Hello, World! Post Stuck in Top Rated Widget

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  matthewjadams · Member · Jan 15, 2011 at 5:11 am

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  After initiating the Top Rated Widget, I deleted the “Hello, World” placeholder post from the blog and emptied the trash. However, a link to the post’s old url still shows up in the widget. When you click on the link in the widget, you’re taken to the old url, resulting in a 404 error. How do i get that post unstuck from the widget?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jan 15, 2011 at 5:49 am

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  The top rated widget goes on a 24-48 hour cycle, so it might be that it will take a day for it to clear and recalculate things. See what happens after 24 hours.

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  sl1k · Member · Jan 15, 2011 at 10:02 am

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  If the post is still stuck on the widget after 72hrs I then recommend submitting a support ticket via this → contact link

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  timethief · Member · Jan 15, 2011 at 5:40 pm

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  @matthewjadams
  I visited the blog linked to your username and observed that you have not deleted the “Hello World” placeholder post in that blog. Here’s the URL for that post. http://matthewjadams.wordpress.com/2010/09/20/hello-world/ This causes me to wonder whether or not you were referring to that blog or to a different blog.

  Reference link > http://en.support.wordpress.com/not-found/
  Top posts widget > The Top Posts Widget displays your most popular posts as of the last 48 hours. > http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/top-posts-widget/

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  matthewjadams · Member · Jan 15, 2011 at 6:19 pm

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  @timethief
  Thank you. Yes the blog is indeed different. I’m working on http://http://tcplsa.wordpress.com/.

  I’ll wait an extra 48 without touching it and then move forward.

  Thanks, everyone!