Lost post

  • I thought I was working on a new post. Whenever I hit “update” the changes were there to see. I even made several updates changing the title. I inserted revisions to the meta description and title tags.
    It has all disappeared without a trace. What happened? Am I doomed?

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  • Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    Have checked in “tarsh” and “draft”?

    Thread Starter skieran

    (@skieran)

    Yes. It’s totally gone as far as I can tell. I updated MANY times. How could it disappear?

    Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    To rule out any plugin/theme conflict, try:
    – Flushing any caching plugins you might be running, as well as server and/or browser caches. Also, any op cache or content network cache, as well as Cloudflare, clear those caches.
    – deactivating ALL (yes all) plugins temporarily to see if this resolves the problem (plugin functions can interfere). If this works, re-activate them individually (one-by-one) to find the problematic plugin(s).
    – resetting the plugins folder by FTP. Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause problems.
    – switching to the unedited default Theme (Twenty Sixteen, etc.) for a moment using the WP dashboard to rule out any theme-specific issue (theme functions can interfere like plugins).

    Thread Starter skieran

    (@skieran)

    I’m embarrassed to admit I don’t know how to flush a cache or even what a cache really is. I do know how to switch themes, which I’ll now try.
    Shaun

    Thread Starter skieran

    (@skieran)

    Switching themes didn’t work. I should have sent this yesterday. Apparently not knowing how to flush the cache is a real problem.
    What do you suggest.

    I can’t emphasize enough how often I hit the Update button while creating my new post, and that I looked at it from the outside and the changes were taken. It was there.

    I am shocked. That has never happened.
    Shaun
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    Thread Starter skieran

    (@skieran)

    I’m disappointed by the lack of response after my post this morning. Does that mean I’m beyond hope? Nothing can be done?
    Shaun

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    If you look under posts -> all posts and sort by date, do you find the post you were creating?

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