When deleting a page that is referenced by the menu, and in this particular case which was automatically added to the menu from the "Automatically add new top-level pages" setting, it isn't automatically removed from the menu. The menu continues to reference the removed page and gives a WP error in response.
[resolved] WP 3.3 RC2 - Moving Page to trash doesn't automatically remove from menu (6 posts)
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xantius
Posted 5 months ago # -
Helen Hou-Sandi
Posted 5 months ago #I think it's been like this since nav menus were added, or at least I remember running into it a couple of times. I just tried it in 3.2.1 and it does the same thing - the menu item remains but it goes to a 404 because the page is in the trash.
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Posted 5 months ago #Hmm. Should I read that then as it's not going to get fixed in this release? :-)
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Posted 5 months ago #RC2 is awful late, so no :) It's also not really an alpha/beta thing, since it's been happening since before 3.3. Here's a ticket on the issue (delete from menu happens with the item's actual deletion, not trashing), might be more related ones out there: http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/19038
Honestly, I personally don't really find this unexpected; I would probably be annoyed if my menu items disappeared just because I accidentally trashed something. I just tested and the menu item is removed when you permanently delete it. Unless this is happening for you differently?
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It's not even a bug, really.
The Menu doesn't honor change states, and it's not really meant to (you get the same thing if you flip a post from published). I can verify the flush trash clears it out, though.
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Posted 5 months ago #Sounds good. It was simply a behavior that was different than I expected, but I can see those points of view. Thanks for hearing me out!
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