How to restore pages from auto-emptied trash without restoring full backup?

  • Resolved mbleau

    (@mbleau)


    11 years, 2 months ago

    Greetings. I’m using a child theme called 4All by Momizat.

    I was advised by a WordPress member as well as a developer some time ago to send unused template pages to the trash bin so that I could potentially use them later (and refer to for copying code, etc.) So I really need those deleted pages. I’ve just noticed, after a few days of updating my site, that most of the items in my trash bin have been auto-deleted.

    I didn’t know, based on what a member advised earlier, that items would be auto deleted.

    What would people recommend for getting all those pages back without having to restore the whole site from a backup, which would wipe out all my recent changes? I’m not even sure when the auto deletion occurred, though I’m sure it’s been in the last few days. Or could I restore just what was in the trash? (I use UpdraftPlus Backups.)

    In addition, being a WordPress novice and not knowing Web code except for at the most basic level, where do I go to change the number of days at which the auto deletion occurs, or else turn off auto delete function altogether, if that is possible?

    Thanks and best.
    mb

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  • well you can make the pages drafts instead of putting them in the trash .. its probably better… also if a page is in the trash you can’t make a page with the same name … its a glitch you will run into

    I would install a new version of wordpress on a subdomain in your hosting account

    temp.yoursite.com
    most hosting accounts with cPanel are easy to do that
    then import your backup

    and manually copy over the pages you need

    Or
    make a new user in the temp site
    assign the posts to that new user name
    set them as drafts

    then you can export only that users pages/posts

    then import them into your main site
    and reassign them to admin or whoever

    Thread Starter mbleau

    (@mbleau)

    Thank you, JumboClicks. When I restore what pages I have left in the trash, is it better to mark them as drafts or private? How to best ensure the public can’t access them?

    And would this work: Can I go activate the parent theme and view those old template pages whenever I wish, or would that somehow corrupt the pages of the child theme that I’m building? I believe that when I changed over to using the child theme, I left the old parent theme pages as published for public view and did not send them to the trash.

    Would it also be wise to change the # of days when the trash auto empties to some huge number?

    Best,
    mb

    Thread Starter mbleau

    (@mbleau)

    I found out how to restore the pages based on my particular premium theme:

    “in theme package you will find folder called XML in this folder you will find demo_content.xml ..

    import this file from wordpress dashboard -> tools -> import -> wordpress

    all pages will be back again”

    Thank you.
    mb

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