Save Draft button wiped out my post

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  establishingshots · Member · Jan 4, 2012 at 5:31 am

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  I just spent hours on a post, then, foolishly thinking the “save draft” button would somehow actually SAVE MY DRAFT, I clicked it. Now the entire thing is gone. Is there anything I can do to get it back?

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  airodyssey · Member · Jan 5, 2012 at 3:16 am

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  Hi. Does this help?
  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/content-of-post-deleted-when-i-save-draft?replies=4

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  establishingshots · Member · Jan 5, 2012 at 3:40 am

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  The module isn’t showing up, which I assume means the autosave didn’t work either. Thanks anyway.

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  airodyssey · Member · Jan 5, 2012 at 3:48 am

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  If the module isn’t showing up, check your Screen Options on the top right corner.

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  establishingshots · Member · Jan 5, 2012 at 4:03 am

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  Yes, I did that. It’s enabled, it just isn’t there when I go to edit the post. Apparently all that saved was the title.

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Jan 5, 2012 at 8:04 am

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  It is good to save drafts early and often. It is also good practice to select all and copy before saving a draft.

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  establishingshots · Member · Jan 5, 2012 at 4:00 pm

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  I thought the autosave feature was saving it often, since it kept saying “saving draft” at the bottom, but apparently not. I won’t make the mistake of typing a post directly into WordPress again, but I spent hours on the one that was eaten and it’s really frustrating that I can’t recover it, especially since trying to save it was what caused this mess in the first place.