Bulk Trash by URL

Bulk Trash by URL helps editors and SEOs quickly clean up content by trashing items based on a list of URLs. Paste your URLs, let the plugin map each URL to a post ID (handles common variations like trailing slashes and marketing query params), select what you want to remove, and process in efficient batches with progress feedback.

Key features:

• Paste URLs to find matching posts, pages, and custom post types.
• Fast URL-to-post mapping in AJAX batches with progress bar.
• Select exactly which items to trash before running.
• Batched trashing with live progress, pause/resume controls.
• Optional completion summary with counts and lists (trashed, failed, no permission, invalid).
• Settings to tune performance and limits:
  • Max Page Size (mapping batch size)
  • Max URLs per run
  • Toggle completion summary
  • Optional mode to set matched items to Private instead of Trash

Built for large lists and long-running jobs. Everything goes to the WordPress Trash, so you can restore or permanently delete as you normally would.

Capabilities & security:

• Restricted to users who can manage_options.
• Nonce-protected AJAX endpoints.
• Conservative sanitization and server-side validation.

Compatibility notes:

• Works with sites using pretty permalinks. Mapping relies on WordPress url_to_postid() and common URL variants.
• Custom post types are supported if they use public, front-end URLs.