Hitting "Save Draft" deletes my work

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    traveldancer · Member ·

    This is the second time now that I have hit “save draft” on a post I am working on and instead of saving, the whole post is deleted and I have to rewrite everything. It’s really really annoying and if it keeps happening I am going to close my account with WordPress. Any advice?

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  • kokkieh · Staff ·

    Hi there. I’m going to guess you’re using the “new and improved” beep beep boop editor? If so, this is a known issue that has been reported countless times and never been fixed.

    I strongly advise you to use the classic editor instead. Personally I’ve never lost any content while using that editor. To get to the classic editor, click on the WP-Admin link on the My Sites page. Then go to Posts ->Add New to create a new post with the classic editor.

    An even safer (though less convenient) option, is to compose your posts offline in a text or blog editor, and then just make final adjustments inside the WordPress.com editor before you post. That way, even if something goes wrong online, your content isn’t gone.

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    jeremeylduvall · Member ·

    Hi @traveldancer,

    I noticed you have another thread open here:

    https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/hitting-save-draft-deletes-my-work-1?replies=1

    I’m going to reply back there and close this forum thread to prevent confusion. Please keep all further correspondence in that thread!

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