How do I recover my draft?

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  amansstruggle · Member · Feb 25, 2015 at 4:29 pm

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  Why is my draft not recoverable? I have “saved draft” several times but when I go to recover, it is not there.

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  simplysaru · Staff · Feb 25, 2015 at 5:04 pm

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  Hi,
  Have you accidentally deleted the draft? Could you please check in the trash folder?

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  timethief · Member · Feb 25, 2015 at 5:13 pm

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  @constantinepateras

  Provided 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://sageofvoula.wordpress.com/wp-admin/edit.php?post_status=draft&post_type=post

  To locate draft PAGES Dashboard > Pages> All Pages > Drafts
  http://sageofvoula.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/

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  amansstruggle · Member · Feb 25, 2015 at 5:14 pm

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  Thanks for getting back to me.

  No, unfortunately it’s not in the trash folder. I am certain that I didn’t accidentally delete the draft. Before closing the tab, I made sure to save the draft.

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  amansstruggle · Member · Feb 25, 2015 at 5:16 pm

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  Hi timethief.

  Alas, the post was created on the Beep Beep Boop editor.

  Does that mean the content is unrecoverable?

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  timethief · Member · Feb 25, 2015 at 5:17 pm

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  Sadly, the answer is “yes”. If you cannot locate a revision or restore from Trash then the content has been lost and cannot be recovered.

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  amansstruggle · Member · Feb 25, 2015 at 5:18 pm

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  Lesson learned.

  Thank you for your help.

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  timethief · Member · Feb 25, 2015 at 5:19 pm

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  I learned this bitter lesson too and prepared this copy and paste answer after I did. :(