Title: Before deleting the posts Author: Asumaru Published: December 2, 2014 Last modified: December 2, 2014 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/before-deleting-the-posts/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=1036399) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/before-deleting-the-posts/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=1036748) # Before deleting the posts By [Asumaru](https://profiles.wordpress.org/asumaru/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/before-deleting-the-posts.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/before-deleting-the-posts/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/before-deleting-the-posts/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/before-deleting-the-posts/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/before-deleting-the-posts/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/before-deleting-the-posts/) ## Description This plugin backs up before deleting posts. When you click “Delete Permanently” WordPress will create an XML file to save to your server computer. The XML file is stored in “wp-content/deleted_posts” on your wordpress. The XML file is stored in the site-id if your wordpress is multi sites. The XML file is stored with a format same as Export on WordPress. If you want to restore the post, you can use Import on WordPress. Supporting post-types are “post”, “page” and “custom post”. But “attachment” is unsupported. — Attention — We warn users of version 0.1.x. Version 0.1.x has an error at the time of the installation. After having deleted version 0.1 or 0.1.1, please install you again. ### Arbitrary section — Attention — We warn users of version 0.1.x. Version 0.1.x has an error at the time of the installation. After having deleted version 0.1 or 0.1.1, please install you again. ## Screenshots [⌊Trigger "Delete Permanently".⌉⌊Trigger "Delete Permanently".⌉[ Trigger “Delete Permanently”. [⌊Backed up deleted posts.⌉⌊Backed up deleted posts.⌉[ Backed up deleted posts. [⌊Backup as Export XML.⌉⌊Backup as Export XML.⌉[ Backup as Export XML. ## Installation 1. Download before-deleting-the-posts.zip 2. Upload the unpacked folders and files into “wp-content/plugins/”. 3. Activate the plugin from the Admin interface; “Plugins”. 4. — Attention — 5. We warn users of version 0.1.x. Version 0.1.x has an error at the time of the installation. After having deleted version 0.1 or 0.1.1, please install you again. ## FAQ Why do we need this? Because administrators or editors are not you only. The WordPress has many administrators and editors if it is wordpress of the multi-site. Every administrators and editors can delete posts and pages. Other administrators or editors may delete post or the page before you know it. After it was deleted, you cannot restore it. Everybody wants to delete it. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Before deleting the posts” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Asumaru ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/asumaru/) * [ Masarki Kondo ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/moo2000/) [Translate “Before deleting the posts” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/before-deleting-the-posts) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/before-deleting-the-posts/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/before-deleting-the-posts/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/before-deleting-the-posts/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/before-deleting-the-posts/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 0.1 (2014.12.01) first version. #### 0.1.1 (2014.12.02) Bug Fix. #### 0.2 (2014.12.03) We changed plugin-file-name from “asm-B4DelPosts” to “before-deleting-the-posts”. Because there was an installation error “The plugin does not have a valid header.”. ## Meta * Version **0.2** * Last updated **12 years ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 4.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **4.0.38** * Tags * [backup](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/backup/)[delete](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/delete/) [export](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/export/)[page](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/page/) [post](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/post/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/before-deleting-the-posts/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/before-deleting-the-posts/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/before-deleting-the-posts/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Asumaru ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/asumaru/) * [ Masarki Kondo ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/moo2000/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/before-deleting-the-posts/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? [ Donate to this plugin ](http://asumaru.com/business/wp-plugins/b4delposts/)