cannot bulk delete posts in trash
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I have imported blog posts from my former self hosted site to my new permanent site, and it went wrong.
I need to delete all the old posts that I have moved into trash so I can re-import.
I have over 1300 posts to delete from trash, and every time I try to bulk delete more than 4 or 5 it times out/errors/says server problem.
Please help, I really don’t want to have to manually delete all 1300+ posts from the trash folder individually. Please?
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Is the imported content the only content in the blog? Staff can empty the whole blog for you. That will remove all data including posts, pages, tags, categories, comments, and uploaded files and once deleted, the data cannot be recovered.
Your need to
(1) confirm the URL of the blog you want them to empty;
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I do have 4 pages, the main page, an ‘about me’ page, a contact page and the store page linking to cafepress shirts.
Other than that, all content in the post trash folder including comments and attached pics can be permanently deleted. And if the only option is to remove those pages as well, I’m fine with that. It would take little time to rebuild.
The website URL is https://thebigbearbutt.wordpress.com/
And yes, I do understand that content deletion is irreversible. Any help is very appreciated. -
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Just checking to see if the WordPress staff will be able to help with this. The 1310 posts are still there at the moment.
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Yes Staff and and will do this for you but posting here again before Staff responded was not a good idea.
This thread is tagged for Staff. It is a weekend and they have a backlog. What’s required is your patience as Staff work through all forum threads tagged for their attention and through all email support tickets in chronological order based on datestamps and timestamps – first posted first served, as would be expected.
How long it takes to clear the threads and support tickets depends on how many Happiness Engineers are working on them at any given point in time. It also depends on how complex the issues in each thread and ticket are are.
Please don’t bump your thread here by posting into it again because it’s not in your best interest to post to it after it has been tagged for Staff help. Doing that moves the timestamps forward and it takes longer to get a response.
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Hi @thebigbearbutt,
Sorry for the added step, but I just want to make sure we’re on the same page. You would like me to empty the site thebigbearbutt.wordpress.com. Then, you’ll re-run the import. Is that correct?
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Yes, that is it exactly. Thank you.
I have all of the posts backed up, I just need a clear slate to reimport so I can get back to blogging regularly.
I appreciate your time on this, really, thank you very much.
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Done! The site thebigbearbutt.wordpress.com should be empty within the next few minutes.
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