Saving a draft post

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  hudds53 · Member · Jul 17, 2014 at 1:02 pm

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  Can’t save draft posts manually, nor does it auto save. Causing big problems.

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  timethief · Member · Jul 17, 2014 at 5:11 pm

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  Please let us know:
  (a) Exactly what kind of device you are using to connect to the internet and to WordPress.com.
  (b) Exactly which browser (and version of it) you’re using by checking here if necessary http://www.whatbrowser.org/

  If you are not running one of the browsers and versions listed at http://browsehappy.com/ please try upgrading or switching first.

  If you are using an IE browser in compatibility mode please disable that mode. http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1196-internet-explorer-compatibility-view-turn-off.html

  If you are running one of the browsers and versions listed at http://browsehappy.com/ then try clearing your browser’s cache http://www.google.com/support/accounts/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=32050

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  timethief · Member · Jul 17, 2014 at 5:16 pm

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  Dashboard > Posts > All Posts (Drafts)
  http://hudds53.wordpress.com/wp-admin/edit.php?post_status=draft&post_type=post
  hover over the title of the draft post and click Edit
  http://en.support.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/publish-immediately-edit.png?w=688
  Changing the Draft status to Public will provide a Publish link.

  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
     Dashboard > Posts > All Posts > Add New
  2. Immediately after creating a post and entering a title click the save draft link. Thereafter, “click save draft” frequently.
  3. Always allow pages to fully load before clicking any other links.
  4. 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.
  5. Use an offline blog editor so you have backups on your own computer http://en.support.wordpress.com/xml-rpc/
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  lizthefair · Member · Jul 17, 2014 at 5:17 pm

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  Also, if you are posting from the new post link: https://wordpress.com/post/ (which isn’t recommended right now as it’s experiencing a lot of flux) you have to click the small grey downward facing arrow to the right of “publish” to access the draft options.