How to delete draft pages without affecting published

  • I have a page which is published and shows on the site, I also have a draft version saved I would like to delete the draft without affecting the published page. I noticed that the published page is not show in the published list? The draft page shows in the draft list and All pages.
    I would have expected two pages a published and a draft version.
    Can you explain how I remove the draft. Thanks
    I am using WordPress 4.4.5 running Dante Child Theme

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  • Hello Barrowboy,

    First, I highly recommend that you update your version of WordPress. I don’t have 4.4 to test on, but the behavior of published pages might differ in my 4.7 version. My understanding of a published page and draft page is that they are one and the same document, but with different statuses applied. They are not separate documents saved in your WordPress database. In version 4.7, when I take a published page and save it as a DRAFT, it is marked as a draft. However, that same draft is will still appear published if you’re logged in as an administrator. You would need to logout and view the page as a user in order to note that the published page is no longer published.

    I hope this helps to explain the issue in version 4.7. Since you’re in an older version of WordPress, it’s possible that there is a published version and a draft version. I would recommend first making a backup of the site and then deleting the draft page. This way you can immediately recover should you lose the published page. Either that or simply copy everything on the page and then save it to another page so that you can recover it should the worst happen.

    Regards,

    Arnel C.

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