HELP! Posts & Pages deleted themselves, Can’t add new posts or pages.

  • Hi Everyone,

    I am a complete newbie at wordpress and would really appreciate your help. Last night I finally managed to get wordpress doing what I wanted and had about 8 posts, 5 categories and 4 pages published.

    Late last night I added a selection of Plugins which I’ll list below.

    This morning I logged in and updated a post, after clicking ‘update’ it returned me to the edit/update screen and displayed “0 Posts”. All my pages are gone, all my posts are gone. I’m not too concerned about recovering them as its an extremely young site, but I’d like to know how to get my site running again and how to prevent this from happening in the future. I suspect it may have been the fault of a plugin, they’re listed below.

    postMash was activated at the time of the crash/deletion, I deactivated it afterwards hoping it would fix it. It didn’t.

    WordPress Database Backup was added this morning after the crash. I have no backup.

    Thanks very much for your help everyone, I really don’t know what to do.

    PLUGINS:
    Akismet

    Akismet checks your comments against the Akismet web service to see if they look like spam or not. You need a WordPress.com API key to use it. You can review the spam it catches under “Comments.” To show off your Akismet stats just put <?php akismet_counter(); ?> in your template. See also: WP Stats plugin.

    Deactivate | Edit
    Version 2.2.7 | By Matt Mullenweg | Visit plugin site
    All in One SEO Pack

    Out-of-the-box SEO for your WordPress blog. Options configuration panel | Upgrade to Pro Version | Donate | Support | Amazon Wishlist

    Deactivate | Edit
    Version 1.6.10.2 | By Michael Torbert | Visit plugin site
    Google XML Sitemaps

    This plugin will generate a special XML sitemap which will help search engines like Google, Yahoo, Bing and Ask.com to better index your blog.

    Deactivate | Edit
    Version 3.2.3 | By Arne Brachhold | Visit plugin site | Settings | FAQ | Support | Donate
    Hello Dolly

    This is not just a plugin, it symbolizes the hope and enthusiasm of an entire generation summed up in two words sung most famously by Louis Armstrong: Hello, Dolly. When activated you will randomly see a lyric from Hello, Dolly in the upper right of your admin screen on every page.

    Activate | Edit | Delete
    Version 1.5.1 | By Matt Mullenweg | Visit plugin site
    My Category Order

    My Category Order allows you to set the order in which categories will appear in the sidebar. Uses a drag and drop interface for ordering. Adds a widget with additional options for easy installation on widgetized themes.

    Deactivate | Edit
    Version 2.8.7 | By Andrew Charlton | Visit plugin site | Order Categories | Support Forum | Donate
    My Page Order

    My Page Order allows you to set the order of pages through a drag and drop interface. The default method of setting the order page by page is extremely clumsy, especially with a large number of pages.

    Deactivate | Edit
    Version 2.9.1 | By Andrew Charlton | Visit plugin site | Order Pages | Support Forum | Donate
    Nofollow Case by Case

    Nofollow Case by Case is a follow plugin for WordPress but allows you to selectively apply rel=”nofollow” to comment links and comment author links. Use “NFCBC SEO Plugin Add-on” for better comment management. Compare with NFCBC SEO Light for other plugin options.

    Deactivate | Edit
    Version 1.2.0.1 | By Oliver Bockelmann (fob marketing) | Visit plugin site
    postMash

    postMash > Order Posts

    Activate | Edit | Delete
    Version 1.2.0 | By Joel Starnes | Visit plugin site
    Thank Me Later

    Automatically send a ‘thank you’ e-mail to those who comment on your blog. This plugin engages the visitor by reminding them to check back for responses or new blog posts. The plugin is highly configurable with multiple messages, variable delay and restrictions.

    Deactivate | Edit
    Version 2.0.0.2 | By Brendon Boshell | Visit plugin site
    WordPress Database Backup

    On-demand backup of your WordPress database. Navigate to Tools → Backup to get started.

    Deactivate | Edit
    Version 2.2.2 | By Austin Matzko | Visit plugin site
    WP-UserOnline

    Enable you to display how many users are online on your WordPress site

    Deactivate | Edit | Settings
    Version 2.73 | By Lester ‘GaMerZ’ Chan & scribu | Visit plugin site
    WP Super Cache

    Very fast caching plugin for WordPress.

    Settings | Deactivate | Edit
    Version 0.9.9 | By Donncha O Caoimh | Visit plugin site
    Yet Another Related Posts Plugin

    Returns a list of related entries based on a unique algorithm for display on your blog and RSS feeds. A templating feature allows customization of the display.

    Deactivate | Edit | Settings
    Version 3.1.7 | By mitcho (Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine) | Visit plugin site
    Yoast Breadcrumbs

    Outputs a fully customizable breadcrumb path.

    Settings | Deactivate | Edit
    Version 0.8.5 | By Joost de Valk | Visit plugin site

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  • Thread Starter airwin

    (@airwin)

    SITE RECOVERED – But WHY did it happen???

    I managed to recover everything by using the WP-dbmanager plugin. I guess something was corrupted, but I don’t know what was the cause of it and am worried that it will happen again but be un-repairable.

    Can anyone advise on what might have caused this and how to prevent it in the future? Thanks a million.

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    There are a variety of things that can slightly “damage” a MySQL database, necessitating a simple automated repair. The next time it happens, access your WordPress database via phpMyAdmin (most hosting providers offer this in their control panel), then check all of the tables and choose “Repair table” from the pull-down menu.

    ayush.agrawal

    (@ayushagrawal)

    Hey airwin
    U saved me
    i had the ditto problem and WP-dbmanager recoverd every thing!!!!
    thanks a lot

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