Title: Can't edit post
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Can't edit post

 *  Resolved [gwstacy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gwstacy/)
 * (@gwstacy)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-edit-post-1/)
 * I started a post last night, saved it and walked away from the computer. I came
   back this morning and finished up the post. I clicked save post and it only saved
   what had been saved last night.
 * Then I clicked preview and it only showed what I had saved last night. I hit 
   the back button and copied what I had typed this morning and tried to save, pasted
   it back on again.
 * I saved the post again and again it only saved what had been saved last night.
   I did this several more times and finally gave up and clicked trash because the
   post is useless to me if I can’t edit it.
 * It said that the post was put in the trash, but it wasn’t. It was still there
   in the post list. I tried putting it int he trash directly from the post menu.
   Again it said it had been trashed but it was still there. I tried multiple times
   both ways to trash it but it is still there and every time it tells me that it
   has been trashed.
 * How do I get rid of this post that is haunting me? I just want to get rid of 
   it and start over from the beginning.
 * Thank you.

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 *  Thread Starter [gwstacy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gwstacy/)
 * (@gwstacy)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-edit-post-1/#post-1623627)
 * So the same thing happened to me this afternoon with a completely different post.
 * I still can put either one of these un-editable posts in the trash.
 * I was however able to delete some other saved drafts which I didn’t attempt to
   edit.
 * Any help would be appreciated.
 *  Thread Starter [gwstacy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gwstacy/)
 * (@gwstacy)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-edit-post-1/#post-1623628)
 * Correction: I still **can’t** put either of these un-editable posts in the trash.
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-edit-post-1/#post-1623634)
 * Try decativating all plugins. If that resolves the issue, reactivate each one
   individually until you find the cause.
 * If that does not resolve the issue, try switching to the Default theme (WordPress
   2.9) or the Twenty Ten theme (WordPress 3.0) to rule-out a theme-specific issue(
   theme functions can sometimes interfere with the admin panel).

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 * [edit problems](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/edit-problems/)

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 * Last reply from: [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-edit-post-1/#post-1623634)
 * Status: resolved

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