"Are you sure you want to do this" error when saving post

  • I had a computer crash a few mins ago. Now when I continue to work on a post, it doesn’t let me save it – says “the backup of this post in the browser is different than the version below”. When I save draft, it just gives me a blank screen with the unexplained message “Are you sure you want to do this?” (what?) and if I select yes, I just get a blank screen and it doesn’t save.

    Thanks for any help.

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  • Hey there

    I would say just copy the content of the post, trash that one and create a whole brand new post. But before doing so clear your cookies/cache in your browser. This should work and if it doesn’t let me know so we can troubleshoot more.

    Thread Starter rsspanic

    (@rsspanic)

    Thanks for that! actually that’s what we did but wondered why does that happen – why does wordpress insist there is a different version if obviously I am editing a newer (later version) and why doesn’t it let me overwrite it if I choose.

    Thanks

    It was an issue with a WordPress revision and a bad cookie in the browser since your computer crashed it sounds like. I wouldn’t worry about it happening again unless your computer crashes again in the middle of creating/editing a post

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