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thistimethisspace on "where does writing disappear to"

thistimethisspace — Sun, 19 May 2013 21:50:39 +0000

WordPress.com has an autosave feature and you may be able to recover an earlier post revision. Go to Posts > All Posts, hover over the title of the post, click Edit and check the Post Revisions module for previous saved versions of the post. http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/post-revisions/

If you're not seeing the Revisions module while on the editor screen, click Screen Options (top right corner of your Admin page) http://en.support.wordpress.com/screen-options/ to activate it. Then select the post and page modules to include them. http://en.support.wordpress.com/modules/#list-of-modules Then you ought to be able to go here > Dashboard > All Posts > Posts and locate the post and recover it from post revisions.

If you cannot locate the post for locating and restoring a post revision, and it's not in your Trash folder http://en.support.wordpress.com/trash/ then you will not be able to recover it. http://en.support.wordpress.com/trash/#restoring-from-trash

Did you create your post on the dashboard of your own blog?
Dashboard > Posts > All Posts > Add New

Or did you create your post on the front page of WordPress.com?
http://wordpress.com/#!/post/

How do I avoid this problem in the future?

Advice:
Create your posts on the dashboard of your own blog
Dashboard > Posts > All Posts > Add New

Or use an offline blog editor so you always have backups on your own computer http://en.support.wordpress.com/xml-rpc/

praynman on "where does writing disappear to"

praynman — Sun, 19 May 2013 21:49:59 +0000

Accidentally hit alt and story disappeared

aliceincarnaval on "Lost my post when I tried to publish - can I get it back?"

aliceincarnaval — Tue, 07 May 2013 10:50:42 +0000

I had a saved draft an clicked to publish immediately. The browser crashed and I had to close the window without having a confirmation it went through. When I re-opened the browser and checked the website, not only did it not publish, but now I can't find it on my posts at all (not even as a draft). Is there a way I can recover it from somewhere?

macmanx on "PLEASE HELP MY MOST RECENT PUBLISHED POST HAS COMPLETELY DISAPPEARED."

macmanx — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 07:04:15 +0000

The problem was more than likely the Draft on the iPad app. An attempt to auto-save the Draft possibly failed, and the next time it succeeded, it handily saved over the existing Published post with whatever it was trying to auto-save way back when.

Make sure that you're running version 3.5.2 of the app. It completely disables auto-save in the app, so this won't happen again.

towim on "PLEASE HELP MY MOST RECENT PUBLISHED POST HAS COMPLETELY DISAPPEARED."

towim — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 06:57:31 +0000

Thank you macmanx, yes I had originally drafted the post in the WP iPad app and updated it there. I actually published it through the normal website though as it is difficult to publish on the mobile app I find. Is that the problem? That it was through a mobile app?

macmanx on "PLEASE HELP MY MOST RECENT PUBLISHED POST HAS COMPLETELY DISAPPEARED."

macmanx — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 21:55:40 +0000

Sure, just edit the post in question and you can adjust the date via the Publish box to the right.

By any chance, were you using one of the mobile apps?

towim on "PLEASE HELP MY MOST RECENT PUBLISHED POST HAS COMPLETELY DISAPPEARED."

towim — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 09:56:56 +0000

Done thanks for the help all.

towim on "PLEASE HELP MY MOST RECENT PUBLISHED POST HAS COMPLETELY DISAPPEARED."

towim — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 09:32:48 +0000

Ok I have restored the post back from drafts and it has included the comments BUT it has posted it on 18 March date (the draft was dated 18 March).
Is there a way I can change the date as it now puts all the rest of my posts out of sync?
Do I just take it down and re-schedule the post? Can I do that?
So sorry for ridiculously stupid questions but I am actually THAT stupid.
Thank you for your help.

towim on "PLEASE HELP MY MOST RECENT PUBLISHED POST HAS COMPLETELY DISAPPEARED."

towim — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 09:16:45 +0000

And thank you for the advice timethief I will definitely be using an offline blog editor in future.

