Drafts disappearing in the New Improved posting experience
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I created a new post yesterday using the new wordpress. I saved the draft, then a bit later, went to go back to find it in WP-admin, and the post wasn’t there. It disappeared. So I went to the “new improved” posting page, and it wasn’t there either. I logged out, and back in, not there. I checked on my mobile: not there.
I gave up thinking that the site had eaten my post, only to discover that it posted today. ARGH. Seriously guys? The New Improved posting experience sucks. I can’t tag or add categories, (or it only shows me the first 10 categories and I can’t scroll through the list). Drafts disappear (this is the second time it’s happened) and I have little to no control over modifications.
Did my post get eaten by the Dumber Posting experience?
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Hi there,
Staff are aware of the issues you have with the new post editor. In fact they are the reasons why many of us refuse to use it and use only the classic editor at Dashboard > Posts > Add NewProvided you did not create the post in the new Beep Beep Boop editor where it’s saved only on your browser, and is not auto-saved to the servers for your blog you may be able to recover a lost post or page.
If the post was created on the dashboard of your own blog at Dashboard > Posts > All Posts > Add New then you ought to be able to recover a lost post or page from revisions if needs be.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/post-revisions/See also if applicable > restoring from trash http://en.support.wordpress.com/trash/#restoring-from-trash
To locate draft POSTS Dashboard > Posts > All Post > Drafts
http://darksideofthebelly.wordpress.com/wp-admin/edit.php?post_status=draft&post_type=postTo locate draft PAGES Dashboard > Pages> All Pages > Drafts
http://darksideofthebelly.wordpress.com/wp-admin/edit.php?post_status=draft&post_type=page(If you are referring to a Page then see here > http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/page-revisions/)
If you cannot locate a revision or restore from Trash then the content has been lost and cannot be recovered.
I recommend:
1. Always create your posts on the dashboard of your own blog at
2. Dashboard > Posts > All Posts > Add New
3. Immediately after creating a post and entering a title click the save draft link. Thereafter, “click save draft” frequently.
4. Always allow pages to fully load before clicking any other links.
5. Never leave a post or page open for content creation or editing and walk away from it, or open another tab in the same blog and work on something else while it is still open. Save it properly and return to edit it later.
6. Use an offline blog editor so you have backups on your own computer http://en.support.wordpress.com/xml-rpc/ -
Thank you. I will continue to use the classic experience and avoid the new. I thought i would give it a whirl, but it spun me out.
Much appreciated!
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Hi @w0d0m,
Sorry you had a frustrating experience.
I can’t tag or add categories, (or it only shows me the first 10 categories and I can’t scroll through the list).
The list should have a scrollbar that allows you to scroll through the list. Here’s how this is functioning on my side:
That’s in Chrome 41.0. Are you experiencing something different?
Drafts disappear (this is the second time it’s happened)
I definitely apologize for this. We’ve had reports of this happening, but I’ve been unable to reproduce them myself. The next time this happens, please reach out to us with a post title.
I have little to no control over modifications.
Can you elaborate on what kind of modifications you’re referring to?
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