Can’t delete Auto Draft page

  • I am new to WordPress, and everything had been going great until now!

    I created a new page, and then realized that the new page automatically updated to the live website as “Auto Draft”. Not wanting the page to be visible while I was working on it, I chose to make the page “private” instead of “public”. Then the auto draft disappeared from the login/edit page, but was still visible on the live page. Now there is an “auto draft” on the live page, but I can’t find any way to even see it to delete it!

    https://masspeaceaction.org/home/

    Any suggestions?

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  • Try switching to the default theme to rule out any theme-specific problems.

    To delete these pages you need to use a MySQL front end, go to the posts table, sort on post_status and all the auto-drafts will come to the top for ease of deletion. Seems to be a WP core problem – every time I login or switch to the dashboard page an auto draft is created unless there is one in the posts table already. Search Unleashed finds them, which is a further embarrassment, and duplicates can be created.

    Lovely. I deleted the posts from there but they are still showing up in my WP install…this is just a blooming mess! It all started from not being able to edit and save a stinking post. Now it’s moved on to can’t delete one either. I think I need a nap. lol

    Just wanted to say you aren’t alone. ??

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