Title: Problems when saving a post as draft Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # Problems when saving a post as draft * [Hannes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/funkpunk/) * (@funkpunk) * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-when-saving-a-post-as-draft/) * This has happened to me twice in a row now while writing posts and trying to save them as drafts. When I click “Save Draft” I get this error message: “Your attempt to edit this post: “Post Title” has failed. * Please try again.” * But luckily when I check my drafts I can see the post – although it isn’t the most recent version that I was trying to save, some parts are missing. It looks like it’s just the version that WordPress automatically saved for me. * This happens the first time I click “Save Draft” for each post. * I’m wondering if is has something to do with tags – I had added tags to the posts shortly before I clicked “Save Draft”. When I check the draft that was automatically saved it doesn’t have any tags. * This is the best place to report WordPress bugs, right? * – Hannes Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) * [Robert Kenny](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rkennymailucfedu/) * (@rkennymailucfedu) * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-when-saving-a-post-as-draft/#post-1323979) * I am having issues with all of this too on 2.9 * [Robert Kenny](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rkennymailucfedu/) * (@rkennymailucfedu) * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-when-saving-a-post-as-draft/#post-1323983) * I finally figured this out.. looks like Gixaw plug in was the culprit.. I uninstalled and embedded a link to the chat on an inline post instead.. works fine now * Thread Starter [Hannes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/funkpunk/) * (@funkpunk) * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-when-saving-a-post-as-draft/#post-1324003) * Well, I don’t have the Gixaw plugin so that wasn’t the case for me. * [han-tuttel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/han-tuttel/) * (@han-tuttel) * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-when-saving-a-post-as-draft/#post-1324011) * Same issue here. Must be ‘some’ plugin causing the trouble, dunno which one though. Any experience from others would be appreciated. * [suburose](https://wordpress.org/support/users/suburose/) * (@suburose) * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-when-saving-a-post-as-draft/#post-1324019) * i’m having the same problem as well and would love to know what’s causing it. i don’t have the gixaw plugin either. * [keimanzero](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keimanzero/) * (@keimanzero) * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-when-saving-a-post-as-draft/#post-1324077) * OK I am here both as a blogger of several years and now as a beta tester with Animeonline.net’s new AO Blog Journal postings. I have had no problems with my own postings here at WP. * However, this new venture is a little different. I posted my profile page OK w/ attachments, pix and videos. Then I did my first post and it published fine. Then I did my second with pix and videos (no attachments) and when I hit ‘save draft’ the indicator said it had saved it and the time etc. Fine. So I hit preview and nothing happened. Thinking it was a minor glitch I hit Publish. I went to the Journal page to make sure it was there and Whoa! * A blank post with part of the subject title there! Ditto for the ‘saved draft’ although the other (first) two ‘saved drafts’ were fine. So I redid the post. Luckily I had saved a copy in Notepad and copy/pasted it. Then I had to add all six pix and two videos as well as some minor captioning and the excerpt sector. Added the tags and the categories. Then I hit Publish and ‘draft saved’ and the time was right there. Same thing! Blank post. Blank saved draft &c. * Emailed my admin/mod from ANOL and he said nobody else on the team was having problems. They all use XP and Windows7 on laptops. I run Windows Vista Home Premium( 64 bit platform) on a Firefox 3.5.7 browser. My addons/plugins cannot be the culprits because I use the same setup PC (desktop HP Pavilion) for my other blog at WP and I have no trouble saving drafts and posting on it. I am trying (the 8th time’s the charm eh?) to post once more and then it’s time to contact Cowboy again. Wish me luck gang. I will report back with further developments- yin or yang. Sayonara my friends. Later- K&K (keimanzero) Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) The topic ‘Problems when saving a post as draft’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [drafts](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/drafts/) * [post](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/post/) * [posts](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/posts/) * [problem](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/problem/) * [Saving](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/saving/) * [tags](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/tags/) * In: [Requests and Feedback](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/requests-and-feedback/) * 6 replies * 5 participants * Last reply from: [keimanzero](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keimanzero/) * Last activity: [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-when-saving-a-post-as-draft/#post-1324077) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics