How to Restore Deleted Posts in WordPress

WordPress Tutorials - WPLearningLab · Beginner ·🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ·4mo ago

Key Takeaways

This video tutorial demonstrates how to restore deleted posts in WordPress using the dashboard and bulk actions, and also covers backup options using plugins like WP Vivid and Updraft Plus.

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Here's how to restore deleted posts on your WordPress site. First, you log into your dashboard, go to posts, and that'll give you a list of all the posts on your site. Currently, there are zero that are published on this one. But in the trash, we see we have three. If I click on trash, these are the three posts that are in the trash. To restore any of them, I can just hover over them, click on restore. I can also check multiple, go to bulk actions, choose restore, and click apply. I can also check this box that selects everything and then choose restore from bulk actions again. Click on apply and then those will be restored to our live site. They're restored as draft. So you got to quickly review them and publish them. Or if you know they're good, just go to quickedit, change the status from draft to published and then update. And then that post will be back on your website. If the posts are not within that trash can that we looked at a minute ago, there's only two ways to get them back. One is hopefully you have the post written out in like a Google Doc or a Word doc or something. You can recreate the post or you have a backup using a plugin like WP Vivid for example or Updraft Plus. I'll link to a tutorial for the WP Vivid plugin up above. If you don't have those things in place, then those posts are gone forever. And if you leave things in the trash can for too long, they're autodeed. 30 days is the default. So if I trash these two posts right here, let's move them both the trash. We have the trash can appear here. And these will stay in here for 30 days and then they'll be deleted by WordPress. Hopefully one of these options worked for you. If not, sorry, but let's get things in place to help you do this better in the future. So, check out the video on your screen right now, which is for the WP Vivid plugin. They have a free and a pro version. And the free version will help you schedule and create backups of your WordPress site on a regular basis so that you can revert back when you need to. So, check out that video and I'll see you

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This tutorial teaches you how to restore deleted posts in WordPress and highlights the importance of regular backups using plugins like WP Vivid and Updraft Plus. By following these steps, you can recover lost content and ensure your website's integrity.

Key Takeaways
  1. Log into your WordPress dashboard
  2. Navigate to the posts section
  3. Click on the trash can to view deleted posts
  4. Hover over a post and click restore to recover it
  5. Use bulk actions to restore multiple posts at once
  6. Check the box to select all posts and choose restore from bulk actions
  7. Review and publish restored posts
  8. Consider using a backup plugin like WP Vivid or Updraft Plus
💡 Regular backups are crucial to prevent permanent loss of content, and plugins like WP Vivid and Updraft Plus can help automate this process.

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