhartman2 · Member · Jan 28, 2013 at 10:58 pm

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  It was never moved to my trash. The post still exists, but the body somehow disappeared from the time I pressed “schedule” to the time the post was saved (and nothing else was pressed). So I guess that means I have to retype. Thanks for the help!

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  timethief · Member · Jan 28, 2013 at 11:02 pm

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  I looked for the revisions, but they have apparently disappeared, as well. The tags, categories, subject line, and date are all the same. The only thing missing is the content. Is there a way I can get it all back without retyping it all?

  Sadly, if you cannot locate a post revision with all the content in it then answer is that you will have to type it all out again. :(

  Did you create your post on the dashboard of your own blog?
  Dashboard > Posts > All Posts > Add New

  Or did you create your post on the front page of WordPress.com?
  http://wordpress.com/#!/post/

  Advice:
  Create your posts on the dashboard of your own blog
  Dashboard > Posts > All Posts > Add New

  Or use an offline blog editor so your have backups on your own computer http://en.support.wordpress.com/xml-rpc/

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  cnhartman2 · Member · Jan 28, 2013 at 11:08 pm

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  I used my Dashboard. After this, I’ll be using Word from now on. Thank you!

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  timethief · Member · Jan 28, 2013 at 11:12 pm

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  WORD is not a good choice at all. Use windows live writer instead.