towim on "PLEASE HELP MY MOST RECENT PUBLISHED POST HAS COMPLETELY DISAPPEARED."

towim — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 09:14:49 +0000

Thank you for all of your replies, I am checking it out now. The post is not in trash. But there is a previous draft of the post in 'all posts' in my dashboard from way back on 18 March but I had updated the draft again since then before publishing on 4 April.
No one else has access to edit anything.
I also wondered if it had been removed by WP due to content, but have read the other thread and it seems that this would have been highly unlikely. It is odd that it was published for 2 days then suddenly disappeared though.
In answer to 1tess, yes I wrote the post on the WP app on my iPad but actually published it from the dashboard on the usual standard website, for some reason the Wp app lets me 'update' but not actually publish. (Unless that is me being technically inept which is highly likely). Maybe that is the issue.
I will go and see if I can restore the draft version and report back.
Presumably the comments would not return with the post though?

auxclass on "PLEASE HELP MY MOST RECENT PUBLISHED POST HAS COMPLETELY DISAPPEARED."

auxclass — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 04:57:36 +0000

You do good work @Tess - yes that is the one I was thinking of -

Thanks

This is a link to the entry by @macmanx

http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/why-is-this-january-22-post-no-longer-visible-on-my-site?replies=20#post-1211420

1tess on "PLEASE HELP MY MOST RECENT PUBLISHED POST HAS COMPLETELY DISAPPEARED."

1tess — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 04:49:54 +0000

@auxclass

This happened to another thread - @macmanx found the Post somewhere (sorry can't remember where)

Is this the thread you read? (though it's about a missing January post, not so recent)
http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/why-is-this-january-22-post-no-longer-visible-on-my-site?replies=20#post-1211420
macmanx said this at the end of his comment:

Did you write this post in one of our mobile apps?

timethief on "PLEASE HELP MY MOST RECENT PUBLISHED POST HAS COMPLETELY DISAPPEARED."

timethief — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 04:37:54 +0000

You may be able to recover a post revision. Go to Posts > All Posts, hover over the title of the post, click Edit and check the Post Revisions module for previous saved versions of the post. http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/post-revisions/

Did you create your post on the dashboard of your own blog?
Dashboard > Posts > All Posts > Add New

Or did you create your post on the front page of WordPress.com?
http://wordpress.com/#!/post/

Advice:
Create your posts on the dashboard of your own blog
Dashboard > Posts > All Posts > Add New

Or use an offline blog editor so you always have backups on your own computer http://en.support.wordpress.com/xml-rpc/

auxclass on "PLEASE HELP MY MOST RECENT PUBLISHED POST HAS COMPLETELY DISAPPEARED."

auxclass — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 04:37:10 +0000

This happened to another thread - @macmanx found the Post somewhere (sorry can't remember where) with a different name but almost all the text - might also have had something to do with revisions -

I will flag this and maybe he will see it

thesacredpath on "PLEASE HELP MY MOST RECENT PUBLISHED POST HAS COMPLETELY DISAPPEARED."

thesacredpath — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 04:11:53 +0000

Go to posts > all posts and see if it is there. Also look at the top of the listing of posts and see if there is a link there for "trash" and see if it is in the trash.

Are there any others with admin or editor privileges on your blog?

towim on "PLEASE HELP MY MOST RECENT PUBLISHED POST HAS COMPLETELY DISAPPEARED."

towim — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 03:30:58 +0000

I published a post on 04 April, no problems I received some comments, however I have come to look at my blog today and the post has completely disappeared from my site along with all the comments. Its gone from my most recent posts menu, when I search for it it doesn't appear. The rest of the site seems to be fine, please can someone tell me what's happened and how I get my most recent post back? Anyone?

civilwartriviajunkie on "How do I recover a lost post? I can't f"

civilwartriviajunkie — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 01:55:23 +0000

I lost a post. how do I recover it?

timethief on "Lost post after pressing publish - Not anywhere!"

timethief — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 18:13:27 +0000

Please be sure you are running one of the browser versions here http://browsehappy.com first.

