Why did my post disappear?
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I posted a long essay that I took hours to write just the way I wanted it, and it was up long enough for me to review and get pingbacks and previews from posting to social media. Now it’s disappeared completely, even from the post records. What happened?
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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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 unless you click the save link once, you may be able to recover a lost post or page.
NOTE: The revision management system from WP-admin is not built into the new editor, so saving the draft saves only the most recent version, but not previous versions.
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://novelninja.wordpress.com/wp-admin/edit.php?post_status=draft&post_type=postTo locate draft PAGES Dashboard > Pages> All Pages > Drafts
http://novelninja.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
Dashboard > Posts > All Posts > Add New
If you have cookies enabled on your browser your preference will be saved unless or until your clear your cookies, and it will take you to the classic editor automatically every time you create a new post via the drop-down menu in the black admin bar or edit a post via the edit button on the blog itself.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/
If you do not locate the post in your drafts or private posts then please provide the title and URL of it here please as I tagged this thread for Staff help. Then subscribe to the thread, so you are notified when they respond. To subscribe look in the sidebar of this thread, find the subscribe to topics link and click it.
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But it doesn’t make sense. It was there. I was viewing it. I copied the URL directly from the address bar to go paste in Facebook. I got pingbacks from the post after it went life, because it linked back to two previous posts. When I posted the link on Facebook, it created a preview of the content as normal.
It was there, and now it’s gone. I’m not looking for a missing draft. I’m looking for a missing PUBLISHED POST.
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Ha! I just found proof. Google cashed it. http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:fxf18vgORqAJ:https://novelninja.wordpress.com/2015/04/06/youre-all-fake-geek-girls/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
At least I can rebuild it now without having to rewrite the whole thing.
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One of my drafts also disappeared, and it was NOT created with the Bleeping Bleeper editor that makes me want to track down the guy who designed it and politely yell in his face.
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re: the bleeping post editor
Trust me when I say you are not alone and most of us were polite for a month but now … it’s best for me not to continue here as other need help and if I say what I am thinking I will be suspended. -
Hi,
My blog (https://blogdemobila.wordpress.com) has been suspended.
I do send comment via dashboard but none of the staff is answering (1 day ago). I just want to get my blog back. What can i do? -
Resolved :)
“Hey,
Thanks for getting in touch. I’ve taken a look, and can confirm that your site was mistakenly flagged by our automated spam filters.
You should not have received this warning, and I have removed it from your account.
Please be sure to clear your browser’s cache and restart the browser (if necessary).
http://en.support.wordpress.com/browser-issues/#clear-your-cache-and-cookies
I apologise for any inconvenience or problems that this has caused!”
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