Emptying the WP trash

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  phastidio · Member · Feb 13, 2016 at 2:27 pm

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  Hello,
  I’ve got about 500 posts in the trash bin. When I try to empty it, I get an error message. Is there a way to workout the problem?
  Thanks

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  fstat · Staff · Feb 13, 2016 at 9:04 pm

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  The blog you specified at http://phastidio.net/ does not appear to be hosted at WordPress.com.

  This support forum is for blogs hosted at WordPress.com. Your question is about a self-hosted WordPress blog and you’ll find help at the WordPress.org forums.

  If you don’t understand the difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org, you may find this information helpful.

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  phastidio · Member · Feb 13, 2016 at 9:12 pm

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  Hello, the blog a was referring to was this.

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  fstat · Staff · Feb 13, 2016 at 9:21 pm

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  Can you specify the message?

  Also, note that files in the trash are automatically deleted after 30 days.

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  phastidio · Member · Feb 13, 2016 at 9:25 pm

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  My message was: I need to delete all the posts in my blog, in order to upload an updated xml file (I’mo moving from wordpress.org to wordpress.com). Is there a way to bulk delete all the posts at once?
  Thanks

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  timethief · Member · Feb 13, 2016 at 9:26 pm

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  See here https://en.support.wordpress.com/empty-site/

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  fstat · Staff · Feb 13, 2016 at 9:29 pm

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  You said you needed to empty the trash not the whole site.

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  phastidio · Member · Feb 14, 2016 at 8:28 am

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  @timethief, thanks, I knew that link. I’m having problems because, when I try to empty the trash, I get an error and the deletion fails.

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  stefmattana · Staff · Feb 14, 2016 at 8:58 am

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  @phastidio, that might be silly – have you tried to get rid of the comments in a couple of times? ie deleting 200 comments, then other 200 comments etc? Maybe the system crashes due to the high number of comments to process?

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  phastidio · Member · Feb 14, 2016 at 9:03 am

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  Yes, but I noticed a slowdown even when I try to move into trash a block of 20 posts.
  Thanks