Post missing from dashboard, but still in Google search

shehzaadshams · Member · May 1, 2015 at 4:40 pm
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Hello,
There is a post on my blog which I clearly remember publishing, even Google has indexed it and coming up in search engine, but its missing from wordpress.
The post was published on 30 Aug 2014, the first few sentences started as “As much as I love power dressing at work, there is a hippie-gypsy hidden somewhere in me waking “….if you type following keywords in Google, it shows up as well
hippie gypsy onetimefashionista

But when you click the link, it says that its not there.

What may have gone wrong?
The site in question is onetimefashionista.com

Thanks.

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timethief · Member · May 1, 2015 at 4:45 pm
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IMPORTANT NOTE: Deleting blogs and/or their content does not remove it from the SERPs (search engine page results). Google and Bing only clear their caches of deleted indexed content that produces a 404 (page not found) every 3 – 6 months. To completely remove an entire page from Google search results after it produces a 404 (page not found) error message see here https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/1663419?hl=en
shehzaadshams · Member · May 1, 2015 at 4:51 pm
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Hi @Timethief, thanks for your response. Sorry I was not clear enough in my query. I didn’t delete the post myself. I was looking for it the other day only to realise thats its not there in my dashboard. When I searched, it showed up on Google. So my question was, how did it get removed from my list of posts in the first place? Thanks.
timethief · Member · May 1, 2015 at 4:55 pm
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What is the title?
What is the URL?
Are you the only Admin and official users of the blog?

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shehzaadshams · Member · May 1, 2015 at 5:12 pm
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Hi,
The URL of the post in question is searchable only with its tag which is missing:
onetimefashionista.com/tag/gypsy/

Including me, there are only two admin users, me and my wife that is. The post was published on 30 Aug 2014 and the first few lines (as per Google) are as following:

30 Aug 2014 – As much as I love power dressing at work, there is a hippie-gypsy hidden somewhere in me waking…..
pmciano · Member · May 2, 2015 at 3:14 pm
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@shehzaadshams

The URL you provided is not for a post, but for a tag. The tag, gypsy, exists for your site, but is not associated with any posts:

https://onetimefashionista.wordpress.com/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=post_tag&post_type=post&s=gypsy

Also, I don’t see any posts on 08/30/2014:

https://onetimefashionista.wordpress.com/wp-admin/edit.php?s&post_status=all&post_type=post&action=-1&m=201408

Do you know the title of the post in question?

Once you give me some additional clarification, I will be more than happy to continue addressing your issue.
shehzaadshams · Member · May 2, 2015 at 5:04 pm
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Hi,
The title of the post was Hippie-Gypsy in Dubrovnik Old Town. If you search these keywords in Google, it still shows up. This post was even promoted on Twitter on 30 Aug 2014. You can see the link on Twitter here:
https://twitter.com/tanusreeghosh/status/505653874867191808

Thanks, hope to hear from you.
pmciano · Member · May 2, 2015 at 8:11 pm
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@shehzaadshams

I don’t see a direct link to the post in Google’s index. It appears that this post was deleted about one month ago.

If you or another authorized user of the site don’t recall deleting this post, please update your accounts’ passwords:

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shehzaadshams · Member · May 2, 2015 at 8:19 pm
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Hi @pmciano,
Is it possible to find out on which date (a month ago as you say) this post was deleted and by which user?
None of us recall deleting this, but if you provide the audit/logs may be we can clear the doubt. Many thanks.
jeremeylduvall · Member · May 3, 2015 at 6:29 pm
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Hi @shehzaadshams,

It looks like the post was actually sent to the trash two months ago and then automatically deleted from the trash after 30 days (automatic process). I’m afraid I don’t have a specific date for you though. A post cannot be restored once it’s completely deleted.
shehzaadshams · Member · May 13, 2015 at 10:16 am
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Hi @jeremeylduvall,
Is it possible to track who the author was who may have accidentally trashed the post? Since its only two of us admin of the site, we can find out easily.
Is it also possible to find out if any other posts were accidentally or intentionally deleted or not? I mean I know that the post cannot be retrieved but their titles?

Many thanks !!
siobhyb · Member · May 13, 2015 at 5:04 pm
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Hi @shehzaadshams,

We’re not able to provide details of which user deleted your post. If you’re not sure, I recommend talking to the other users on your site. As the site owner it’s important to only add other people who you trust.

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