Missing draft of blog – where did it go?

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  jacquster · Member · Jan 9, 2015 at 9:17 pm

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  I typed up a whole page now I can’t find it

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

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  timethief · Member · Jan 9, 2015 at 9:20 pm

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  To locate draft POSTS Dashboard > Posts > All Post > Drafts
  http://jacquster.wordpress.com/wp-admin/edit.php?post_status=draft&post_type=post

  To locate draft PAGES Dashboard > Pages> All Pages > Drafts
  http://jacquster.wordpress.com/wp-admin/edit.php?post_status=draft&post_type=page

  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

  (If you are referring to a Page then see here > http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/page-revisions/)

  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/

  If you cannot locate a revision or restore from Trash then the content has been lost and cannot be recovered.

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  jacquster · Member · Jan 9, 2015 at 11:22 pm

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  oh geez – thank you! and thank you GREATLY for including your recommendations. Somehow I found my text – but couldn’t tell you where it came from. Let me ask – did I go to the correct place to post my question? I’m new at this whole thing. I panicked and try as I might could not find a way to contact WordPress directly. Next time, I will calm down and just go to the Forums. Am I correct in saying this? Thanks aga

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  timethief · Member · Jan 9, 2015 at 11:24 pm

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  Somehow I found my text …

  Hooray! That’s great news. I do ♥ happy endings.