Title: Duplicate Posts I Can’t Delete
Last modified: September 14, 2026

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# Duplicate Posts I Can’t Delete

 *  Resolved [kdagnall](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kdagnall/)
 * (@kdagnall)
 * [3 weeks, 6 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-posts-i-cant-delete/)
 * After importing from WP Recipe Maker my blog feed is polluted with duplicate 
   posts, all with broken permalinks and the post type ‘mv_create’ which I asume
   is your doing. I will have to delete your plugin and undo the damage it did to
   my databases. Thanks for wasting my time.
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fduplicate-posts-i-cant-delete%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Support [JM](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jmlallier/)
 * (@jmlallier)
 * [3 weeks, 4 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-posts-i-cant-delete/#post-19021984)
 * Hi, [@kdagnall](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kdagnall/)!
   I’m so sorry 
   you had that issue! I’ve not had anyone experience that before and I would love
   to help figure out what went wrong.
 * When I look at your site now, I don’t see any duplicated posts, but I see the
   Create recipe cards still remain so I assume you’ve manually addressed the issue?
 * Is there any lingering symptoms I could look at to figure out what happened? 
   Feel free to reply here or to email [support@create.studio](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-posts-i-cant-delete/support@create.studio?output_format=md)!
 * JM
 * P.S. I apologize for the delayed response–my daughter was born a few days ago
   and it’s been a bit of a whirlwind as you can imagine!
 *  Thread Starter [kdagnall](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kdagnall/)
 * (@kdagnall)
 * [3 weeks, 3 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-posts-i-cant-delete/#post-19022449)
 *     ```wp-block-code
       SET post_status = 'draft' 
       WHERE post_type = 'mv_create';
       ```
   
 * That’s the fix. You left all your mv_create post types published with no way 
   to view, edit, or get rid of them from the blog feed. I had to use mysql command
   line as root to even figure out where they were coming from.
 *  Plugin Support [JM](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jmlallier/)
 * (@jmlallier)
 * [3 weeks, 3 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-posts-i-cant-delete/#post-19022676)
 * Thanks, [@kdagnall](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kdagnall/). I’m truly
   sorry you had to spend your afternoon tracking this down! That’s really frustrating.
 * Create’s recipe cards are stored as published posts of our private `mv_create`
   post type (the exact same way WP Recipe Maker stores its recipes). We register
   it with WordPress’s standard flags, which keep it out of feeds, search, archives,
   and permalinks:
 * `register_post_type( 'mv_create', [
    'public' => false, // WP won't render them'
   publicly_queryable' => false, 'exclude_from_search' => true, // WP won't show
   them in search results 'has_archive' => false, 'rewrite' => false, 'query_var'
   => false, 'show_ui' => true, // labels, capabilities, etc.] );
 * WordPress won’t show these in a blog feed on its own, so something else on your
   site (a plugin or the theme) is probably requesting every post type.
 * My main concern is that **new Create cards are saved as published**, so any new
   card you make will likely show up wherever you saw them again, which I’d like
   to prevent.
 * I know you’ve already spent more time on this than you should have. But if you’re
   willing to help, could you please answer the following?
    1. Where did the duplicates show up? On the public blog page, in the RSS feed, 
       in the WP admin, or somewhere else (a feed reader, email newsletter, etc.)?
    2. Would you be open to running a small diagnostic plugin? If you email [support@create.studio](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-posts-i-cant-delete/support@create.studio?output_format=md),
       I’ll send you a plugin that, when activated, will briefly re-publish a single
       card, check which theme or plugin is pulling it into your pages, set it back
       to draft, and show you the results to send back.
 * Thank you!
 * JM
 *  Plugin Support [JM](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jmlallier/)
 * (@jmlallier)
 * [3 weeks, 2 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-posts-i-cant-delete/#post-19023680)
 * Hi [@kdagnall](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kdagnall/),
 * I grabbed your email address from your Create registration and just sent over
   a diagnostic plugin I worked on over the last couple of days. I know you likely
   have no desire to spend more time on this, which would be totally fair. However,
   I’m concerned that any new cards you create will have the same problem, which
   would obviously suck.
 * So, if you’re willing to help prevent this from happening to you and others in
   the future, I would _greatly appreciate_ you running the diagnostic plugin, which
   should only take a couple of minutes to install and run.
 * Thanks again!
 * JM
 *  Moderator [Support Moderator](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moderator/)
 * (@moderator)
 * [3 weeks, 2 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-posts-i-cant-delete/#post-19023718)
 * [@jmlallier](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jmlallier/) If you are officially
   part of this plugin, please have the owner tag you as a support person for it.
   Thanks.
 *  Plugin Support [JM](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jmlallier/)
 * (@jmlallier)
 * [3 weeks, 2 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-posts-i-cant-delete/#post-19023738)
 * [@moderator](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moderator/) done 👍🏼 (I am 
   the owner 😀)
    -  This reply was modified 3 weeks, 2 days ago by [JM](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jmlallier/).
 *  Plugin Support [JM](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jmlallier/)
 * (@jmlallier)
 * [2 weeks, 1 day ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-posts-i-cant-delete/#post-19030019)
 * The issue was with the customer’s theme/site setup, in which Create’s custom 
   post type being registered as private (correctly following WordPress’s built-
   in registration format) was being ignored.
 * Create has added code to strengthen the protections against such situations in
   the future.

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