Title: rvg_delete_orphans  code question (auto-draft)
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# rvg_delete_orphans code question (auto-draft)

 *  Resolved [kitchin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kitchin/)
 * (@kitchin)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rvg_delete_orphans-code-question-auto-draft/)
 * Reading the code, I wonder why rvg_delete_orphans() deletes auto-drafts *unless*
   the auto-draft has postmeta data ?
 * Is the meta used when restoring an auto-draft?
 * I searched a few WP databases for auto-drafts with postmeta data and found only
   one distinct meta_key, added by a plugin (WordPress SEO by Yoast).
 * Also, what about categories, do those need to be handled? I posted some code 
   here about revision deletion and categories, and also custom taxonomies: [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleting-post-revisions-do-not-use-the-abc-join-code-you-see-everywhere](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/deleting-post-revisions-do-not-use-the-abc-join-code-you-see-everywhere)
 * Thanks.
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/rvg-optimize-database/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/rvg-optimize-database/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [cageehv](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cageehv/)
 * (@cageehv)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rvg_delete_orphans-code-question-auto-draft/#post-4106035)
 * Closed…

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