Title: Can't Trash/Update Posts or Users
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Can't Trash/Update Posts or Users

 *  [jkabbey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jkabbey/)
 * (@jkabbey)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-trashupdate-posts-or-users/)
 * Hi,
 * Working on a site for work with multiple users. WP won’t let me update posts (
   by changing author or category), make changes to users, or even delete posts.
   I’ve tried deleting them using the buttons underneath the post title and using
   the bulk actions drop down. It always says “Item moved to the Trash.” but the
   trash option doesn’t appear, and the post remains with all the others.
 * I thought it might be the theme, so I switched to one of the WP themes, and cleared
   all widgets and plugins, but the same thing happens.
 * Any help you can give would be great!

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-trashupdate-posts-or-users/#post-3514299)
 * Have you tried:
 * – switching to the default theme to rule out any theme-specific problems.
 * – [resetting the plugins folder](http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Troubleshooting#How_to_deactivate_all_plugins_when_not_able_to_access_the_administrative_menus.3F)
   by FTP or PhpMyAdmin. Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause
   problems.
 * – re-uploading all files & folders – **except** the wp-content folder – from 
   a **fresh** download of WordPress. Make sure that you delete the old copies of
   files & folder before uploading the new ones.

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 * [won't update](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wont-update/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-trashupdate-posts-or-users/#post-3514299)
 * Status: not resolved

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