You may be able to recover an earlier post revision. Go to Posts > All Posts, hover over the title of the post, click Edit and check the Post Revisions module for previous saved versions of the post. http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/post-revisions/

Did you create your post on the dashboard of your own blog?
Dashboard > Posts > All Posts > Add New

Or did you create your post on the front page of WordPress.com?
http://wordpress.com/#!/post/

Advice:
Create your posts on the dashboard of your own blog
Dashboard > Posts > All Posts > Add New

Or use an offline blog editor so you always have backups on your own computer http://en.support.wordpress.com/xml-rpc/

avidlyblue on "Lost post after pressing publish - Not anywhere!"

avidlyblue — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 18:12:01 +0000

Hi there, I wrote a lengthy post and pressed publish. I even saw the post under preview. Then when I refreshed the blog to see it, it's gone! I looked over the "Don't Panic" instructions, but my post isn't even in drafts anymore. It's not in the trash, it's not in revision, it's not listed under my posts or pages or anywhere in my dashboard. It's just gone. All that is left is the tags I used on it.

thistimethisspace on "why is only part of my post showing up?"

thistimethisspace — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 04:01:15 +0000

Hooray! Best wishes for trouble-free blogging.

myupscalegaragesale on "why is only part of my post showing up?"

myupscalegaragesale — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 03:59:57 +0000

Thanks for your help. It worked and from now on I'll publish right from my dashboard. Have a great night.

thistimethisspace on "why is only part of my post showing up?"

thistimethisspace — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 01:34:39 +0000

Please be sure to upgrade your browser version here http://browsehappy.com first.

Did you create your post on the dashboard of your own blog?
Dashboard > Posts > All Posts > Add New

Or did you create your post on the front page of WordPress.com?
http://wordpress.com/#!/post/

Advice:
Create your posts on the dashboard of your own blog
Dashboard > Posts > All Posts > Add New

Or use an offline blog editor so you have backups on your own computer http://en.support.wordpress.com/xml-rpc/

myupscalegaragesale on "why is only part of my post showing up?"

myupscalegaragesale — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 21:17:09 +0000

I typed a post this morning and I know it was seen because someone liked it and commented on it. But, now when I try to find it, it either doesn't appear or most of the words are gone. When I look in my dashboard, it is there as a draft, but I edited it 3 times and saved it 3 times and tried to publish it 3 times. By the way, every time I go back, my edits did not save. What's going on?

timethief on "Challengeyourfaithblog"

timethief — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 18:10:16 +0000

Did you create your post on the dashboard of your own blog?
Dashboard > Posts > All Posts > Add New

Or did you create your post on the front page of WordPress.com?
http://wordpress.com/#!/post/

peripateopneuma on "Challengeyourfaithblog"

peripateopneuma — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 18:08:35 +0000

Can I recover a lost post?

I may or may not have deleted a post. I didn't have a hard copy. I'm screwed. Is there some help here???

zandyring on "Everything that I wrote has disappeared into thin air!"

zandyring — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 20:53:49 +0000

Hi dogleish,

I'm glad you've hit on a solution that works for you. I do apologize again that you had this happen!

I'm going to close this thread.

Happy holidays all!

timethief on "Everything that I wrote has disappeared into thin air!"

timethief — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 20:26:57 +0000

I suggest you use an offline blog editor as doing that means you will have a backup of every post and page on your own computer.

dogleish on "Everything that I wrote has disappeared into thin air!"

dogleish — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 20:23:18 +0000

I used my iPod to write my latest entry which has been fine. I'll not be using the NewDash thing again just in case!

zandyring on "Everything that I wrote has disappeared into thin air!"

zandyring — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 01:17:36 +0000

Hi there Dogleish,

Have you had this problem recur at all?

Thanks and happy holidays!

zandyring on "My draft disappeared"

zandyring — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:52:52 +0000

To circle back around to these users: a fix has been deployed (yesterday), so this shouldn't affect users anymore going forward - regardless of where they post.