Restoring 1,000s of posts from trash

You can restore a large number at a time with these steps:

• Go to Admin->Posts->All Posts
• Click on ‘Screen Options’ near the top right to open the Screen Options panel
• Enter a large number in the box next to ‘Posts’ under ‘Show on screen’ (too large a number might cause memory errors)
• Click ‘Apply’
• Click ‘Screen Options’ to close the panel
• Click on Trash just under ‘Posts’ near the top to list all your trash posts.
• Click on the checkbox to the left of ‘Title’ in the bar above the list to mark all poats on the page
• Select ‘Restore’ in the dropdown above ‘Title’
• Click ‘Apply’